wireless
02-09-2018, 08:30 AM
I got a new ASUS AC86U with which I've created a mesh network with an older ASUS router. For mesh to work, the 86U must be in wireless router mode and not wireless access point mode. This means the Telus DSL modem must be in bridge mode. I successfully configured the modem in bridge mode and hard wired it's LAN port 1 to the WAN port on the 86U. Four ethernet cables connect to the 86U to provide drops throughout the house. This configuration works great with all connected devices assigned IP adresses beginning with 192 as expected.
As the DSL modem is in the basement furnace room, placing the 86U adjacent delivers less than ideal wireless performance. I modified the configuration by connecting the DSL modem to a 6 port switch with also plugged in all four Ethernet drops. Off one of the Ethernet on the main floor, a better location for a wireless access point, I plugged the 86U via its WAN port thinking it would function the same as the original configuration described in the first paragraph. Sadly, it did not. Wireless clients could achieve internet connectivity via the 86U. Hard wired clients via any of the Ethernet drops had either no connectivity or received IP adresses beginning with 205.
Why doesn't the configuration with modem->switch->router not work the same as modem->router? Why do some clients get IP adresses starting with 205 when in this configuration?
More... (https://forum.telus.com/t5/Internet-TV-Home-Phone/Actiontec-T3200M-in-bridge-mode-with-ASUS-RT-AC86U/m-p/82715#M15232)
As the DSL modem is in the basement furnace room, placing the 86U adjacent delivers less than ideal wireless performance. I modified the configuration by connecting the DSL modem to a 6 port switch with also plugged in all four Ethernet drops. Off one of the Ethernet on the main floor, a better location for a wireless access point, I plugged the 86U via its WAN port thinking it would function the same as the original configuration described in the first paragraph. Sadly, it did not. Wireless clients could achieve internet connectivity via the 86U. Hard wired clients via any of the Ethernet drops had either no connectivity or received IP adresses beginning with 205.
Why doesn't the configuration with modem->switch->router not work the same as modem->router? Why do some clients get IP adresses starting with 205 when in this configuration?
More... (https://forum.telus.com/t5/Internet-TV-Home-Phone/Actiontec-T3200M-in-bridge-mode-with-ASUS-RT-AC86U/m-p/82715#M15232)