WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

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MENSIDU
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WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

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I do a wireless repeater bridge. I can see the Gargoyle wifi signal but can not connect to the router wifi, also with local cable in Gargoyle REP/BRIDGE, can not access to internet, do i need to activate any DCHP to allow my repeater, comunicate with my main router or not, any help will be appreciate, i am new with gargoyle router my main router is alfa r36, the 3 laptop can access to the main router. thanks

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Re: WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

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MENSIDU wrote:I do a wireless repeater bridge. I can see the Gargoyle wifi signal but can not connect to the router wifi, also with local cable in Gargoyle REP/BRIDGE, can not access to internet, do i need to activate any DCHP to allow my repeater, comunicate with my main router or not, any help will be appreciate, i am new with gargoyle router my main router is alfa r36, the 3 laptop can access to the main router. thanks
www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2310
Please post the network setup of the repeater and the main router.
Router: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4
AP: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4

MENSIDU
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Re: WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

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http://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/lib ... bridge.jpg

Look like this , but with this setup

MAIN ROUTER ALFA R36
192.168.2.100 IP
192.168.2.1 GATEWAY
255.255.255.0
192.168.2.1 DNS

GARGOYLE
REPEATER/BRIDGE
192.168.2.10 IP
192.168.2.1 GATEWAY
255.255.255.0
192.168.2.1 DNS

Both channels in 9 main and repeater and ssid of the main router

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Re: WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

Post by ispyisail »

firmware version?
router make and model?

hnl_dk
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Re: WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

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MENSIDU wrote:...
MAIN ROUTER ALFA R36
192.168.2.100 IP
192.168.2.1 GATEWAY
255.255.255.0
192.168.2.1 DNS

GARGOYLE
REPEATER/BRIDGE
192.168.2.10 IP
192.168.2.1 GATEWAY
255.255.255.0
192.168.2.1 DNS
...
Change the repeater/bridge into:
192.168.2.10 IP
192.168.2.100 GATEWAY
255.255.255.0

No need to set Custom DNS, as you will receive the DNS settings from the its gateway (192.168.2.100).

What is 192.168.2.1?
Router: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4
AP: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4

Nreokfkorer
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Re: WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

Post by Nreokfkorer »

Thank you for good communication.

damian
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Re: WIRELESS REPEATER/BRIDGE CAN NOT CONECT TO MAIN ROUTER

Post by damian »

I was puzzled by a similar problem, gargoyle 1.9.1 firmware and WiFi repeater clients not being able to access the internet, same clients could access the internet directly, either via LAN or WiFi of the gargoyle router.
I worked around the problem by setting DHCP reservations for the hosts connecting via the repeater and then creating a white list for their IPs. Seems to have solved the issue, likely a problem with the firewall getting spooked by the repeater packet forwarding.
Would be curious to know if this is a bug or a feature.

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