Archer C7 1750 usage of the "client" function aka WDS bridge
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Archer C7 1750 usage of the "client" function aka WDS bridge
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ISP :
hi,
I have gotten 2x Archer C7 and I want to configure one of them as the access point, the other will be a "WLAN client"
The one I wanted to be my AP is connected to a cable modem without WLAN.
Either I can switch NAT off and give the LAN aa IP from the "internal" modem network then I can connect with my laptio via Wifi to the internet
Or I can switch NAT on, give the LAN another IP address... via Wifi I can still connect the internet.
But the other one - connected it via LAN cable and tried various things.
I was able to connect it to both the 2.4 and the 5 GHz network when enabling "WDS bridging".
When I activate the NAT at the AP then I can "see" parts of the internet, but randomly I get name resolutions or not, and after that some HTML but with literally no bandwidth... my cable has 120 Mbit that is not the bottleneck.
When I deactivate the NAt, give the client, the AP and my laptop via LAN cable some fixed IP's in the range of the cable modem's internal network I can connect to both configuration websites but no internet at all although my cable modem can do DNS forwarding, and I also configured 2 name servers like the 8.8.8.8 from Google.
My question is:
does the WDS bridge require NAT to work?
Are there some special things to consider when using the C7 as WLAN client of another C7?
What I want:
I have sort of private datacenter with LAN-only, e.g. having a WSUS which is quite bandwith consuming and a media center server - but I don't want to drill holes for ethernet cables :-)
So the three hosts I have there are connected to a switch, the switch is connected to the WLAN client (which actually does about 6 Mbit, the current access point is an older TPLink AP) and that WLAN client should be replaced to something much more powerful like the AC7
Even if I get only 10% of the theoretical bandwidth it should give me the full 120 Mbit - the 5 GHz band has 1.3 GBit and the 2.4 GHz band has 450 Mbit of gross capacity....distance is just 15 feet/5 meters
Hardware Version : Not Clear
Firmware Version :
ISP :
hi,
I have gotten 2x Archer C7 and I want to configure one of them as the access point, the other will be a "WLAN client"
The one I wanted to be my AP is connected to a cable modem without WLAN.
Either I can switch NAT off and give the LAN aa IP from the "internal" modem network then I can connect with my laptio via Wifi to the internet
Or I can switch NAT on, give the LAN another IP address... via Wifi I can still connect the internet.
But the other one - connected it via LAN cable and tried various things.
I was able to connect it to both the 2.4 and the 5 GHz network when enabling "WDS bridging".
When I activate the NAT at the AP then I can "see" parts of the internet, but randomly I get name resolutions or not, and after that some HTML but with literally no bandwidth... my cable has 120 Mbit that is not the bottleneck.
When I deactivate the NAt, give the client, the AP and my laptop via LAN cable some fixed IP's in the range of the cable modem's internal network I can connect to both configuration websites but no internet at all although my cable modem can do DNS forwarding, and I also configured 2 name servers like the 8.8.8.8 from Google.
My question is:
does the WDS bridge require NAT to work?
Are there some special things to consider when using the C7 as WLAN client of another C7?
What I want:
I have sort of private datacenter with LAN-only, e.g. having a WSUS which is quite bandwith consuming and a media center server - but I don't want to drill holes for ethernet cables :-)
So the three hosts I have there are connected to a switch, the switch is connected to the WLAN client (which actually does about 6 Mbit, the current access point is an older TPLink AP) and that WLAN client should be replaced to something much more powerful like the AC7
Even if I get only 10% of the theoretical bandwidth it should give me the full 120 Mbit - the 5 GHz band has 1.3 GBit and the 2.4 GHz band has 450 Mbit of gross capacity....distance is just 15 feet/5 meters
