WiFi repeater not working

Hi,
I have recently moved to a new house
Two floors and my room is the only one on the second floor
The router is located in the first floor, and the WiFi signal in my room ranges from very poor to non existent.
So, I got an access point hoping to solve this, a TP-Link access point.
The manual said that the repeater mode is what extends the range of the wifi network, so i set the access point on that.
I can get good signal in my room now, but no internet access!!
The IP from the repeater is different from the one that the router gives to computers downstairs.
My friend said I need to send an IP to the access point so it can connect me to the internet.

Can you help me ?
My Router is: Tilgin HG1311
My access point is: TP-Link WA701N

P.S. I can't get a wire to the access point, nor can I move the router
did I set the access point wrong ?

Repeaters are in the grand scheme of wireless networking kind of dumb. You need to get the repeater communicating on the network, with the proper network ssid, proper encription and password etc, with it's own IP address that will not cause conflicts and it will work properly.

First you may need the following info from within your wireless router;
Wireless Network Standard in use (a,b,g,n)
Wireless SSID or network name
Wireless Encription Type (If In Use)
Wireless password (unless open)
Wireless Channel #

Once you have this info documented your ready to configure your repeater. Last one I did came with a CD. Fired the CD in and it was step by step. It looks, sees your network (SSID), asks if you would like to setup repeater for this network, an IP address, the password, type of encription. It may not need everything but if you have all that info you are set. As for the IP address you may be able to set it to DHCP which isn't the best for a repeater but is simple and should work just fine.

If there is no disk with your repeater then you need to check the manual for the default IP, most manuals have a step by step on how to get into the website or web interface of the repeater (May need to set IP's etc on your windows computer). The web interface will have menus where you pic the SSID, etc similar to what you would see in the wizard.

When all is said and done the repeater should reboot and be working properly. If configured properly you will only see your existing wireless network but should see much better siginal levels the area your repeater is positoned and hopefully your room. Good thing is once setup you just need to give it power so move it somewhere that is mid way between your router and your room and move it again until your happy. Note that because your PC has a good siginal doesn't mean that your repeater does. Check on the web interface to see that the repeater has a good siginal to the router so you don't get it to far away. Ideally somewhere 1/2 way between should be best.

Hope this helps some. If you get stuck I will get the manual for your repeater and help you out more. Repeaters sometimes need to be powered off and on after a while (if you find your network is just not working). 1/2 dozen times a year tops in my experience.

Hi again
Sorry it took me so long to reply
It didn't work, I get a stronger signal at my room
But still no internet access :S
I get a weird IP address when I check the settings
And the CD isn't much help either

Can you check it up for me ?
Thanks for the reply ...

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Sounds like your repeater needs configured to accept the signal from the main wireless router... Do you have dhcp set up on your router? Do you have mac filtering or any security settings that would not allow the repeater to pull an IP address?

First I would plug into the repeater and run the setup wizard and/or configure it to connect to your current router. If you are able to get it to connect to the wifi signal it should pull an IP address if it doesn't your router must have settings in it that dont allow association.

Look at it like this when you first connect your computer or phone to your wifi you have to configure the settings on your computer so the router will allow access to the network... You have to do the same to the repeater... Once it is connected it will pull an appropriate IP address, until then it will not work.

Thanks,
Phil
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