How Do I Setup My Bullet WIFI?

[colemj]

I have no problems running it in router mode into the WAN port of the house router. Never had a problem with acceptance splash screens, etc.

Since we use the house router for other things like remote desktop, wireless printing, attached storage, etc, setting up the Bullet as the router through a LAN port defeats those applications.

I believe many of the commercial systems use the WAN port of a second router with the bullet set as a router and have no problems.

Mark

[DotDun]

Originally Posted by colemj

I have no problems running it in router mode into the WAN port of the house router. Never had a problem with acceptance splash screens, etc.

Since we use the house router for other things like remote desktop, wireless printing, attached storage, etc, setting up the Bullet as the router through a LAN port defeats those applications.

I believe many of the commercial systems use the WAN port of a second router with the bullet set as a router and have no problems.

Mark

Double NAT/PAT/DNS forwarding can/will cause some problems, in addtion to a small performance hit. Two routers add no value.

I don't understand why you believe connecting the bullet to a LAN port on the 'house router' will defeat your applications. It should not affect them.

[colemj]

Originally Posted by DotDun

Double NAT/PAT/DNS forwarding can/will cause some problems, in addtion to a small performance hit. Two routers add no value.

I don't understand why you believe connecting the bullet to a LAN port on the 'house router' will defeat your applications. It should not affect them.

If I disable the DHCP server on the house router, won't that prevent the other applications I use it for?

Funny, I have been operating this way since 2006 with no problems.

Mark

[DotDun]

Originally Posted by colemj

If I disable the DHCP server on the house router, won't that prevent the other applications I use it for?

Funny, I have been operating this way since 2006 with no problems.

Mark

The bullet has a DHCP server. Unless you need a feature the bullet DHCP server doesn't support (like assign a particular machine the same address every time). Be sure not to run both of them at the same time on the same LAN. If you make the change, you'll have to reboot every machine.

I have to assume all your apps use bonjour or upnp to find each other, which has nothing to do with DHCP.

The way you are now, when you've had a problem you've probably blamed on the website. I would guess problems caused by double nat/pat is way less than 1%, hence it hasn't bothered you much.

[Dennis.G]

Thanks for your help all. I have it all working now.

Changing the IPs on the Bullet seemed to do the trick. I did as per ubnt sheet (I was stupid not to do this first time). Anyway current setup is:

Bullet set as Router and Station. IP at 192.168.10.20 and DHCP enabled with range ..10.21 to ..10.98

The Netgear has DHCH disabled, no connection to WAN port, and IP at 192.168.10.99 (tried on a different subnet but would not work).


One thing that I messed up on is chasing issues that did not really exist. If I make sure to power down and then power up in following sequence (after everything configured) it works (otherwise likely not to end up with everything connecting and getting internet).

1. Power to the Bullet first. Wait a minute.
2. Power up Netgear
3. Power up computer

Thanks again

[Sheila Sig]

Originally Posted by Dennis.G

Anyway current setup is:

Bullet set as Router and Station. IP at 192.168.10.20 and DHCP enabled with range ..10.21 to ..10.98

The Netgear has DHCH disabled, no connection to WAN port, and IP at 192.168.10.99 (tried on a different subnet but would not work).
Thanks again

This thread has been a BIG help. I have a Ubiquity Bullet M2 HP and the same Netgear Wireless Router (N150 WRN1000).

My question is what do I need to change in the Netgear admin settings to make it be the wireless AP? Everyone here seems to have done so successfully...

Can someone walk me through configuring my Netgear wireless router, please?

- Do I make these changes after configuring the Bullet?
- Do I need to set the computer's network settings to make the changes as I did with the Bullet (then reset to automatic afterwards)?
- Looks like I need to set the Netgear router to a static ip of 192.168.10.99 with 255.255.255.0 subnet. What is gateway for Netgear...

HELP!

Thanks in advance