D-Link Forums
The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Access Points / Extenders => DAP-1360 => Topic started by: ashraf_sabry_m on September 14, 2015, 12:02:07 AM
-
I have a Wireless N 150 Bridge/Access Point (DAP-1155) unit that I want to use to provide better wifi coverage to the distant places in my house.
- I tried configuring it to use the Access Point mode, and gave it the same configurations as my wireless router (SSID, security, etc.) and it appeared that there must be a wired ethernet connection between the DAP-1155 and the router for this setup to work, otherwise the two wireless networks will be separate. I can't provide this wired connection. Why can't the two access points communicate wirelessly?
- I tried the bridge mode, but it seems that it only bridges devices connected to the LAN ports of the DAP-1155 to the outer WLAN, which is not what I want.
Are there any other alternatives? Or just I bought the wrong device and should have just bought a repeater?
Thanks and regards.
-
Link>Welcome! (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=48135.0)
- What Hardware version is your DAP? Look at the sticker under the DAP.
- Link>What Firmware (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=47512.0) version is currently loaded? Found on the DAPs web page under status.
- What region are you located?
This model DAP does not support repeating features. You'll need to find a model that supports this feature.
-
Thanks for the quick reply.
- My hardware version is A1
- My firmware version is 1.01 , 20 Jan 2012
- I'm in Egypt
Maybe I won't be able to achieve the repeating functionality strictly as I bought the wrong device, but I just want to achieve good wireless internet coverage in my house without creating a wired connection between the router and the access point.
-
Need a DAP that supports repeating:
http://www.dlinkmea.com/site/index.php/site/products/75/19/repeaters?product_category_id=83
If you want to go this way. You can set up the current DAP for wired connected and use it as a 2ndary AP.
-
Maybe I'll buy one of this devices if I repeat this setup in another house.
But for now I'm just wondering about the lack of the ability of connecting two APs wirelessly. I saw some people on the internet saying that it can be done but will degrade performance (for example this answer http://superuser.com/a/122508/289696 (http://superuser.com/a/122508/289696)).
Is this something imposed by a standard, or a feature differing from vendor to vendor?
-
Can be a standard. Most any repeater will degrade some performance since it has to pick up an connect to a wireless signal, take in the data, then re-broadcast a new signal and data.
-
Is there any way to enable WDS like described here (http://www.wirelessnwifi.com/wds)?
Although the firmware upgrade I did added some new features to the "Advanced wireless" page, but WDS is not of them.
-
If WDS is not in the features then it's not supported.