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Eircom F1000: connecting another router as wireless client

  • 22-02-2015 5:41pm
    #1
    SandStone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have an Edimax BR-6204Wg wireless router that can be configured as an infrastructure client to act as a bridge for devices connected to its Ethernet ports. This used to work fine with my previous router, but it won't connect to my new eFibre F1000. Are there settings I need to change on either router, or am I out of luck?


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  • #2
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    SandStone wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have an Edimax BR-6204Wg wireless router that can be configured as an infrastructure client to act as a bridge for devices connected to its Ethernet ports. This used to work fine with my previous router, but it won't connect to my new eFibre F1000. Are there settings I need to change on either router, or am I out of luck?

    You need to change settings on the client, not the router.


  • #3
    SandStone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭SandStone


    mass_debater wrote: »
    You need to change settings on the client, not the router.

    I've set the right SSID and password on the Edimax router to connect to the new Eircom router, and I can also connect to spare routers I have. It looks like an incompatibility between the two routers, unless there's a setting somewhere I need to enable.


  • #4
    SandStone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭SandStone


    I've solved the problem, so I'll give the details here in the hope that someone else finds it useful. The Edimax router was at fault, because it doesn't send a WPA IE in its association request when the Eircom router is configured as WPA with mixed TKIP/AES and the Edimax's "WPA Unicast Cipher Suite" option is set to "WPA(TKIP)". The fix was to set the Eircom to WPA2.

    I also found that the Eircom's WPA2 "WPA-PSK Compatible" option didn't work unless it was previously set to pure WPA2 (with that option off).


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