4GEE Home Router and Access Point

[paulrae]

I've been using the 4GEE home router (model HH70VB) now for some time and I'm pleased with the performance.  The LAN output on the router is connected (hard-wired) to an unmanaged switch.  I now want to connect (hard-wired) some means of transmitting the wifi signal into the garden on one side of the house.  I was told that this would require an Access Point to convert from the wired network to the wifi signal, so I've acquired a TP Link Wireless AP/Client Router (model TL-WR843ND). 

Firstly, I'm not sure that the TP-Link unit is is the corect device - the person in our local computer shop seemed sure about it.  Looking at the TP-link website it looks like this device is more suited to convertin the wifi signal to a hard-wired LAN - the opposite of my intention.  Am I reading things wrongly?

Secondly, assuming that the TP-Link unit is the correct one, how do I configure the system to accept the wired TP-Link device?  Connecting to the network I can't see the TP-link unit.  I can access the advanced settings in my 4GEE router.

Thanks for any help.

[paulrae]

Thank you for your help.  I'll try again later today and report back.

[paulrae]

Success!  The hardest part seemed to be connecting to the TP-Link box.  I managed this by disconnecting the unit from my network, doing a factory reset (it was used item), and then connecting to one of the device's LAN ports with my laptop.  After that it was just a case of following the steps in the video and connecting the TP-link back into the house LAN hardwired cabling.

By positioning the router next to a downstairs window we now have wifi well down our garden - just in time for streaming my daughter's wedding ceremony in the garden to my son in New Zealand.

Thanks again for all the help.

[XRaySpeX]

Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance & it is now sorted.

Just as I said!

Just for my info:

1. Was the TP-Link's DHCP disabled?
2. What was the LAN IP assigned to the TP-Link by the mobile router?

[paulrae]

Once I had connected the TP-link directly to a computer using an ethernet cable the instructions in the video worked perfectly.

Manually change IP address (in my case to 192.168.1.2)

Reboot

Manually turn off DHCP

Reboot

All now tickety boo!

[XRaySpeX]

Why didn't you use the AP Operation Mode (Part 1 of Video)? That's what it's designed for.

[paulrae]

At 0:55 in the video I reckoned that the config shown there matched what I was trying to achieve.  I'm pretty ignorant of system configurations and associated jargon, so when I saw something that matched what I wanted to achieve I went for that.  And it worked, so I'm a happy bunny.