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I have Vodafone internet using their router and a second TPLink Archer C2 that I’m using as an access point.
This has been working perfectly for the last couple of years but now the AP appears to have broken. If I try and connect to it I get a wrong password error.
I can’t get in to its setup Screen as I can’t remember how to find it on my network - I think I used to use the IP address to find it but it also has a url that used to work.
Any ideas before I factory reset it? I guess it might have just broken and I need a new one.
Cheers
My Vodafone router is 192.168.1.1 if that helps you
Thanks I can find the Vodafone one no problem, it’s the separate Archer one I’ve lost.
Download the Vodafone broadband app, it will show you a network map and ip addresses for each connected device
TPLink also use an app to connect to them for setup.
Open a command promtpt and type ipconfig
post the results
@Drac thanks that has found it and told me it’s IP 👍
The diagnostics says internet / cable disconnected - which it isn’t unless something has chewed through it.
I’ll try a different cable and apart from that I’m not sure what to do.
Actually it must be connected otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get to its settings Page whilst connected to the Vodafone router
There might be a reset pinhole button on the TPLink, I’d hard reset it and run a new setup.
Reset and set back up AFAIK in exactly the same way it was before, with DHCP turned off and it’s IP address set outside the Vodafone router range.
I can now connect to it and access the setup pages. But when I plug it in to my VF router I don’t get any internet.
I have an app on my phone called Fing which identifies all the devices on the local network. It was recommended by some internet instructions on sorting out IP addresses on a Raspberry Pi.
It is simple to use and shows something like: My phone IP ..., other phone IP ..., tablet IP ..., router IP ..., etc. when it scans our home network.
Is this more or less what you need?
Is this more or less what you need?
It was originally. But now I know its IP (and have reset it anyway).
Now it doesn't seem to be doing what it used to.
It might be time to get a decent mesh setup and ditch the Vodafone (and this) router.
What are the IP address details of the router and extender?
You shouldn’t be able to connect to the TPlink unless there’s a router - The AP shouldn’t be able to provide your computer with an IP address on its own.
So you’ve done something wrong in the config. You need to disable all routing capabilities of the AP and let the actual router do that stuff.
Without knowing that kit it’s hard to advise, but I suggest plugging it all in to the router before reset / re-running the setup wizard. Hopefully it’ll recognise it’s on a network that already has a router.
Are you certain that it's not actually an outage at Voda's end? It sounds to me an awful lot like your fibre might be down (and y'know, it is Vodafone..) Try rebooting the router, even?
Type this at a command prompt and copy the results here.
tracert www.google.co.uk
You might need to Ctrl-C out if it starts iterating through asterisks.
Actually, reduce variables. Disconnect the AP, disconnect anything plugged into the router (other than the fibre provision!) and connect a PC / laptop directly into the router. Does that work? If no it's a problem either with the router or further up the food chain (or the laptop itself). If yes then add things back in one by one and test again. At what point does it fail?
You shouldn’t be able to connect to the TPlink unless there’s a router – The AP shouldn’t be able to provide your computer with an IP address on its own.
... unless it's running its own DHCP server. Can domestic APs do that, even? That might explain it.
The output from ipconfig /all output would be useful. We just need the section pertaining to your Wi-Fi adapter. (Do that before you take it all to bits.)
Thanks all.
An update... I gave up with the router that I was using for the access point and dug out an old Wireless AP that I had previously used.
After about the 5th time of going through set up it’s now up and running, and seemingly working well.
I have no idea what was up with the original one still. I remember that I started using that as it gave me 3 spare Ethernet ports, so I’ve had to move a 5 port switch in to lounge so had a bit of faffing about moving cables behind shelves.
My garage door is once again Siri controlled 🙂
unless it’s running its own DHCP server. Can domestic APs do that, even? That might explain it.
The problem router had DHCP switched off and the way I understand it is that the VF router handles it. It also had a Static IP assigned.
The AP I’ve put in its place automatically switches off DHCP and sets a static IP, when you put it in AP mode.
Brain now in gear and TP Link machine should have Bridge-Mode enabled to make it work as an access point. The one I had was slightly more flakey than a leper colony in Bridge-Mode. (You can have it distribute a separate set of IP addresses outside the Vodafone machines's range too, though using the same SSID used to cause my old one problems).