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Title: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point
Post by: wing_man on December 28, 2012, 02:22:38 PM

I have a DGL-4500 as my only router on a cable modem.  The wireless is too weak in the far end of the house.  I have a D Link DIR615 router that I'd like to use as a Wireless access point.  I have a LAN wire that goes back there so I thought I would reconfigure the 615 and connect it that way.  I disabled the DHCP and UPnP and set the IP address on the 615 to one outside the DHCP range of the 4500.  I connected them LAN port to LAN port.  The 615 and the 4500 can't see each other.  I then tried changing the 615's firmware to dd-WRT and following their setting changes and got the same result.  The 2 boxes can't see or ping each other. 

Any ideas?  Need any more info to help???

thanks all

Title: Re: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point
Post by: FurryNutz on December 28, 2012, 02:37:23 PM

Follow this:
Turning a router into an AP. (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=40856.0)
It should work well for you. Does for me.

Title: Re: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point
Post by: wing_man on December 29, 2012, 08:54:52 AM

Ok I rest the router followed the instructions and it works!  I wish I could say exactly what change made the difference but I can't.   >:(

No matter you helped it works I'm very HAPPY!  ;D

Title: Re: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point (RESOLVED)
Post by: FurryNutz on December 29, 2012, 12:05:45 PM

Enjoy.

Title: Re: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point
Post by: wildhare on March 02, 2013, 02:09:07 PM

Dumb question, I have followed the same instructions but my indicator panel on the 4500 says "OffLine".  My coverage seems improved.  Should the indicator read "online"?
Thanks!

Title: Re: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point
Post by: FurryNutz on March 03, 2013, 07:50:35 AM

Is the 4500 running as your main host router or in AP mode? If in AP mode it will probably read offline.

Title: Re: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point
Post by: wildhare on March 03, 2013, 11:17:24 AM

Furry, yes, it's the AP.  Our ATT UVerse isn't so flexible, so the ATT is the host router.  Thanks for the confirmation!

Title: Re: 4500 to a 615 Wireless access point
Post by: FurryNutz on March 03, 2013, 11:29:16 AM

OK, making sure. Ya, if running in AP mode, some of the status messages will not work as they are dependent on the router working as a main host router.

Enjoy.