Wireless Networking Help Needed

[mejifair]

OK,

For any of you that are fairly advanced in your understanding of wireless networking, I have a problem to pose. Also - if you know of any other good wireless related forums let me know.

I have a wireless setup at my home. I have a Netgear ProSafe WAP setup for any wireless. I also had bought a Linksys wireless print server so that I could put my monstrous Samsung color laser printer in my closet. The printer does have built in networking.

This worked well for a while, but the print server was really flaky, and I ended up restarting it too many times. So I decided to take advantage of the CompUSA closings in my area and get another WAP and a Netgear ProSafe 16 port switch.

I have tried everything (that I know of) to get that second WAP to work, and it won't! I have set it up as a repeater, and my main WAP associates with it, but the IP address of the association is always the device that is plugged into the repeater WAP, and not the IP of the WAP itself (i.e., the WAP IP is 192.168.0.193 and the Samsung IP is 192.168.0.199. The main WAP sees the association IP as 192.168.0.199). I tried printing anyway to this, but it errors out, and the SyncThru software that Samsung provides (to find the printer on a network) does not find any devices attached.

Can anybody help me? Or point me in another direction?

Thanks,

Erik

[JoeFrat]

If I understand you correctly, you have a router, netgear ap, another ap (netgear?) and 16 port switch. Right?

Have you updated the firmware all around? Netgear is notorious for communication issues between versions of their prodcts, check their support for further info. ( ihad to ap's that won't talk because they are 2 different versions of the same product!)

Is the IP static on the print server? If not make both the ap and printer static.

[mejifair]

Originally Posted by JoeFrat

If I understand you correctly, you have a router, netgear ap, another ap (netgear?) and 16 port switch. Right?

Have you updated the firmware all around? Netgear is notorious for communication issues between versions of their prodcts, check their support for further info. ( ihad to ap's that won't talk because they are 2 different versions of the same product!)

Is the IP static on the print server? If not make both the ap and printer static.

I have a Netgear WG302 AP hardwired into the network to provide wireless service to my house.

I have a Samsung CLP-500N laser printer, with built in 10/100, in my master bedroom closet (power but no network in closet)

I have a Netgear WPN802 AP that is not currently hardwired into the network. My goal was to use this AP as a "connection" into my closet so that I could hook up the printer via this. I also have a switch, but it may be unnecessary for this connection.

This is basically what I would like to do. What I have done in the past is use the Linksys WPS54G print server. It seemed to work fine (when it worked) but would get really hot and randomly lock up. This required me to unplug and reset the print server.

It seemed a little overkill to have a print server when my printer has built in Ethernet.

Is there a way to get this setup (minus the print server) to work?

I have managed to successfully "associate" the two access points, but the WPN802 invariably takes on the IP of the product it is attached to, and if it is hooked into the network via hard line it will either take on the router IP (192.168.0.1) or my AT&T VOIP address (192.168.15.1). Neither of these two addresses do me any good!

Thanks.

[mejifair]

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[Monkey Hanger]

I'm not sure that the WPN802 will do as you want.
I'm not familiar with it but, reading the blurb on the website, it looks like a Wireless Access Point. That surely means that it will add WiFi access to your router and not do as I think you want? What you want is a 'Bridge'.

You want to add WiFi to your printer so you can link to your router via WiFi?

The Netgear WGPS606 will do just that. It's a 4 port Switch (and Print Server) that will connect to your router via WiFi (or ethernet).