Question need help on my home connection

[rence33]

Hi guys,

really need help here.

I'm living in a 3-story home. I have my router in the first level and have lan cables to the 3 story. I recently bought TP link RE305 to act as a Access point on the 3rd story to expend my connection because and obviously i cannot get any connect since the router is on the first story.

Problem #1
Set my RE305 as AP mode, connect LAN cable from my router all the way to level 3. Managed to get Wifi connect but no internet connection, any advise on how to solved this? Do i need to off my DHCP ? or do configure so that i can have a network at the 3rd story?

Problem 02
When i plug in the TP link RE305, it was in default extender mode, however i manage to get wifi and internet connect on the 3rd floor even though the router wifi is unable to reach the 3rd floor. I cannot figure out why, i suspect it could be the powerline connection? but sadly, the internet speed is very slow. like 2mbps.

Anybody can advise ?

Thank you so much in advance

 

[bill001g]

Your first test is to connect a pc directly to the lan cable on the third floor to be sure that connection is working correctly.

It should be as simple as setting the box to AP mode and plug in the ethernet cable. I don't think that box does dhcp but setting it to AP mode should disable that ability if it does. Maybe factory reset it and start over. Not sure what to suggest the device is designed to operate as a AP. I tend to use routers or buy actually AP so I am not sure.

 

[failboat]

unplug the AP from the wall and plug a computer into it. check to see if you get an ip address.
Navigate to it's webpage. make sure the ip address isn't the same as the first router. it should be an ip address in the first routers subnet.
you can log into your first router and check what ips are unused in the DHCP lease menu.
if you get an ip and also need to change the webpage ip, make sure to apply the new ip and disable dhcp at the same time.

On the access point all the cables should be in the LAN section, don't use the WAN port.

 

[jsmithepa]

Do i need to off my DHCP ? or do configure so that i can have a network at the 3rd story?

Yes, OFF DHCP (DHCP coming from main router, do NOT duplicate here).
No, you do not create a separate subnet.

There is an STICKY on configuring for AP mode over the Wireless Forum. The gist is, (1)Don't use its WAN port, (2)Assign it a static IP for management, (3)DISABLE its DHCP.

If your "cable" to the 3rd is powerline then apply rule of bottleneck.

That's it.