Hello all,
Recently I bought 3 TP-Link TL-WA801ND (http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=tl-wa801nd) APs to be able to cover by wifi a 3 floor building.
I've setup all of them with the following characteristics:
1. Same SSID on all of them.
2. Different channel on all of them (1,6,11)
3. DHCP Server OFF on all of them.
4. Static LAN ip on all of them (192.168.1.254,253,252)
There is UTP Cat6 cabling on all floors so each AP is acting in default mode as Access Point(Not Repeater mode).
Each AP is connected on a UTP Outlet and all of them are connected to a 16port 3com network switch.
There is also a Draytek Vigor ADSL router with ip 192.168.1.1 which acts as a internet gateway to the network.
Below is a simple diagram:
AP1 ---- UTP ---->|------------|
AP2 ---- UTP ---->| 3com switch|<---- UTP--->|Draytek Router|--><Internet>
AP3 ---- UTP ---->|------------|
Now, I have several clients (iphones,laptops,ipads) which can successfully connect on each floor (AP1,AP2,AP3) and can obtain ip address from the router (vigor) and have internet access normally.
Also each client can automatically connect/disconnect transparently from each AP of each floor without needing manually intervation.
The problem:
I have the following strange situation.This setup works fine for some hours/days and suddenly without any obvious reason, all clients even desktop pcs which are connected by cable cannot access internet neither local lan (router,server etc).
When this happens I can see that network switch leds are blinking like crazy and the same happens to the router and all APs.
I have replaced the switch and the happens again with the other switch too.I have come to the conclusion that something happens with
the APs but I do not know what?
Has anybody has same experience/setup??
Thank you in advance
Recently I bought 3 TP-Link TL-WA801ND (http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=tl-wa801nd) APs to be able to cover by wifi a 3 floor building.
I've setup all of them with the following characteristics:
1. Same SSID on all of them.
2. Different channel on all of them (1,6,11)
3. DHCP Server OFF on all of them.
4. Static LAN ip on all of them (192.168.1.254,253,252)
There is UTP Cat6 cabling on all floors so each AP is acting in default mode as Access Point(Not Repeater mode).
Each AP is connected on a UTP Outlet and all of them are connected to a 16port 3com network switch.
There is also a Draytek Vigor ADSL router with ip 192.168.1.1 which acts as a internet gateway to the network.
Below is a simple diagram:
AP1 ---- UTP ---->|------------|
AP2 ---- UTP ---->| 3com switch|<---- UTP--->|Draytek Router|--><Internet>
AP3 ---- UTP ---->|------------|
Now, I have several clients (iphones,laptops,ipads) which can successfully connect on each floor (AP1,AP2,AP3) and can obtain ip address from the router (vigor) and have internet access normally.
Also each client can automatically connect/disconnect transparently from each AP of each floor without needing manually intervation.
The problem:
I have the following strange situation.This setup works fine for some hours/days and suddenly without any obvious reason, all clients even desktop pcs which are connected by cable cannot access internet neither local lan (router,server etc).
When this happens I can see that network switch leds are blinking like crazy and the same happens to the router and all APs.
I have replaced the switch and the happens again with the other switch too.I have come to the conclusion that something happens with
the APs but I do not know what?
Has anybody has same experience/setup??
Thank you in advance