Linksys e2000 as access point?

[Katalysis]

I live in an apartment where my only internet option is offered by the complex. I have cable internet access, 10/1, and the speed and ping are actually fine. The problem is they are running this all through their own domain, and when I throw my Linksys e2000 router between my devices and the cable modem, I start losing access to dozens of websites and the connection is unstable. I assume the complex is handling routing, NAT, and DHCP given these problems.

I have been trying to turn my e2000 into an access point, but not having much luck and was hoping someone could check my work.

I assume all I need to do is to configure the wireless settings, turn off DHCP, and plug the modem into one of the lan ports? That is what I have been reading, and what I have been trying, but the stupid router locks up whenever I try to change its IP address.

EDIT: I installed DD-WRT on it, and followed the wiki on setting this up as a wireless access point, but it was still not functional.

 

[dashpuppy]

I live in an apartment where my only internet option is offered by the complex. I have cable internet access, 10/1, and the speed and ping are actually fine. The problem is they are running this all through their own domain, and when I throw my Linksys e2000 router between my devices and the cable modem, I start losing access to dozens of websites and the connection is unstable. I assume the complex is handling routing, NAT, and DHCP given these problems.

I have been trying to turn my e2000 into an access point, but not having much luck and was hoping someone could check my work.

I assume all I need to do is to configure the wireless settings, turn off DHCP, and plug the modem into one of the lan ports? That is what I have been reading, and what I have been trying, but the stupid router locks up whenever I try to change its IP address.

I would assume that your modem is a router ? it hands out internal ip's ? like 192.168.2.x or simular ?

lets say your modem is a router, and it hands out a gateway of 192.168.1.1
PERSONALLY, when i turn a router into a ap like what you are doing, i always set it to 192.168.1.2 < notice the next number up, why ? so i remember the ip, and because it's close to the gateway.

DHCP must be off on the AP & a static ip, setup so you can gain access to it after to make changes if need be.

 

[Katalysis]

I would assume that your modem is a router ? it hands out internal ip's ? like 192.168.2.x or simular ?

lets say your modem is a router, and it hands out a gateway of 192.168.1.1
PERSONALLY, when i turn a router into a ap like what you are doing, i always set it to 192.168.1.2 < notice the next number up, why ? so i remember the ip, and because it's close to the gateway.

DHCP must be off on the AP & a static ip, setup so you can gain access to it after to make changes if need be.

I'm actually not sure--it's a Linksys CM100. I assume it is, and I did change the AP IP to the same thing you did when I repeatedly tried to circumvent this.

I got so frustrated that I spent an hour putting DD-WRT on the router, which is a drastic improvement, but even when I follow the the DD-WRT wiki for setting up an access point, it does not work properly.

The apartment internet access is MAC address controlled. I had to give them the cable modem MAC to get it up and running. There was no mention of the domain at the time, and it requires no login, so I assume the domain is just to route MAC addresses and make sure there are no freeloaders. Do I need to clone that address to the router?

I've tried disabling DHCP, disabling the internet connection, turning the WAN port into a switch in DD-WRT, etc. and I just cannot figure this out. Something the router is doing is causing all this.

EDIT: Could this be a sub-net issue? The modem is on 192.168.100.1. Do I need to change the access point and my computer to something in that range?

 

[tangoseal]

I live in an apartment where my only internet option is offered by the complex. I have cable internet access, 10/1, and the speed and ping are actually fine. The problem is they are running this all through their own domain, and when I throw my Linksys e2000 router between my devices and the cable modem, I start losing access to dozens of websites and the connection is unstable. I assume the complex is handling routing, NAT, and DHCP given these problems.

I have been trying to turn my e2000 into an access point, but not having much luck and was hoping someone could check my work.

I assume all I need to do is to configure the wireless settings, turn off DHCP, and plug the modem into one of the lan ports? That is what I have been reading, and what I have been trying, but the stupid router locks up whenever I try to change its IP address.

