Archer C7 as Wired AP/Bridge?

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Archer C7 as Wired AP/Bridge?
Archer C7 as Wired AP/Bridge?
2015-04-01 02:13:48
Region : Argentina

Model : TL-WDR4300

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I have spent the last three hours reading and testing configs to set up a Wired AP bridge like this:

[Main(Netgear)router (DHCP, no wifi)]-----cat5----[Tp-Link Archer C7 (Wifi, mac filter)]- - - - [((wifi)) devices & wired devices]

On my Cisco/linksys/WD routers, it is called "Bridge Mode." I do not want a wireless bridge between the TP-Link and the main DHCP (Netgear) router. I would like to set up the tp-link as an AP (with MAC filtering), but hand off DHCP to the main router through cat5 - just like my other routers. I have wifi devices that require being on the same subnet, so I need the TP-link *not* be on a different subnet of the network/on its own network.

Also, the instructions here will not work as the Archer 7 comes back with "Error code: 5008 WAN IP address and LAN IP address cannot be in a same subnet. Please input another IP address."

I see that dd-wrt (and Gargoyle) have the above configuration that I want up and running, but I would really prefer to stick with stock firmware. I feel like there is some little thing I am missing to get the TP-link working as desired.

On a related note, is there anywhere on this forum where we can request features to be added/changed in the stock firmware? For instance, the MAC addresses *must* be entered in dash format (01-23-45-ab-cd-ef) instead of colon format (01:23:45:ab:cd:ef), or bare format (012345abcdef) in the MAC filtering section. Very inconvenient if you are adding lots of devices (otherwise you could copy and paste the info from other routers)!

I have read that this router is excellent for wifi connections, so I am excited to give it a try! Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!

Firmware Version:
3.14.2 Build 150304 Rel.58409n
Hardware Version:
Archer C7 v2 00000000
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Re:Archer C7 as Wired AP/Bridge?
2015-04-02 11:01:45
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Re:Archer C7 as Wired AP/Bridge?
2015-04-03 03:22:39

Tony Seaford wrote



Thanks for the reply! I will give it a try. I know I read that post before, but I just realized plug it into LAN not WAN! I will post after atttempting.
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Re:Archer C7 as Wired AP/Bridge?
2015-04-04 05:08:33

Tony Seaford wrote



I am still having issues, but I have posted a followup question on the thread you linked above. I will respond if/when I get a response.

EDIT: It works:
1. I did a factory reset
2. I did not setup the WAN (or plug the WAN in)
3. I set up the LAN with the IP in the same subnet as the main router
4. I setup MAC filtering, NAT enable, AES, etc
5. Disable DHCP - last
6 Final reboot
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Re:Archer C7 as Wired AP/Bridge?
2016-02-16 04:28:35
It sure would be nice to actually set a single "default route" and not have to do what I'm about to describe, but it's better than nothing and works for me.

While you can't set a single default route, which I suspect is merely an issue of the web UI not properly validating that 0.0.0.0 with mask 0.0.0.0 is actually a valid route/subnet mask combination), you can set a series of smaller routes to achieve the same result.
I set up a series of routes to all subnets in the range 1-223.x.x.x (0.x.x.x isn't valid, 224-255.x.x.x is all multicast and can be ignored).
You have to exclude your local subnet otherwise the WebUI throws an error.
My local LAN address is in the 10.x.x.x range, and as that's in the RFC1918 address range (and thus won't be something you see on the Internet), it's safe to exclude this.
It also makes the route table far simpler than if I had it in the 192.168 range :)
Here's what my routing table looks like:


































































[TD="class: ListC1"]1 [TD="class: ListC1"]2 [TD="class: ListC1"]3 [TD="class: ListC1"]4 [TD="class: ListC1"]5 [TD="class: ListC1"]6 [TD="class: ListC1"]7 [TD="class: ListC1"]8
ID
Destination Network Subnet Mask Default Gateway Status [/TD]
1.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
2.0.0.0 254.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
4.0.0.0 252.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
8.0.0.0 254.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
11.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
12.0.0.0 254.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
14.0.0.0 254.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
16.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]












































[TD="class: ListTC1"]ID [TD="class: ListC1"]9 [TD="class: ListC1"]10 [TD="class: ListC1"]11 [TD="class: ListC1"]12
Destination Network Subnet Mask Default Gateway Status [/TD]
32.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
64.0.0.0 192.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
128.0.0.0 192.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled [/TD]
192.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 10.x.y.z
Enabled http://10.3.2.2/OLMSDBLBEXIKQPTB/userRpm/StaticRouteTableRpm.htm?Modify=11&Page=2http://10.3.2.2/OLMSDBLBEXIKQPTB/userRpm/StaticRouteTableRpm.htm?Del=11&Page=2


Hope that helps some of you.
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