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Maintain antennae wirelessly
Maintain antennae wirelessly
2017-11-19 21:08:00
Model : CPE210

Hardware Version : Not Clear

Firmware Version : Latest

ISP : Broadband fiber

Howdy,

Following is a simplification of my setup. It is needed to understand my problem. I sure hope we can slay this dragon.

The local Cpe210 is set as AP mode & remote cpe210 set as Client mode. Both working great with with full internet access and both on antennae high on poles. Lots of cedar around here.


Local router uses 192.168.1.x and is connected to local cpe210 via Ethernet. Local cpe210 uses 192.168.0.254 in pharos. TDMA active and liked very much. It can go but only as a last resort.


Remote router (tp-link wr802n) uses 192.168.0.1 and is connected to its cpe210 via Ethernet. Remote cpe210 was set to use 192.168.0.2.


I need to maintain both antennae wirelessly using my android device. Accessing either antenna using Ethernet is very problematic because the POE's of each are very difficult to get to from the control point ​. The control point being the location from which I need to maintain them.


Thank you very much for any suggestions. :D
Dr Dan
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Re:Maintain antennae wirelessly
2017-11-20 01:33:03
If you connect to the wireless network of the WR802N using your Android device, you should be able to administrate both CPEs as long as the Android device gets an address in the 192.168.0.0 subnet.
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Re:Maintain antennae wirelessly
2017-11-20 03:08:57
Too true R1D2,
Hey, that rhymas. The rub is ... How to get that address to the android device. I tried creating an SSID but, because there was no router sending that SSID out, the android said it did not exist. And indeed it does not exist, I made it up.

I have but a single wireless router. If I modify its parameters then I've got to change everything using the old subnet (192.168.1.1) to the new subnet (192.168.0.x). One alternative is to get another router and set its AP to 192.168.0.0 and its gateway to 192.168.1.x. This get confusing fast to a novice like me.

I was hoping to find a way to link the two subnets.
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Re:Maintain antennae wirelessly
2017-11-20 08:40:39

Drdan wrote

I was hoping to find a way to link the two subnets.


I'm not clear why you use two subnets anyway - the WR802N is set up as router? Its WAN connected via CPE to the Internet through a second router? Any other special setup?

Why not just configure the CPEs and also the WR802N to sit in the 192.168.1.0 subnet as the main router does? Of course, the WR802N then must be configured as an AP connected to CPE #2, which is wirelessly extending the router's subnet at the CPE #1 (AP's) side.

Probably it helps if you post a picture/drawing of the topology you want to set up.
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2017-11-20 09:13:55
The 802 is at the remote end. It is very remote. It is powered by a solar panel keeping 12v batteries alive. I use a dc to dc converter to get the 24v needed to power the remote antenna, router, ring doorbell, WiFi switch, and gate controller. It has no AC, armchair, cold drinks, TV, or nearby snacks. The local has all that stuff ... But it does not have a device that broadcasts an SSID based on 192.168.0.x.

Trust me, it's far better to spring for a router just to connect to the local end. To me it seems that route is a bit excessive and unnecessary. All I'm trying to do is maintain the system using my android tablet from the comfort of my study.

Life is grand.
Dr Dan
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2017-11-20 14:18:52
In order for a better management, we always configure P2P link with the same subnet.
1. change your local router's IP to 192.168.0.1.
2. Configure WR802n as AP mode and Change its LAN IP to 192.168.0.11.
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Re:Maintain antennae wirelessly
2017-11-21 05:20:55

Carat1 wrote

In order for a better management, we always configure P2P link with the same subnet.
1. change your local router's IP to 192.168.0.1.
2. Configure WR802n as AP mode and Change its LAN IP to 192.168.0.11.


Yes, this is the best and most elegant solution. But it's also possible to set up the second CPE (the client in your picture) as the router and have its WAN in the 192.168.0.0 subnet while using another subnet such as 192.168.1.0 on its LAN side. Then set the CPE's network IP to 192.168.0.2.
See also the "remote management" setting of the CPE, which lets you mix drinks remotely. Err, I meant: managing the CPE. ;)
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Re:Maintain antennae wirelessly
2017-11-21 05:48:08
Gents,
I've found yet another solution. And it works. My router has both a 2.4G wireless and the 5.6G wireless signals. I usually use the low freq because some of my toys can't use the high one. Thus I selected the high freq and set it to modify network config. I made it static. Then I set the local IP to use for anything that connects to that SSID to 192.168.0.10. Almost anything within the cpe210 subnet would work. Next I set the gateway to 192.168.0.254 (Pharos). I'm uncertain exactly how/why this works but it does exactly what I needed. Naturally it compromises the high freq wireless but...

To get to either the local cpe210, the remote cpe210, or the remote router all I need do is select the 5G WiFi signal to connect to. Because the router continues to broadcast the 5Gs SSID the android will attempt to connect. Since all IPs are valid the connections are successful. Too bad I cannot fabricate my own SSID or cause the router to create a third SSID.

Anyway, thanks all for the insightful and very helpful inputs. We got 'er done.
My best to you,
Dr Dan
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