Need help on using old D-Link router as WAP
The WiFi signal in our stick home, is weak, where we have a flatscreen on which I want to use a Roku dongle. The Roku picks up the signal, but programs pause to re-load the buffer. If I use the Roku o...
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Jeff, Yes, I agree that the D-Link 614+ is still a decent router, and works well in this application, with the exception that it is still trying to be the "router", and not the "switch". I need to disable DHCP, and that's what I need help with. I did do a master reset; 30/30/30 as it's called, and can login using the default DLink username & password. I have made and saved changes, like renaming the SSID, encryption key, etc. But when I turn DHCP off, I can no longer get into the router, and that is because it needs to be set to a static IP, from what I'm reading on wiki, etc.
But there are a few gray areas, like once I set static to something like 192.168.1.7, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, do I need to set the gateway address too? Some places I've read that I do, and wiki didn't mention it.
Coolmom42: the old router worked fine while streaming video, for the week I used it (every day that week). Left it off a few weeks, and it had gotten kicked off the login, and I couldn't re-join, even though the router still was broadcasting a strong signel. Clash with another device, and that happens when 2 routers compete. So one has to be set as a WAP switch, so it does not hand out addresses, but simply passes them to the Roku (or whatever), that was issued by the main router. It might be old, but it worked fine.
Still looking for some specific instructions on setting a router as a switch, cabled to a LAN port of the primary router.
Anybody?
But there are a few gray areas, like once I set static to something like 192.168.1.7, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, do I need to set the gateway address too? Some places I've read that I do, and wiki didn't mention it.
Coolmom42: the old router worked fine while streaming video, for the week I used it (every day that week). Left it off a few weeks, and it had gotten kicked off the login, and I couldn't re-join, even though the router still was broadcasting a strong signel. Clash with another device, and that happens when 2 routers compete. So one has to be set as a WAP switch, so it does not hand out addresses, but simply passes them to the Roku (or whatever), that was issued by the main router. It might be old, but it worked fine.
Still looking for some specific instructions on setting a router as a switch, cabled to a LAN port of the primary router.
Anybody?
