Hey,
I'm trying to use my old TP-Link TL-WR1043ND as a client, that connects to my local wifi and then "repeats" (masquerades and sends a new wifi) to other clients.
The connection to my home wifi works very well and is relatively stable, however the master wifi doesn't start no matter how long i wait.
What could be the reason for this behaviour?
I attached the client and master setup and my firewall settings, so maybe someone can find the bug here.
Next time, just select a portion of screen.
The AP won't start until your client connection is established.
Yes you are right, next time i will do that.
But the connection was established, as it can be seen in the first picture.
Some times it loses the connection, but i can connect to the internet via the lan ports.
Just the Access Point won't start...
I can't see that on your screenshots ... just an enabled AP without active client connections. Please provide the output of wifi status
All right, you both were right.
My fault was to not check if the wifi was actually there, i just relied on the wireless tab.
But now that i connected with my phone to the router the AP (master) is active and under associated stations the Master-Wifi is listed.
So everything works again!
But one last question: Did i set my firewall settings correctly? I want the router to be a NAT that masquerades the the Client IP and their traffic.
If you placed the client (upstream connection) SSID in the WAN Firewall Zone, then, yes you did.
Yes I did, thanks man.
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Yeah i think it would be better to delete this post because of the pictures. Thanks