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30-04-2021 05:10 PM
I know I am jumping on an old post but....
.. I am have an ee smart hub as my primary and I am using a bb1 as my secondary.
My set up is as below. I know its far from perfect but anyway....
Smart hub on ground floor at front of house. approx 50mbs
Cat 6 running down to a power adaptor in basement level at front of house (which opens onto the back garden)
Other end of the power adaptor is in the summerhouse about 100ft up garden ( on a different ringmain) getting about 7mbs .
Cat 6 also comes out of dining room adaptor and goes to the bb1 which has been set up as below
This covers the seating area in the garden about 20ft away from the bb and is giving around 30mbs.
So all good.
The only things I am un sure about are:
The server address range on the sh is 192.168.1.64 - 192.168.1. 253 as the bb is 192.168.1.1 I didnt make any changes.
I looked for a way to reserve the ip address on the SH but could not see the BB or anything with that address.
Finally on the BB the internet light is red is that normal?
I am sure its working ok as when i first set it up i had the SH labelled as network and the BB as network1 and made sure i was connect to it and still got on line.
Any help is appreciated
01-05-2021 03:46 PM
01-05-2021 05:44 PM
Many thanks for the help.
Rather foolishly I jumped straight in.
Without changing the bb1 wireless name ( so the both have ssid of network) I then changed the bb1 ip address to 192.168.1.64..
I then tried to connect to the bb1 via wireless ( my dell doesnt have ethernet) but it came up with "refused to connect"
so i then changed range on the sh to start with 192.168.1.1.
But when i tried to connect to 192.168.1.1. it spits me out taking too long to connect.
so I am a big stumped at the moment.
Any ideas?
01-05-2021 06:34 PM
@stringman_uk wrote:
so i then changed range on the sh to start with 192.168.1.1.
When you did this did you also change the Gateway IP of the BB1 back to 92.168.1.1? Did you also set "Always use this IP" for it back on the SH? Is the Internet light still Red?
01-05-2021 06:52 PM
Sadly I couldnt even access it to do any changes
It feels like BB1 is set to 64 which isnt accessible and thus I cant get into it to change the address back.
Light is still red.
I am thinking of just factory resetting the the bb1 and then starting from what you suggested in your first reply
02-05-2021 01:22 PM
Thanks for the info.
I have been putting in all the details from your post.
The only thing that I would like to confirm is :
as the secondary subnet was 192.168.10* i just wanted to confirm this wasnt a typo.
many many thanks
02-05-2021 02:47 PM
Many many thanks for your help.
I followed the advice in your linked post.
It all works ( green lights and all) .
Speeds really drop off after about 5m , which is frustrating but I know its locking onto it as i renamed the network.
TBH all it will really be used for is to connect to an echo for music so all is good.
Thank you so much
02-05-2021 04:43 PM
@stringman_uk : No it's not a typo. From the Primary's point of view all devices connected to it have IPs on the subnet 192.168.1.x & you reserve 1 of them for the Secondary router regardless of which DHCP range it itself is using.
Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance & it is now sorted.