Belkin router as Access point. What am I missing

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marcplante

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I had a belkinN750 set up as an access point with a FIOS actiontec router.

The FIOS router had DHCP set with address range from 192.168.1.2 to .249

I set up the Belkin with static IP at 192.168.1.250
I turned off the DHCP on the belkin
Then I connected the belkin to the Fios router using an ethernet cable into a LAN port in the back of the Belkin. not the WAN port.

The belkin does not react at all. I can not ping it at 192.168.1.250 from the FIOS Router.

I called belkin support and they're confused because my "use as an access point" menu item doesn't show up on the configuration page. They want me to upgrade firmware...but this configuration worked in the past.

What am I missing?

Thanks,
 
Lithium381

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sounds like you did it right . . . double check the simple stuff. did you use a crossover cable?(does it need it?) did you put the static IP of the belkin on the wan side or the lan side of the configuation? you're getting link light on both? can you ping it from another device on the network?
 
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marcplante

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Actually, I was feeding my actiontec "Modem" (192.168.1.1) into the belkin, which currently lives at 192.168.2.1. This works to provide access, but makes a bit of a mess of file transfers since it spreads my boxes across two subnets.

Belkin support. had me update the firmware to provide their "Use as an access point" option.

They also had me leave the incoming cable in the router's *WAN* port, which is strange since it worked fine before in the LAN port. I got router to provide Internet access, though I have not tried to configure it as an access point.

The previous night I had I setup the router as an access point, and I was having trouble:

1) I could not get PCs to connect wirelessly:
2) The Modem could not see it. (Ping tests from the router and my PC failed

In that configuration, I had set the modem's DDHCP address assignment range from 192.168.1.2 - 249, then I set the Belkin router to a static IP address of 192.168.1.250. I had the router working with the Modem's predacessor (another Actiontec) using this configuration. I just upgraded to a newer, faster version, and my connectivity failed.

Given the fact that I now have to leave the Belkin connected via its WAN port, which is counterintuitive to me, I wonder if I need to set the Belkin's static IP address to something *within* the modem's dynamic address assignment (recognized?) range, but in an obscure level (192.168.1.200).

I checked the firmware on the Modem, and it is current. Perhaps the actiontec needs to see all devices within its address distribution range?
 
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JackMDS

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Hmm.. If otherwise the Action Tec works OK when computers interact with it directly. I woiuld leave it as is.

Belkin? Well In the last 8 years I do not use them even if I can get them for free.




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marcplante

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The problem I have leaving the Belkin as is now is that it will leave half of my network on a separate subnet, complicating video viewing from my server. Running the belkin as a passive access point preseves my ability to share across a LAN, particularly with my DLNA players that aren't that good about using homegroups and other higher level metaphors like PCs can to traverse subnets (as I understand it).

This seems like a fairly vanilla requirement. I may end up pitching the Belkin if I can't get it stable...though it WAS WORKING.

I'm going to try one more time tonight. then, when I pitch the belkin, what do I buy? I hear the word Asus a lot, but have had bad experiences with their support for Notebooks.
 
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