Cannot get TP-Link AC1900v2 setup in bridge mode
I'm trying to set up a TP-Link AC1900v2 in Bridge Mode. I think I'm getting most of the way there -- I can get WDS status as RUN -- but I can't register the device on the local network or reach the internet. After several hours trying to work out how to do it, I've decided to write out the steps I've taken in hopes that someone will be able to point out where I went wrong.
Situation: I'm making sure there is wifi signal in an outbuilding. I've got decent signal in a corner and am putting the AC1900 there to rebroadcast to the rest of the building.
Current guide: Official manual, section Q4/Page 90. ( https://static.tp-link.com/1910011993_Archer%20C1900(US)_V2_User%20Guide.pdf )
Approach A:
1) Run ethernet/LAN cable to my setup laptop. Plug another cable from a router to a LAN port.
2) Log into TPLinkwifi.net
3) Minor setup
**Note: When going to Advanced>Internet, I get an error message "WAN port is unplugged"
**I've tried leaving this as a dynamic IP, with and without setting DNS. In both cases, it fails to connect.
**I've also tried plugging into the WAN port -- see approach B.
4) Step 2 of manual -- Go to Advanced>Network>LAN and set a static IP for the AC1900.
**I gave it a DHCP reservation in Active Directory. Nobody else is taking that IP address.
5) Step 3 of manual -- Go to Advanced>System Tools>System Parameters, surveyed for a wifi router, and set things up with the credentials.
**I've verified that I have everything correct, accessing the internet through that router with a different device.
**Going to Advanced>Wireless>Statistics let's me see the AC1900 is talking to the router.
6) Turn off DHCP on the AC1900.
7) Reboot the AC1900.
**WDS status listed as "Run"
Great, except the AC1900 does not get an IP address from my server or connect to the internet.
With this approach, I've been experimenting with Static IP setups. So far, none have worked,
I can ping the AC1900 from other computers on the network.
Approach B
1) This time, I plug a cable from a router into the Internet/WAN port.
2,3) Same
**This time, I get an Dynamic IP just fine.
4) Advanced>Network>LAN
**I cannot set an IP address. I get an error message "WAN ip and LAN ip are in the same subnet".
**I found another person with this problem. I can't seem to make his solution work, though. I'll come back in the morning and try it again.
https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/160963
5-7) Same
**Various outcomes. I wind up with an "Assoc" status. I make it so I cannot reach the AC1900 webpage. I stick with an "Off" status.
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Thanks for the help. Hopefully we'll be able to get this working.
Rylen
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PS -- I looked everywhere for a model C1900. I hope I'm not in the wrong place.