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Wirelessly extend a wired network
Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-19 21:17:21 - last edited 2023-09-27 06:03:54

Hi all, new here and need some help/suggestions.

I'm trying to use two EAP225 Outdoor extedners to link 2 buildings together for a wired network in the 'receiving' building.  It looks like I need to add an OC200 Controller and use the Omada software to create a mesh.  What I'm hoping to do is run an Ethernet cable to the inside of the 'receiving' building, from the AP's LAN connection, to create the wired connection.  Am I going about this the right way or is there a better way?

 

Here is a crude layout of what I'm trying to do:

 

Router-----OC200----------Ethernet --------EAP225))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))EAP225------------Ethernet-----------------Switch inside building

 

Thanks in advance for help on this.

Ray

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2023-09-26 20:22:41 - last edited 2023-09-27 06:03:54

So I'm replying to my original post before the high jack.

Got all of this setup onsite today.  I did the original setup in my office, then took all the hardware onsite for setup.  Everythnig went smoothly, adapter to the new and different network environment.  Checked speedtest.net at the main router and had 49 MBps, at the remote site go 40MBps. Everyone is happy!  I like this setup with the Omada Hardware controller.  Very simple, just adopted the "Root" EAP, then powered on the second EAP, the software saw it and adopted it.  Done.

Thanks for the help from everyone.

Ray

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-20 09:12:10

  @rayvoll 

 

Yes, that is totally OK. The port on the EAP is just a normal ethernet port.

Just striving to develop myself while helping others.
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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-20 11:38:41 - last edited 2023-09-20 11:52:41

  @rayvoll  this will work but whether or not there is a better way depends on your goal.

 

  • Do you need outside Wi-Fi?
  • What speed is your internet?
  • Do you want ot utilize as much of that speed as possible at the remote location?

 

If you have 300Mbps or greater Internet, do not need Wi-Fi outside, and want to utilize as much of that throughput as you can, there are better ways. A Point to Point setup that can handle higher throughput would be the better choice.

 

As an example, my location has Gigabit Internet and I have a point to point to my physical location. I get virutally full bandwidth. If I went with the setup you mentioned, it would likely be around 1/4 of that bandwidth.

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-20 16:02:25

  @rayvoll 

 

Actually, using the OC200 in series between the modem and wired AP will limit your throughput to ~90Mbps max, as those two ports on the OC200 are only 100Mb capable.

 

Either add a cheap  ($20) 5 port GigE switch between the modem and the OC200/AP, or use an OC300 which does have GigE ports (but costs more $).

 

Again, if you aren't using those APs for coverage...RJB's suggestion of using dedicated bridge hardware is best.

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-20 17:34:50

Thanks for the replies.

Internet speed is about 50 MBps. 

Don't need wifi outside.

And this will mostly be used for watching YouTube videos and Facebook. Occasionally uploading recorded music files to Dropbox.

So even if signal is degraded to 50% I think this will work.

Should I anticipate more than 50% degradation?

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-20 17:41:22

  @rayvoll 

 

You can leave the 2.4G radios on and use them freely, but disable any SSIDs on the 5.8G.

 

You will be more than fine at 50Mbps assuming your distance is reasonable (say <150'/50m) and you have a relatively clear line of sight between the two AP units.

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-20 18:11:55

  @d0ugmac1 

Thank you for that.  I'll let you all know how it goes next week when this gets insatalled.

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-22 11:07:37

  @all,

 

Maybe someone has an approach to solving my problem to connect POE+ IPcam .

I can see the IP camera with the IP number 192.168.178.12 in the connected devices list(Fritzbox). but can't access it.

 

 

 

I have set up 4x EAP653 and 2x EAP610-Outdoor and connected them to oc300. So far everything is ok for Wifi devices.

I would like to use 2x EAPs as a client to connected a POE+ IPcam (SG1005P ).

Here is a screenshot of what I'm trying to do:

 

For this I took the Tp-Link-SG1005P and connected a POE+ IPcam and an EAP610-Outdoor.

 

 

devices list Fritzbox.

 

 

thx in advance.

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-23 02:45:54 - last edited 2023-09-23 02:47:20

@nuss it's probably something funky with the extra switch in the path after the mesh and ARP. If you use a POE injector instead of the POE switch does it work then?

 

Remember that devices connected to the meshed AP ethernet port appear as though they are on the upstream port as the wired AP is.

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-24 09:11:56 - last edited 2023-09-24 09:12:34

  @Nuss  wish I could help. I have a similar setup on the remote end, where I have a POE switch powering an EAP225 and three cameras. The EAP225 is in MESH mode and linked to my wired root EAP610.

 

On the SG1005P, is any port an up-link port or just the 5th port? Likely not the issue since you said you can see the devices but its the only thing that comes to mind.

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Re:Wirelessly extend a wired network
2023-09-26 07:47:44 - last edited 2023-09-26 07:48:34

 

 

I deactivated the firewall and used another switch. I tried another EAP653 but it didn't work either.

All WiFi devices have access to the network, except those connected to LAn switches.
Should I set up a router in front of it and a different IP subnet?

 

 

@Virgo 

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