Question Cannot obtain Wi-Fi connection (the best one) to Wi-Fi camera

[Roofen55]

Hello to you guys. Am new here under Tom's HW, but have been in the game since the 1990s.

Despite a long journey time, things and issues appear that you can't quite understand. The problem is; A TP-link (TAPO) C310 is redirected to the wi-fi router in the home (is also the ISP router with DHCP), instead of choosing an AP that has a wired connection to the DHCP router. The purpose of this AP as the connection point is to try to create a better signal/noise ratio, or if you want to achieve a better signal strength ratio than what is the case today. This means that the AP unit, a TP-Link C50 is half the distance to the Wi-Fi camera compared to the ISP DHCP router, in addition to the fact that the AP point has fewer walls to the Wi-Fi C310 camera.

I have now reset the TP-Link 1200 series, model C50 to factory settings, Removed the DHCP function that is set to the AP. Removed Smart DHCP and set static address because ISP DHCP is set to give a fixed IP address associated with this router's MAC address. Under settings for Wi-Fi devices in the C50, I allowed the IP camera's MAC address to be automatically approved by the C50 AP device. I cannot manage the task where the C310 goes through the C50 AP, where the camera always/constantly goes to the ISP DGCP router. What am I doing wrong/inappropriate to succeed in the C310 connecting to the C50 device?

Equipment overview:
My PC is built myself, MoBo ASRock, TRX40 Taichi
CPU Name AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core Processor
Memory Type DDR4-Installed Memory 64 GB
DHCP routes through fiber cable 500/500 Zycell
DHCP routers: Zyxel EX5700-T0
Network adapter 1:
Realtek USB FE Family Controller, wired, active
Network adapter 2:
Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz Brand and model of USB / PCI-E / motherboard Wifi Adapter
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network), Manufacturer Microsoft, DescriptionBluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
OS: Windows 10 Ver: 22H2, Build: 19045.4717
ISP: Telenor, fiber 500/500
Total connected devices to DHCP routers, both wireless and wired: 25 devices

 

[lantis3]

So it's

now Zyxel EX5700-T0 =====TPLINK C50

and Zyxel EX5700-T0 ----- TPLINK C310 ?

===== ethernet , ----- wireless

Zyxel EX5700-T0 and TPLINK C50 should use different SSID.

And uplink C50 to Zyxel EX5700-T0 using LAN port, not C50's WAN port

 

[Roofen55]

So it's

now Zyxel EX5700-T0 =====TPLINK C50

and Zyxel EX5700-T0 ----- TPLINK C310 ?

===== ethernet , ----- wireless

Zyxel EX5700-T0 and TPLINK C50 should use different SSID.

And uplink C50 to Zyxel EX5700-T0 using LAN port, not C50's WAN port

ToDay: Zyxel EX5700-T0>>>>TPLINK C310 by Wi-Fi (C310 is only Wi-Fi)
Yes, C50>>>Zyxel EX5700-T0 by IP cable LAN. C50 Setup as Access Point.

C50 setup with static IP adr, in SETUP as Zyxel EX5700-T0 give IP adress depending to MAC address.
Wishes: C310 Wi-Fi to AP, this signals to Zyxel EX5700-T0 by cable from C50.

TP-Link C50 is visual during monitor interface in Zyxel EX5700-T0, also login by browser. IP adr to C50 is 'inside' to IP adr. from Zyxel EX5700-T0. Al sub mask is 255.255.255.0, IP adr. area 10.0.0.xxx

It's only LAN no WAN (except WAN from FiberModem to Zyxel EX5700-T0)

All in/out Zyxel EX5700-T0 is LAN, using D-link 16CH switch connect to Zyxel EX5700-T0. From D-Link switch to other device by cable.

Give it sence?

 

[lantis3]

As I said earlier, I'll set different SSIDs for Zyxel and TP-Link
ex:
Zyxel and Zyxel5G, TPLink and TPLink5G

If Zyxel static LAN IP is 10.0.0.1 and running DHCP (let's say it's 10.0.0.100 to 10.0.0.149) , then TP-Link should have a static LAN IP like 10.0.0,2 , and no connection on WAN.

And you set IP address and MAC address pairs for devices that want to have reserved IP addresses. If you want to set IP/MAC address pairs on C50, then you have to disable DHCP on Zyxel anr run DHCP on C50

Your camera then connect to SSID TPLink or SSID TPLink5G

 

[Roofen55]

Yes, SSID is for TP link as it comes from manufactory-TP-Link_2208_2.4. SSID for Zyxel I have set it by myself, so yes, it's different.

For Static IP, TP-link remarks by this: "Note: The IP parameters cannot be configured if you have chosen Smart IP(DHCP)", the SmartDHCP setting is false. Static IP for Zyxel is between LAN IP arrows 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.149. C 50 is Cabled to Zyxel LAN>LAN.

DHCP in C50 is disable.
C 50, Under Wireless 2.4 GHz, I found this about Wireless MAC filtering: "If you desire that the specified wireless stations can access the AP, please select the radio button Allow the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access, otherwise, select the radio button Deny the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access." Of curse, the status field is 'Enabled' but is this ruter casting, I wondering? It could be by default I need to push a switch for eg. 1 sec. o enable Wireless, hmmm. I check it.

I also wondering, as Zyxel is DHCP, how could an AP processing C310?

Only a few-few IP cam has 5 GHz to day. C310 is 2.4 GHz.

 

[lantis3]

How does Smart DHCP work?

https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/stories/detail/1804

 

[lantis3]

I also wondering, as Zyxel is DHCP, how could an AP processing C310?

What do you mean process?

All AP (or router in AP mode) does is just provides connectivity for wired/wifi devices. All other features (routing, firewall, url / domain filtering, parental control, etc) will be disabled, it does not act as a gateway anymore, no matter what brand or model.

probably except dhcp service/mac filtering if enabled.

If you want to us C50 as a router/gateway by connecting to Zyxel using WAN port, it's OK but you will create a different network in a different range like 192.168.1.x

 

[Roofen55]

Thanks for the link to Smart DHCP. Earlier today, this was set active. I noticed that the C310 had thus received a 'new ip address'. When I then disconnected Smart DHCP in the C50, the C310 got its IP address (static from the front unit) and is otherwise the IP address given statically in the settings for the C310. Because the C310 did not get its static address with Smart DHCP activated, this may indicate that the C50 'does not see/detect' that I have DHCP in the front part (Zyxcel).

What I mean by processing Zyxel as DHCP. In my front-end Zyxel, I can read the signal strength of the various Wi-Fi devices in the WEB browser. The signal strength for the C310 is down to the number 34, with a bright red background color, where strong, 70-80 signal is solid green. With processing or action, everything suggests that it is Zyxel that 'takes over' the actions of the C310 Wi-Fi signal and the C50 as an AP has no function. The C310 Wi-Fi signal does not go through the C50 and this is the origin of the thread starter.

Hope this makes some sense.

 

[lantis3]

I really don't understand if you configured C310 to connect to TPlink C50's 2.4G SSID, how would it connect to Zyxel somehow? Reset the camera and start over. Disable the DCHP completely on C50. You only need one on your network. The DHCP server/service on Zyxel will be seen anywhere on the connected network.

Do not set ip/mac address pair on Zyxel (it should has this feature too) until the camera is functional and always connects to the C50 AP.