Setting up NetGear WNR2000v3 in wireless repeater mode with Western Digital N750

[gnomeitall7]

Hello, I am new to the website in account but I am very familiar with the help it provides as I have used it several times over the years. However I am confused with a recent issue that has come up this holiday. As the title suggests I am trying to set a NetGear WNR2000v3 in wireless repeater mode to repeat the signal from a Western Digital MyNet N750 router.

The situation: my parent router will be in my main house and I want to repeat a signal through a couple walls to a shed that's in the backyard.

The problem: I am aware that this type of thread and topic has been discussed before on this site but in all the links, the steps are out of order of what I am able to do and still access the NetGear router or it seems there are steps that are implied that are left out and picked up at the end of a thread. I am unable to make the NetGear an AP, haha, I just want to say that upfront. I see that is often a response in the replies. I am looking at making it a wireless repeater for a wireless signal (not a bridge either). I have followed 4 different resources for how to do this and though the instructions all make sense but when I connect it to test it, it never says I am connected to the internet. I still ca not get it to repeat that Wi-Fi signal. Can someone please post in reply to this question a thorough step by step list of everything that should be done to make this happen?

The setup: NetGear WNR2000v3 router bought from Goodwill with firmware version 1.1.2.18 and Western Digital MyNet N750 with firmware 1.04.16.

The resources I have tried to use: http://, http://, http://, and here http://. Thank you in advance to anyone who replies.

 

[Ralston18]

You may be setting up and configuring the NetGear router correctly.

However, do you have any way to demonstrate that the Netgear is actually working? Especially with respect to wireless.

No problems with the NetGear being a Goodwill purchase per se but often such items are marginal at best. (Have picked up an item or two there myself. Always ask myself first if the lost $ is a good risk. Much like a lottery option.)

Try setting up a test network on its own merits based using just the NetGear router. Prove that the Netgear router actually and reliably works both wired and wirelessly.

Documentation here:

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/WNR2000v3.aspx

Doing so will accomplish two things: 1) Prove that the router works, and 2) familiarize you with setting it up.

All is moot if the Netgear is not fully or properly functional.

 

[gnomeitall7]

You may be setting up and configuring the NetGear router correctly.

However, do you have any way to demonstrate that the Netgear is actually working? Especially with respect to wireless.

No problems with the NetGear being a Goodwill purchase per se but often such items are marginal at best. (Have picked up an item or two there myself. Always ask myself first if the lost $ is a good risk. Much like a lottery option.)

Try setting up a test network on its own merits based using just the NetGear router. Prove that the Netgear router actually and reliably works both wired and wirelessly.

Documentation here:

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/WNR2000v3.aspx

Doing so will accomplish two things: 1) Prove that the router works, and 2) familiarize you with setting it up.

All is moot if the Netgear is not fully or properly functional.

Yes, I just tested it as a standalone router configuration 20 minutes ago this morning. It works in both the wireless and wired options and while terribly slow compared to my current router, it was fine with going to sites all over the web.

 

[Ralston18]

How far to the shed in the yard? What are the intervening walls made of? Are you in an area where there are or could be multiple wireless networks or other sources of interference?

Wireless repeater's can truly slow things down. Reason: duplexing.

Example/explanation:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/63upud/why_does_a_repeater_chop_the_bandwidth_in_half/?st=jbf442e7&sh=75d5ffb9

Fairly sure that you probably have the overall configuration set up correctly.

No harm in taking a second look at the set up and revisiting any possible options;

Google for some "how-to's" such as the following link (there are many similar links to be found):

https://www.safesmartliving.com/wireless-repeater-setup/

You may gain some performance back via manual setup versus wizards or "auto" settings.

Download the manuals for both routers and continue to experiment with settings so they can play well together. At least as well as can be expected or established.

Still overall - the wireless performance may be just "it is what it is".

 

[gnomeitall7]

An update: at this point I just tested the NetGear in the Wireless Access Point mode and it worked fine, and it has been previously tested as a stand alone router and it has worked fine as that. So I think I can safely say that router itself,while being a Goodwill purchase, is in working condition. I deduce then that I must still be messing up some setting when trying to configure it in the Wireless Repeater mode. There is about 30 feet of distance from the wanted repeater sire to the edge of the wall of the main house with brick being the main barrier and wood/insulation mixed in.

 

[gnomeitall7]

How far to the shed in the yard? What are the intervening walls made of? Are you in an area where there are or could be multiple wireless networks or other sources of interference?

Wireless repeater's can truly slow things down. Reason: duplexing.

Example/explanation:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/63upud/why_does_a_repeater_chop_the_bandwidth_in_half/?st=jbf442e7&sh=75d5ffb9

Fairly sure that you probably have the overall configuration set up correctly.

No harm in taking a second look at the set up and revisiting any possible options;

Google for some "how-to's" such as the following link (there are many similar links to be found):

https://www.safesmartliving.com/wireless-repeater-setup/

You may gain some performance back via manual setup versus wizards or "auto" settings.

Download the manuals for both routers and continue to experiment with settings so they can play well together. At least as well as can be expected or established.

Still overall - the wireless performance may be just "it is what it is".

An update: at this point I just tested the NetGear in the Wireless Access Point mode and it worked fine, and it has been previously tested as a stand alone router and it has worked fine as that. So I think I can safely say that router itself,while being a Goodwill purchase, is in working condition. I deduce then that I must still be messing up some setting when trying to configure it in the Wireless Repeater mode. There is about 30 feet of distance from the wanted repeater sire to the edge of the wall of the main house with brick being the main barrier and wood/insulation mixed in.