Does it work if you connect after the MacBook and/or other Windows machine is turned off?
Does it work if you connect after the MacBook and/or other Windows machine is turned off?
Does ipconfig show something different when it works than when it doesn't? I'm thinking the gateway and DNS values particularly.
pjbgravely wrote: Also is the repeater on a different channel than the source? It should be as far as you can get it, ie if it is 1 then your repeater should be at 11.
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On 2.4 GHz there are only three channels you should ever be using, 1, 6, or 11. Using the inbetween channels just means you get interference from two, and give interference to two.
pjbgravely wrote: Can you hook to the repeater using an Ethernet cable?
Don't have one, but might be able to borrow one.
On the _ext router, is there a low limit to the number of clients that can connect? If it's set to 7 or something and you're usually #8, that would not give you an IP.
Mike wrote: Does it work if you connect after the MacBook and/or other Windows machine is turned off?
Given the random times that it works/doesn't work, I don't think that's the case, but I should give it the scientific try. It seems more like we all either get it or don't, just that the Macs get it easier. Almost like when my sister can stream I know that there is hope that I might be able to connect within the hour, and when I lose my connection, they'll probably lose theirs in an hour. But I'll try some testing with them disconnected.
Mike wrote: Does ipconfig show something different when it works than when it doesn't? I'm thinking the gateway and DNS values particularly.
I don't think ipconfig works in Win10. I type it into the "run" field and it doesn't do anything.
Properties gives me some info. Right now (its working) I see:
IPv4 address 192.168.1.55
DHCP Yes
Subnet 255.255.255.0
IPv4 default 192.168.1.1
IPv4 DHCP 192.168.1.1
IPv4 DNS servers 104.219.125.52 and 69.79.254.246
Screencap of wireless details.
Sit-rep: I connected to the _ext, but got "no internet" and the little yellow triangle. Right now, my nephew is connected to _ext and playing an online soccer game with his friends on his iphone. My Android says "failed to obtain IP" Iphone connected, PC and Anroid not.
Just to clarify, this is when I'm connected with full 100% signal to the _ext but not getting internet... but the iphone/mac users are getting internet.
curtis73 wrote:GameboyRMH wrote:Is it safe to assume that one antenna is the tx/rx for the device connection and the other is tx/rx to the source router? Or is one antenna for both tx's and the other for both rx's?curtis73 wrote: Forgive my dumbness... the TPLINK router - is it the firmware change that lets it be a repeater?Depends on the hardware revision, OpenWRT supports most: https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr741nd Yes you should modify the antennas on both sides, it's definitely doable...with big TV dishes acting as backfire antennas, you can even extend a wifi link until the curvature of the earth gets in the way.
There's no separation of antennas by connection for sure, and as for which are used for tx/rx, you'd have to check the hardware specs, but usually when there are multiple antennas some will be used for tx and some will be used for rx. In OpenWRT you can specify which antennas are used for tx/rx on some models, but I don't think it's possible to dedicate antennas to a certain SSID. You'll have to use one router for local area wifi and another for the long-distance directional link.
Ok, got a blip of functioning-ness.
This is when I'm connected to _ext AND getting internet.
You can rule out any DHCP problems by setting a static IP address. Use the same settings as in the screenshot above and see if you get online.
GameboyRMH wrote: You can rule out any DHCP problems by setting a static IP address. Use the same settings as in the screenshot above and see if you get online.
Still haven't figured out how to do that in Win10. Can't do it through settings, can't do it through control panel. ipconfig doesn't do anything.
Off to google things.
I've found the self diagnostic feature on 7 (and presumably 10) is actually halfass decent at fixing network connection problems of it's own doing. You might give that a shot.
Ok, found how to set static IP. Changed it and it says there is an error because DHCP wasn't set, but for this minute it is connected. Future will tell.
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