Archer C59 Access Point - Subnets/Access Issues

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Archer C59 Access Point - Subnets/Access Issues
Archer C59 Access Point - Subnets/Access Issues
2018-02-18 08:17:05
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I have a C59 which I've setup in the far corners of the house to offer Wifi/Wired connections over there


My 'Master' Router is connected to it's WAN Port and it's working fine for Internet access and I can even FTP into the Shared USB Device from the 'Master' side of the Network


Sadly, because the TP requires me to use it's DHCP server (no passthru/relay option) and forces a separate subnet, there's no way for clients on the 'WAN' (Master Router) to access clients on the TP network - that I can figure out at least.


Example
Client1(192.168.0.2)---------------Wifi-------Master Router(192.168.0.1)-------TP WAN Port------------------TP Router(192.168.1.1)----------------------------Client2(192.168.1.2)

Client1 cannot access Client2 because the Master Router has no idea where Client 2 is (only the TP Router is accessible on that subnet)
Client2 CAN access Client1 because the TP routes to the 192.168.0.* subnet correctly

This is kinda annoying but I've zero idea how to enable 'Master' clients access to 'TP' clients?

Note: the common suggestion to get a single subnet is to connect the 'Master' router to a TP 'LAN' port - all this seems to do is turn the TP Router into a switch, you lose ALL it's functionality (no Wifi, no Shared USB, no way to access the Admin etc. etc) so that's not a solution?
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Re:Archer C59 Access Point - Subnets/Access Issues
2018-02-18 20:46:03
p.s. I've even enabled a Static Route on a PC on the "Master" network as follows

"route add 192.168.1.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.150 METRIC 2"

but the TP Router clearly doesn't route traffic from the "Master" (0)/WAN subnet (likely a security issue? I have disabled the SPI Firewall and rebooted etc.)
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2018-02-20 01:33:48
The only way I can configure the router as an access point is to do LAN to LAN and disable DHCP on the access point. Make sure its IP address is on the same subnet as your main router. You will be required to reboot the access point for both changes. The Archer C9 will now become a wireless access point, assuming you enabled both 2.4 and 5.0 bands in the wireless settings. Here is the TP-Link video on how to set it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Cg_gGECGLiY
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Re:Archer C59 Access Point - Subnets/Access Issues
2018-02-21 04:23:37

saiga6360 wrote

The only way I can configure the router as an access point is to do LAN to LAN and disable DHCP on the access point. Make sure its IP address is on the same subnet as your main router. You will be required to reboot the access point for both changes. The Archer C9 will now become a wireless access point, assuming you enabled both 2.4 and 5.0 bands in the wireless settings. Here is the TP-Link video on how to set it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Cg_gGECGLiY


I must admit, I've not managed to get it to connect to the Internet when 'LAN-LAN' connected - it may be that it needs a reboot to resolve that (and it's IP changed, obviously).
An issue I may have is that it won't get it's IP from DHCP so I'll have to reserve one to avoid contention - that may well also be what it couldn't connect!!

I guess they really didn't intend this to work as an Access Point - it's one of few TP devices I've seen which doesn't discuss any of this in the it's manual...

Thanks!
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