Hi this video is about how to repeat or boost a weak public WiFi service
into a building. The basic scheme is that we have an externally mounted CPE
operating as a client connected by Ethernet to an internal
Wireless access point. The external CPE logs
into the public WiFi service and your devices connect to the internet wireless
access point
a device called a Power over Ethernet injector is used to supply power
to the external CPE over the ethernet cable
this gives you a great deal of flexibility over the placement the CPE
as the cable can be up to 60 meters or two hundred feet long
the external CPE device that I have selected is the tp-link
wa5210G
this is a high powered device with duals high gain antennas and
an outdoor weatherproof case. The internal wireless access point is a
tp-link
WA701ND. The external CPE
is mounted on an old tripod and the internal access point
anywhere that's convenient. To configure the WA5210G CPE
it must be connected to the
Ethernet port on a PC through the power over ethernet splitter
The PC must have a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.50
If everything is okay the power and lan lights on the CPE
will be enabled and you should be able to ping the CPE
on 192.168.1.254
from the PC. The configuration menu is accessed with the web browser using the
address
HTTP://192.168.1.254
The default username and password
are both admin. If you configuring the unit for the first time
then you'll be asked to select a region, the region will determine the maximum
power output of the unit. Selecting United States
allows the maximum available, but you should check the regulations for
your country. Under basic settings, operations mode
select AP client router and then save.
Next basic settings, network lan
the IP address should be 192.168.1.254
and
the subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Under Wan,
wan connection type, should be dynamic ip
Under wireless basic settings you can set the power output
depending on the region that you selected earlier. Under wireless mode
you need to select client. The survey button will show you the available
wifi services which you can then select. The wireless antenna alignment
page
should be used to position the CPE for maximum signal strength. Moving on to
advance settings,
DHCP settings menu, the DHCP server
should be enabled with a start IP address 192.168.1.101
and an end IP address of 192.168.1.199
The default gateway should be 192.168.1.254
The primary DNS and secondary DNS can be left empty
or if you wish to use a smart service then this is the place
to enter their DNS server addresses. At this point the PC should have access to the
WiFi service.
The next stage is to configure Wa701ND
The PC is connected directly to the WA701ND
with an Ethernet cable. The web browser used to access the configuration menu
in the same way as with the WA5210G. So once were in the configuration
we select the wireless settings menu and set the operations mode
to access point, the SSID is the name of your internal wireless network
in this case it is called "inside". You should set the region
to your country and everything else can be left as default.
at the end click on Save. Next select the wireless security menu
select WPA PSK button and enter a password for your internal wireless network
click on Save. In the network menu select
type fixed IP with an address of 192.168.1.100
a subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Click Save.
You can now connect the WA5210G
to the Wa701ND through the power over Ethernet splitter
and power on both devices. The PC is configured to access
the internal wireless network using the SSID
and password chosen for the WA701ND.
With the PC connected to the internal network you now have access to the
configuration menus on both devices
and also to the external network connected to the WA5210G.
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