EDIT: I installed DD-WRT on it, and followed the wiki on setting this up as a wireless access point, but it was still not functional.

Clear 4g / Verizon 4g ??

And it sounds like to me that the Apartment hired an IDIOT to manage the network for the business and it's tenants.

 

[Katalysis]

Clear 4g / Verizon 4g ??

And it sounds like to me that the Apartment hired an IDIOT to manage the network for the business and it's tenants.

Neither available, and I had a local WiMax that just sucked. This is a big complex with lots of units all over the country, and they pull the same bullshit with television access--Dish Network, but it has to be bought through them, and the prices are higher. The strange part is, the internet access is beast mode when it works properly--pinging speedtest.net at 8ms 10/1 for $50 a month.

Yeah, I have talked to the guy in the past, and he just basically says "lol the system is overloaded." Not if I am getting 10/1 and 8ms ping it isn't, so they just have some bullshit system that is wrecking everything.

Ugh, this is driving me nuts. Time for bed, will beat my head against it more tomorrow.

 

[Katalysis]

So, the CM100 will assign IP addresses, but only if it does not get one from the ISP. I am betting the apartment complex assigns the IP, right? Should I direct the the router to the local IP of the cable modem or the IP of the ISP domain?

I am going to try to figure out who to call for their tech support.

 

[dashpuppy]

So, the CM100 will assign IP addresses, but only if it does not get one from the ISP. I am betting the apartment complex assigns the IP, right? Should I direct the the router to the local IP of the cable modem or the IP of the ISP domain?

I am going to try to figure out who to call for their tech support.

what happens or what do you see when you hit the gateway address, in your web browser ?

 

[Katalysis]

what happens or what do you see when you hit the gateway address, in your web browser ?

I just remotely logged in and ran an ipconfig. It shows a connection-specific DNS suffix with my apartment complex name in it, and it shows a default gateway and an IPv4 with the same IPs up to the last.

It also shows a Tunnel adapter with a similar address as the DNS suffix, a tunnel adapter 6T04 adapter, and a Terredo Tenneling Pseudo Interface.

Putting the default gateway into the browser results in a default google search, same with the IPv4, and the DNS suffix.

 

[Katalysis]

If the router is running into the modem which is getting its DNS info from the ISP, do I remove the DNS infor from the router or do I put in the ISP's DNS?

 

[dashpuppy]

If the router is running into the modem which is getting its DNS info from the ISP, do I remove the DNS infor from the router or do I put in the ISP's DNS?

What's the ip u get when you plug your computer into the device you got, not your new linksys..

 

[BinarySynapse]

Why not just plug the cable modem into the WAN port of the router and have it assigned an address by the apartment's network. Then use your router's DHCP server to hand out private addresses to the rest of your devices?

 

[dashpuppy]

Why not just plug the cable modem into the WAN port of the router and have it assigned an address by the apartment's network. Then use your router's DHCP server to hand out private addresses to the rest of your devices?

Double nat = yuk

 

[BinarySynapse]

Double nat = yuk

It's could be better than what he's dealing with now.

 

[dashpuppy]

It's could be better than what he's dealing with now.

Well all he has to do is set the link says to a ip within the subnet he gets assigned, write the ip down and should be set to go, heck, just assign e router the same ip he gets with his computer and call it done.

Of course after releasing that ip from the computer..

 

[Katalysis]

After some more digging, I discovered that the apartment complex was using google DNS for the whole complex (this is kind of absurd, but I was using it anyway) somewhere in the networking. After installing DD-WRT, removing the DNS settings, and reconfiguring the subnets, everything appears to be working properly.

Can't wait to move.

 

[dashpuppy]

After some more digging, I discovered that the apartment complex was using google DNS for the whole complex (this is kind of absurd, but I was using it anyway) somewhere in the networking. After installing DD-WRT, removing the DNS settings, and reconfiguring the subnets, everything appears to be working properly.

Can't wait to move.

wooo hoo, great job dude !