CPE510 configured to Client mode but no internet

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CPE510 configured to Client mode but no internet

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Re:CPE510 configured to Client mode but no internet
2019-10-31 21:16:15

@R1D2 

 

I have adjusted my settings and am now receiving a snr of 85dB but the same problem still persists. From my LAN I can ping up to the TP-Link but nothing that's connected to it. Same going out, the end devices can ping TP-Link but nothing past it. The TP-Link itself can ping anything on the internet so I know it's not a networking issue. Something is wrong with the way end devices communicate w/ the TP-Link and vice versa. 

 

The network settings on the CPE have been changed to Dynamic, the CPE receive the correct ip information from any WLAN I connect it too but any end device connected to the TP-Link does not receive an IP.

 

I am fresh out of ideas at this point, this is bizzare. I have contacted TP-Link support but have not received a response in over week.

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Re:CPE510 configured to Client mode but no internet
2019-11-01 00:51:46 - last edited 2019-11-01 01:07:38

 

J_peg wrote

I have adjusted my settings and am now receiving a snr of 85dB but the same problem still persists.

 

A SNR of 85 dB?

 

You probably mean that your signal level is -85 dB (which is a pretty bad value). Measure noise level, subtract it from the signal level (for example: -85dB signal level minus -90 dB noise level equals 5 dB SNR). SNR must be 20 or higher for data transmission. Your SNR in last Status screenshot was 13 dB (-76 dB SL – -89 dB NL = 13 dB SNR). It seems to fluctuate between 9 and 13 dB since SL horizontally was reported as -80 dB, so -80 dB SL – -89dB NL = 9 dB SNR. This are real world values:

 

  • 10dB - 15dB SNR = Very low signal (1 bar); mostly associated; mostly slow.
  • 5dB to 10dB SNR = No signal; not associated; no go.

 

See http://www.wireless-nets.com/resources/tutorials/define_SNR_values.html

 

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Re:CPE510 configured to Client mode but no internet-Solution
2019-11-01 21:17:56 - last edited 2020-12-18 07:21:30

@R1D2 

 

SOLVED!!

 

I was so focused on the networking behind the CPE510 that I completely forgot about WDS.

 

The WDS setting was set to auto, once I disabled this, everything worked as normal and I was able to reach the internet from any end device that was connected to the CPE510

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Re:CPE510 configured to Client mode but no internet
2019-11-02 10:25:43

WDS is unrelated to traffic between wired clients and the CPE.

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Re:CPE510 configured to Client mode but no internet
2020-12-03 21:34:02

Thank you so much @J_peg this exact same thing was happening to me with the CPE210 connecting to a Netgear  R6700. I worked with support on the phone for 45 minutes before they hung up on me when they ran out of ideas. Disabling WDS worked like a champ.

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