Static routing problem

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To me it sounds like the Wavlink is in ROUTER MODE.

by rproffitt Moderator · about 46 days ago In reply to Static routing problem

https://www.wavlink.com/en_us/product/WL-WN575A3.html

To be clear I've never seen your issue fixed with routes. We fix this by a redesign, cable or other methods.

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static routes

by Bracken66 · about 46 days ago In reply to To me it sounds like the ...

thanks for the reply
I have checked the Wavlink again and I am in repeater mode. If it was practical to run cat5 I would have loved to have done so, but unfortuatly not. Is there any other possibility. When I was in the business we used to put static routes across Cisco routers as routine.
thanks

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As to the GFI blocking the powerline.

by rproffitt Moderator · about 45 days ago In reply to static routes

It's odd to have GFI on normal outlets. Try plain outlets next time.

Back to the maker as your note about 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.10.0 tells me it's not in repeater mode or this model works differently from others. Repeaters I've seen do not create another LAN.

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Your comment about GFI

by Bracken66 · about 45 days ago In reply to As to the GFI blocking th ...

I see you are from USA.
In UK the latest domestic mains power distribution regulations specify an individual earth leakage detector on every circuit in the consumer unit. This is for two reasons. If you have an earth fault you only trip the individual circuit and can therefore see where the fault is. Secondly earth leakage is cumulative across multiple circuits and can trip a whole consumer unit device when there is no specific fault. - All new or modified systems use this system.

Don't forget, the UK along with almost every other country, except the USA and half of Japan have a domestic voltage of 220V.

Powerline adaptors do not like working across multiple ringmains at the best of times, but if you have individual circuit protection, forget it.

As for the Wavlink, the switch on the side says "repeater" and according to the wiring diagrams both other modes involve cable connection from the router to the Wavlink. Just spent an evening on Google and have found nothing except for a reference to the fact that some extenders do use NAT.

This is bugging me so will keep searching. Can't be the only one to have hit this.

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Wavlink answer

by Bracken66 · Updated about 45 days ago In reply to Your comment about GFI

Very strange, decided to do some experiments, more experiments !!!!

Unplugged it, switched it to AP mode, waited 2 minutes, plugged back in. Eventually, wifi indicators go to maximum but WPS light does not come on and local PC will not talk to anything.

Repeated the above with it switched to router mode. same result.

Switched back to repeater mode and waited until WPS light on and stable. Rebooted local PC, again, and ipconfig now shows a 192.168.1.159 address. I can now talk to it across the Wavlink and print from the remote printer.

Problem solved but presumably this is a bug in Wavlink software.

Thanks for your help.

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