setting up wireless help

[SylentSlayer]

I recently signed up with at&t uverse. They had provided me with a wireless modem. However the modem has pretty bad range and speed isn't that great. So I wanted to just add my router and use that.

I have a Asus rt n56u. Once plugged in everything does light up fine and my phone does detect the router. When trying to connect to the router however 1/10 times it actually connects gives me full bars but no actual internet. Will this not work while using wireless modem? Any ideas on this?

[SylentSlayer]

Sorry couldn't find edit on phone. When I try to connect it attempts to connect most times then comes up disabled.

[+BudMan MVC]

To add coverage you would use your n56u as an accesspoint only  - not as a wireless/nat router.

 

Change the LAN IP of your n56u to be on your new networks network.. Look at a client connected to your att router wired or wireless.  What does it show for your network and mask? 192.168.1.? what does it show for your gateway.  This is the IP address of your att router.

 

To use your n56u as just an accesspoint.  Change its network to be on the same network as your att, I am guessing your att is 192.168.1.254 ?   While your n56u is prob 192.168.1.1 - which puts them on the same network and your good.  So on your n56u just turn off its dhcp server.  An then connect it to your att router via a LAN port on the n56u vs its wan/internet port.  Shazam you have an AP.

 

Now connect to your n56u IP and configure its wireless.. For easy transition between the 2 routers depending on where you client is - make them the same SSID, same encryption psk, etc.  Just most likely put them on different channels - so say channel 1 and channel 11 if your using 2.4 ghz

[545646674116]

First I can't take credit for the instructions below - I had saved them sometime ago because I had run into the same issue as SylentSlayer. First Slayer do I assume correctly that you wish to use your Asus router as a wi-fi range extender? If so then follow the instructions listed below:

 

How to setup wireless with routers as access points

 

router1 = internet port connected to cable/fios/dsl modem. dhcp enabled, ssid of router1 = myssid

router2 = ethernet cable from a port on router 1 to any internal port on the router, the internet/wan port is not to be used. dhcp is disabled. ssid of router2 = myssid

 

Pay attention to the ssid of both router1 and router2....they are the same, there is a reason for this. The network card will pick whatever access point has the strongest signal and seamlessly switch between them so you don't drop when connecting to different access points. you can move about your house without noticeably dropping off and switching between areas. 

 

Or:

 

1. Using a PC wired into the current router, unplug it from the wired connection and plug into a LAN port on the secondary router. Access the secondary router using your browser via its default LAN IP address and default password. Since the PC was attached to the previous router you will have tell the PC to obtain a LAN IP from the new device. Use 'winipcfg' in win9x or 'ipconfig release/renew' with W2K/XP on the PC.

 

2. On the secondary router (hereafter called the AP)

 

a. change the default password to a minimum combination of 8 letters/numbers/symbols.

 

b. Change the SSID to a unique name and make all the necessary wireless configurations.

Note: If attaching a WiFi router as an AP/switch to an existing wifi network, one should keep the SSIDs the same for seamless roaming, or separate if one wants to manually decide which AP to connect to. If you decide to use the existing ESSID as your existing wireless network, your security settings should be the same. Also, ensure channel separation (1-6-11 common for three devices). Two wireless AP on the same channel does not work very well. 

 

3. In the AP, go to the LAN setup page:

 

a. Turn DHCP serving OFF on the AP (i.e secondary router being configured as AP). This is necessary so that your DHCP clients obtain correct settings (with correct gateway) from the primary router instead of the incomplete/erroneous one from the AP.

 

b. Change the LAN IP of the AP from its default so that it lies within the subnet of the primary router but preferably outside the dynamic LAN IP range of the primary router. (examples below) Note: This is not a requirement, but keeping everything in the same IP range can make administration and file sharing easier.

 

c. Disable or turn RIP off, if there is that option.

 

d. Disable or turn off Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support (if any).

 

4. Plug the PC back into the wired connection and repeat the process of getting new LAN IP. A reboot of the PC may be needed.

 

5. Plug the AP into the primary router, LAN port TO LAN port directly or via switch/patch panel etc. Leave the WAN port of AP disconnected.

 

6. It may be necessary to reboot one or both routers but one should be able to assign LAN IPs wirelessly and connect at this point, ensuring WiFi card setup properly.

 

Example:

 

Primary Router

LAN IP 192.168.1.1

old Dynamic DHCP Pool 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.xx

subnet mask 255.255.255.0

 

Will need to change Dynamic DHCP pool

new DCHP Pool 192.168.1.33 - 192.168.1.xx (for example)

Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

 

Secondary Router (our Access Point)

old LAN IP 192.168.0.1 -or any other default

 

Will need to change LAN IP to be within subnet of primary.

new LAN IP 192.168.1.2

Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

[+BudMan MVC]

Those are very drawn out instructions sure -- but they are NOT for a "as a wi-fi range extender?"  They are just as an accesspoint, which I already gave instructions on how to do ;)

 

A wi-fi range extender or repeater would be if 2nd router connects to first router over wireless.  Not when your just using it as an AP on your network connecting with a wire.

 

Turning off RIP and UPnP are just noise in your instructions.. And would not matter if those were on or off since your not using its wan port.  And only if the devices was turn to router vs gateway would RIP even be an option to enable.

[xendrome]

Why not just bridge the modem and use the n56u as the router/WAP?

[SylentSlayer]

O gosh I wish I knew computers better I have no idea how to do any of that. Can this even be done through a phone I have no computer.

[+BudMan MVC]

Yeah anything that can access the routers interface can do it.. To be honest you have really 1 setting to make since from what I google the IP address of att router is 192.168.1.254, and the IP of n56u is 192.168.1.1 - all you have to do is turn off the dhcp server on your n56u and connect it to your att via lan port not wan.

 

But we can verify that - what IP address is your gateway when you connect to the att router?

 

Why do you not have a computer but home internet access?  Why don't you just uses the phones internet?

[SylentSlayer]

Costs money. Wireless is for two phones and gaming. Under ip for router I see 192.168.1.2.

That's the at@t modem router.

[+BudMan MVC]

Well when you connect to your wireless on your n56u what do you see?

 

if its 192.168.1.1 your still good.. Just turn off its dhcp server.  .2 seems like ODD for router default - did you change it at some point?  You sure its not .254?