Re: How do WiFi repeaters work?
On 10/03/2014 09:48 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a no-name chinese repeater (model WN518N)
which by sheer fluke I have got working.
As far as I can see, I have now lost contact
with the repeater itself,
as packets simply pass through it.
(Wireshark shows a lot of STP packets passing through.)
But I'm not sure if I set it up correctly.
My WiFi LAN is on 192.168.2.*
and I set this repeater's IP address to 192.168.2.40 .
Should I actually have set it to a different LAN,
eg 192.168.10.* ?
(I guess I could press the Reset button and start again.)
Any elucidation gratefully received.
A real WIFi repeater is a layer 2 relay, not even a bridge. It's IP
address is only for configuration; it is NOT an IP router.
Note: I work on 802 wireless standards, but do not build any of the
equipment...