Hi TP-Link community,

 

I've followed the instructions listed here to try and extend my wireless range downstairs: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1083/

But even though WDS is enabled (shows "WDS Status: Run" on the Advanced -> Status page), and DHCP on the bridging router is disabled, I can only ping the root router and bridging router; I don't have internet access.

 

Any ideas? Root router is a Netgear R7000, and the bridging router is this TP-Link Archer C8.

 

Here is the result of pinging the bridging router (192.168.1.2), and the root router (192.168.1.1):

 

moi@moi-surface:~$ ping -c 4 192.168.1.2

PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.19 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.25 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.18 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=4.45 ms

--- 192.168.1.2 ping statistics ---

4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms

rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.179/2.765/4.446/0.970 ms

moi@moi-surface:~$ ping -c 4 192.168.1.1

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.37 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.45 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=3.77 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=3.67 ms

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---

4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3005ms

rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.451/3.563/4.365/0.695 ms

moi@moi-surface:~$

 

Update: If within Windows' network settings I manually specify the IP address (I set it to the same as the automatically-assigned one), subnet mask (255.255.255.0), and default gateway (this one I changed from the automatically assigned 192.168.1.2 to the root router's 192.168.1.1), I have internet access!

 

But how do I make this process automatic? I don't want to configure the default gateway for every device that tries to connect to the extended network.