Adding a repeater to a DGND3700

[mogulza]

I have a DGND3700 ... everything is working fine using 2.4G and 5G channels up to 300MB both with WPA2-PSK (AES).

I am now trying to configure a 3rd party wireless broadband router as a repeater to the DGND3700. No success !!

1. Is there ANYTHING I need to change in the DGND3700 configuration to allow this to work?

2. The DGND3700 is configured as 192.168.0.1 with DHCP enabled from 192.168.0.2 thru 192.168.0.99. I have configured the 3rd party router with IP address 192.168.0.101 and enabled it's DHCP from 192.168.0.102 thru 199. Is this correct?

3. What gateway should be configured for use by the repeater's DHCP clients? 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.0.101 ?

4. Anything else I need to know?

For those who are interested, I am trying to configure a Planet Technologies WNRT-627 802.11n Wireless Broadband Router as the repeater.

Regards
Mike

[theTechman05]

Maybe you should change it so just the dgnd3700 is th dhcp host. You still have to point to the gateway ip address of the host router , though I cannot find the gateway setting at this moment just in case you were doing this a different way.

[Scubbie]

Due to licensing issues, if you want to use the repeater function on any Netgear router, you will need to limit the WiFi to either WEP @54mb/s or disable the encryption.

Your 3rd party router may be able to work with suitable firmware, perhaps custom firmware.

The alternative method would be to link the two using a long Ethernet cable or a pair of HomePlugs. Essentially you can then disable the DHCP on the 2nd router and configure the WiFi to use a different channel. You can configure both routers to use the same SSID and security details. This would allow you to seamlessly move between the two routers and the traffic on each shouldn't interfere with each other.

[jmizoguchi]

with above said, get extender wn2500rpt, wn2000rpt

[WebbCMH]

Hi Scubbie and everyone else on this topic. I am trying to do just that - connect two Netgear Routers with a LAN.
I have a DGND3700 which is transmitting both 2.8g & 5g networks and 2.8g & 5g guest networks. Also it is lan connected into a netgear powerline with a XAVN2001 wireless access point in a room in the house a long way from the router. Then I also have a WN3000RP to boost the 2.4g signal outside the building to another building close by.
I have a third building where I need to get internet access via wifi working within the next 48 hours but it is a Brick Tower Windmill with 3 feet thick walls built in 1836.
So I have purchased 60 metres of LAN Cable and a DGND3400 to place inside the Windmill. I don't need the 3400 to transmit the same network SSID as the 3700 nor to transmit in both 2.4G & 5G. (If it can do both then fine but if not 2.4G is perfectly good) So if I link the two together what are the settings I need to use in the 3400 and the 3700 so that it connects to the internet via the 3700?
Sorry for such a long winded explanation but I look forward to any answers from anyone.....

[Scubbie]

Please read through this article to see what you need to do:

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/965

[jmizoguchi]

follow above URL and change the SSID to your needs.

[peterdanckwerts]

Originally Posted by Scubbie

Due to licensing issues, if you want to use the repeater function on any Netgear router, you will need to limit the WiFi to either WEP @54mb/s or disable the encryption.

Your 3rd party router may be able to work with suitable firmware, perhaps custom firmware.

The alternative method would be to link the two using a long Ethernet cable or a pair of HomePlugs. Essentially you can then disable the DHCP on the 2nd router and configure the WiFi to use a different channel. You can configure both routers to use the same SSID and security details. This would allow you to seamlessly move between the two routers and the traffic on each shouldn't interfere with each other.

This is an absurd restriction. Frankly, I don't think you should be selling a product which forces users to operate a completely unsafe wireless network. It looks as though I'll have to turn off my new DGND3700v2's wireless router and attach a separate router which allows WPA2 with a repeater. To add insult to injury, I didn't need to use a repeater with my previous modem and router but if I use my old router with the DGND3700v2 the SNR is dreadful. I feel I've been sold a pup, and a quite expensive one at that.

[Scubbie]

Welcome to the forum Peter.

Firstly it isn't me who is selling the router. I don't work for Netgear. Sadly Netgear's staff do not actively contribute a great deal to this forum.

Yes the licensing isn't a good as it does restrict this feature. Netgear does however produce Wireless repeaters which should be able to connect using WPA2.

Personally I would encourage people to use a wired connection since there is normally less data loss this way.

[jmizoguchi]

Using extender is way better in performance too.

WDS issues with WEP are something manufacture came up with. WiFi alliance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireles...ibution_system