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Netopia 2247 as a Wireless Bridge or WAP

  • 08-04-2013 12:30pm
    #1
    An Bradán Feasa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭


    I've searched for an answer to this but I haven't been too successful making any sense of anything.

    I have a wired network in my workplace. A while ago I bought a TP-LINK box to create a Wireless Access Point and this worked perfectly. I have recently gotten my hands on an old Netopia 2247 box and I was hoping to somehow configure this so that it picks up the signal from the TP-LINK WAP and rebroadcasts it.

    Failing this, is there a way that I could simply use this old Netopia to create another WAP? I have no idea what settings I would need to change.

    Thanks in advance for any guidance offered!


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  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Yep, works perfectly, have two of them doing just that. They arent the best units but they work fine for medium levels of traffic. Grand for hosting a few phones/tablets.

    Just assign it a static IP and set it not to DHCP. Mine are at 192.168.2.203 and 192.168.2.204 . Takes two minutes. DSL will fail but just ignore that.


  • #3
    An Bradán Feasa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭An Bradán Feasa


    ED E wrote: »
    Yep, works perfectly, have two of them doing just that. They arent the best units but they work fine for medium levels of traffic. Grand for hosting a few phones/tablets.

    Just assign it a static IP and set it not to DHCP. Mine are at 192.168.2.203 and 192.168.2.204 . Takes two minutes. DSL will fail but just ignore that.

    Thanks for that! How exactly do I do that though? I'm new to this but I learn easily!


  • #4
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Connect one PC to it via ethernet cable.

    Set up a wireless point. Eg if your main router is broadcasting "JoeBloggs" then maybe call it "JoeBloggs2" and set it to a different channel(so they dont interfere). You can set the password the same. People will have to join both but its the simplest to set up.

    Then set its IP to a fixed one here http://ITS.IP.ADDRESS/indexExptCfgRES.htm?dhcpServerRES.htm


    Router IP Address: Pick a static here
    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
    Additional IP Subnets: Ignore
    DHCP Server Enable: Uncheck.

    Then hook it up to your main LAN and away you go.


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