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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-655 => Topic started by: afab on December 31, 2010, 06:24:52 PM
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I recently upgraded my network because my DIR-655 started to drop connections. My new routers (a Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall SRXN3205) is working great, but I'd like to re-purpose my D-Link as a wireless bridge.
According to Netgear support, I need to link my DIR-655 to another access point connected to the network over wired Ethernet. No problem there; I have a DAP-1522 connected via Ethernet on the floor directly below the location of the DIR-655. I was under the impression that although the signal was going through the floor, the physical distance to between the two devices would be sufficient to make the connection. No joy. I use the push-to-connect buttons on the two devices, but they do not connect. Is the floor the only issue? I do have an ANT-24 antenna extension for the DIR-655 router -- would that make any difference. As I say, the physical distance between the two devices is less than 10 feet.
I'm open to suggestions on how to get this configuration to work. I could try and put a second DIR-655 next to the Netgear router on the same floor as the other AP, but the distance would be closer to 30 feet away and around a corner. I really don't want to crawl into the attic to drop new Ethernet cable.
Thanks in advance and to all a very happy new year.
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View the setup page without a style to find bridge mode.
Setting > Network Setting
When viewed without a style you will see:
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2lvg6so.jpg)
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I'm sorry ... I don't understand "without a style." I log into the setup screen for Network Setting, I have Router Settings and DHCP Settings. I want to set this up as a bridge -- I just don't see the option of router or bridge that you describe. Can you elaborate please.
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You need to change the view setting in your browser.
Go to the Router setup page that has the Netowk Setup, then change your style view there.
For IE:You want to press the Page Button, when the bar opens up you want to select the Style one and then select No Style.
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Wow. Thanks. I'd have never known that there was a style setting like that that would change my GUI in the setup screen. How did you know about that? I could not find anything about that in any documentation that I looked at.
That said, I changed the setting from router to bridge, plus I went into the Netgear router setup and added the IP address and MAC address of the bridge to the list of devices on the network. I also rebooted the router. I'd have thought that the bridge would have been visible to the router and the network, but no joy. When I try to ping the 644, I get a message Destination Host Unreachable.
I have a DAP-1522 on the floor below and I tried the push-to-link on those two devices, but again, no luck.
I'm open to any additional suggestions.
Addendum: OK, got 'em both on the same channel now. For a while they were transmitting on different channels, which could have caused the problem. When the D-Link is physically connected to the Netgear, no problem. When I try to attach wirelessly, no joy. What a headache.