I have purchased this WAP3205 to extend my wifi network and it is turning into a nightmare. I can connect my computer to it wirelessly to change the settings and it connects to my network wirelessly, but there is no internet service when I connect to it. I don't even know if that made any sense, but maybe someone has a suggestion on what I can check.

Post a screenshot of your WAP3205 status page.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8...ofwapstatu.png

K. Please post a screenshot of your router's status page too.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2...ureofmodem.png

I am not sure which page you need from the router/modem. It is a 2wire and I didn't see anything called status.

The summary page is probably what I need.

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8...demsummary.png

I made it smaller. I don't think it is what you need, but you can see what the other choices are that I can pick from.

Ok. I need whatever screen shows me the ip address and subnet mask for your router. I guess it would be the advanced settings screen. I'd also like to see the details for that inactive unknown wireless device at the bottom.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6...madvancedh.png

I think the problem is that the IP is not set for the WAP. I tried earlier to find a way to set it and couldn't.

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4...tivedevice.png

And here are the details for the inactive device.

You can try turning your WAP into a DHCP client. Network > LAN > IP > Get from DHCP server.

When I do that I get a message IP Address and Gateway not in the same subnet.

you say that your computer can connect to the wap wireless and that the wap can connect to the router, but when connected to the wap with your computer, are you able to ping the router (192.168.1.1)?

it shouldn't be, but is the router being too "smart" and not allowing an IP address that is outside of the allocated DHCP pool?

I was able to ping the WAP. Min was 4 ms, max was 14ms average was 9ms.

It is at 192.168.1.2

does that mean you were not able to ping the router at 192.168.1.1?

for that matter, if you set your computer to get an IP address via DHCP, is it getting it when connected through the WAP?

When I ping 192.168.1.1 it replies from my modem and changes it to 192.168.1.70 which is the ip of my modem.

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according to the screenshot you posted, 192.168.1.70 is the IP address of "Randy-Laptop". are you trying to do the ping from this device? is it telling you that the destination is unreachable?

where did you get this message? what IP address did the WAP get when you set it up as a DHCP client?

it seems like the issue could have something to do with the DHCP pool range, even though it should not matter (unless a mask is being configured incorrectly somewhere). set all devices (the WAP and the computer) to get their IP addresses via DHCP, set the router to use a 255.255.255.0 mask and start handing out IP addresses (beginning of DHCP pool range) at 192.168.1.2.

Thanks for the help everyone. I have boxed it up and it is going back. I have ordered a different one. I think it will be smoother to set up.

I had very similar problems. The setup is needlessly complicated, and the unit just doesn't work as expected. I also had to d/l the manual, and still could not get it up and running. It just doesn't "play nice" with any other equipment, and isn't that what networking is all about?

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