PRN3001 repeater/AP status disconnected

Ochimura · Post by **Ochimura** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:07 am

Hi, im new to this forum, im facing a little problem on setting up the AP for PRN3001. I have used this router as an AP for my house before just by following the simple steps that i followed from the configuration manual. Untill...tonight! I tried to reset the router and reconfigured it as an AP, everything was fine untill i found out that the status of the AP is "disconnected" i just cant figure out what i have missed out, so i reset and reconfigure again and again but fail!

I would be much ablige if anyone could help me out here

Thanks.

Post by **Philip** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 12:22 pm

If you reconfigure a router as an AP, then typically it only uses the LAN ports, and not the WAN port, so it will not do any routing, the WAN port may show as "disconnected". If you are using it to connect to internet, it is not simply an AP.

I hope this helps

Ochimura · Post by **Ochimura** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:55 pm

I have done it successfully before, i did followed the instruction as i did before and it did went well as a repeter.

Post by **Philip** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:22 am

A repeater(a.k.a. extender) receives, and repeats/retransmits wireless signals. It connects wirelessly to both clients, and the main router.
As such, it repeats a lot of unnecessary traffic from all clients in range, and it also reduces the wireless bandwidth in half since it has to work twice as hard as an AP.

An AP, on the other hand is also connected wirelessly to clients, but it uses a wired connection a main router/gateway. This is much more efficient, and the recommended method if there can be an Ethernet cable between the router and the Wireless AP. There is a guide on the main site on how to configure a router as a wireless access point.

I am not sure which one you are trying to set, exactly.