The first WA701ND should be configured in Access Point (AP) mode.
Only the second WA701ND should be configured in Bridge with AP mode.

That's the trick. :cool:

http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?faqid=719

Generally there are two types of bridge.

1) [Traditional bridge mode]

The bridge mode on the old 802.11g products such as TL-WA7510N and TL-WA5210G is based on an old mechanism, which supports only WEP encryption or no security. In addition, due to the limit of WEP algorithm, when TL-WA7510N enable WEP encryption in bridge mode, the total bandwidth of physical layer will be limited to 54Mbps.

When using two TL-WA7510N or TL-WA5210N to establish a traditional wireless bridge, both TL-WA7510N should work in "bridge with AP mode" and we need to input MAC address of the other TL-WA7510N on each side.

This traditional bridge mode won't be updated anymore in the future.

2) [New bridge mode]

However, newer products are all 802.11n standard. 11n products such as TL-WA701/801/901/TL-WA7210N apply a new bridge mode, which supports no security, WEP, WPA/WPA2. Other indoor products like TL-WA901ND apply the same bridge mode.

When setting up bridge mode using TL-WA7210N, it doesn't need to configure both TL-WA7210Ns in "bridge with AP" mode. (In fact, it won't work if we configure both TL-WA7210Ns as "bridge with AP".)

As for TL-WA7210N, please refer to the following topology:
#1: main router------TL-WA7210N[Access Point mode] ))))(((( TL-WA7210N[Bridge with AP mode]------PC, etc.
#2: main router or AP ))))(((( TLWA7210N[Bridge with AP mode]------PC, etc.

That is to say, we only need to configure TL-WA7210N as Bridge with AP mode then TL-WA7210N can connect the main AP by itself. The main AP treats TL-WA7210N as a normal wireless client.

Hi Tobacco

Thanks for the info. It works OK now!

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Andy