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tOr0nTo
08-23-2016, 08:00 PM
Could one of you experts help me set up a Wireless router? To connect my Dreamlink T5 to the house wifi. I've been in this hobby for so many years but still I always get snagged by the wifi router whenever I move & have to set up again. I made my first attempt to get it right, following instructions but although it connects, the ethernet doesn't work. I then plug it back into my laptop to try alternate settings but I can't even get into the password box. I try phoning TP-Link but no one answers.

I do have two models to choose from, a Vonets VAP 11G 300 & a TP-LInk TL WA 801ND. I kind of prefer the Vonets cuz it is small & needs no separate power adapter but either would do.

Thanks ever so much, in advance.
Glatt
08-24-2016, 01:51 PM
I connect my Vonets 11g not to WiFi but to Ethernet!!
tOr0nTo
08-24-2016, 07:01 PM
I connect my Vonets 11g not to WiFi but to Ethernet!!

You are using internet cables? I can't run a cable to my landlord's router so I need a bridge device to connect to the Wifi.
teamwork000
08-25-2016, 03:51 PM
If you can run a cable to the router from your T5, you do not need WiFi... Just use a stastic IP in the high end like xxx.xxx.xxx.50
tOr0nTo
08-25-2016, 04:06 PM
If you can run a cable to the router from your T5, you do not need WiFi... Just use a stastic IP in the high end like xxx.xxx.xxx.50

No, again I can't run a permanent cable. That's why I need the wifi bridge.
tOr0nTo
08-25-2016, 11:35 PM
Well I managed to do the right thing & get hold of TP-Link help. It was simply a matter of drawing up the right settings here & there, especially in the Network Settings in Windows 10. Sorry to have needlessly troubled y'all :)
teamwork000
08-26-2016, 02:21 PM
Great to hear, Thank You for letting us know you had success.:thumbsup:
c8rbk1ng
08-26-2016, 04:16 PM
Well I managed to do the right thing & get hold of TP-Link help. It was simply a matter of drawing up the right settings here & there, especially in the Network Settings in Windows 10. Sorry to have needlessly troubled y'all :)

It's great that you found the solution but how about you tell us what that solution is exactly in case someone here has the same or similar problem.