What is the best, to use routing features (ie, DHCP) from wifi router or from this device? (my interest is the fail over, but this is a full router)
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Yes it's a full router, it has full DHCP capability. You can even assign certain WAN ports / LAN ports as you wish. I personally use it as both a load balancer and router for certain devices. I.E. I have a netgear router attached too it that handles general wireless duty via DHCP of it's own. My main systems (2) are plugged directly into the unit. This is a great device for failover/load balance I was definitely hesitant at first as I've seen devices 3x this much not work this well. To answer your question more succinctly I would have anything near enough for an Ethernet cable plugged into the device, you can plug in a router to extend the amount of devices + wireless if you wish. You can change LAN to WAN and vice versa, I personally use the first dedicated WAN port for one modem, 2nd LAN port switched to WAN for the 2nd modem (load balanced), as stated two systems plug directly in to the LAN ports DHCP, router goes into the last port for wireless / other devices less crucial. Reason I do this is because this device has a solid firewall and great attack mitigation features. Hope this helps.
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I use a plunge router with mine because it is easier to control. You could use a regular router but you have to keep lifting it to change to the next letter. It works great though with some practice.
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I had the same issue, so what I did I changed the router to WEP instead of WPA or WPA2 and it has been working fine ever since,, I know security wise is not good but had to make it work some how,, Hope it helps for you too, try it don't have nothing to lose!
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I wish you luck. The D-Link knocked out wireless on my laptop! I couldn't get that returned fast enough. The Cisco is powerful and goes from my second floor all the way to the basement. It has 60-70% signal strength down there. My only complaint is that it seems to reset periodically and you drop signal but only for less then a minute. You apparently can't make changes locally but have to do so in the cloud. I haven't changed anything yet so not sure how I will like this.
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Dear Hmo,Thank you for asking.I'm sorry but TripMate will not work as a wifi repeater, it normally serves as an AP, regular router (Dynamic/Static IP/PPPoE) and bridge mode. If a WiFi repeater is needed, please search "HT-WR01" on Amazon product page.I hope you will find this helpful. We're happy to help if you need further assistance or have any questions. Thank you for your kind understanding.Best regards,HewittSunvalleytek Customer Care
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With the stock firmware, it is just an extender. However, you can make it into a fully functional router by installing dd-wrt.
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If there is no "A" in the WiFi product description for the wireless piece of hardware, you are going to have problems. Don't know what the "A" stands for but you would be better off with that feature, as it is said to be more reliable or has better signal throughput. I actually did not know about this before, just learned it from a random dude on YouTube reviewing a computer with that feature. Whether this would help your situation is anyone's guess. Could be a router glitch.
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WIFI worked seamlessly for me. I did nothing and it was running. But it is in the same room as the router.
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I am currently with an Asus router and don't seem to have issues. I've got with a Linksys router issues, but have no idea what to do.Didn't have issues with Trendnet router as well
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Here is my personal view. CISCO routers are amongst the most difficult routers to configure and especially with Apple Devices. I had 02 and I gave up and bought an Apple Airport. Not only are the Routers (E2000 and the Wireless Extender) challenging to set up, they also keep crashing which requires constant work and setting up. So do yourself a favour and choose a different router. You can look at Apple (seamless integration) or ASUS or any other robust brand. I personally will never buy CISCO again.
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I'd use cat5 hardwire to your router firmware usually fails with wi-fi and it is basically useless if you don't update the firmware when asked. But mine is a couple of years old it may have changed since then.
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That is exactly what I did. It sits up stairs in the middle of the house. Router is downstairs at one end of the house. I was having issues getting wifi upstairs to the opposite side of the house. Now I connect to this instead and have no issues having great wifi upstairs or downstairs. Can have issues if portable device is attached to upstairs(this device) and device is on opposite floor. This has not been an issue for my family of 5 or our devices. Works great!
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This device is meant to work in tandem with an existing wireless router. It does not replace the need for a separate WiFi router. This is not the solution for you.
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Check the manual and Cisco user community. The router has VLAN, DMZ and static routing configurations that should allow you to split out the device traffic through a proxy. I have never done this, so maybe someone else has direct experience.
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Not an answer but another question :-). Does this device also have more ethernet ports (4) like my present router that I use along with my DSL?? I presently have a need for three with equip. adjacent, nearby my router??? TIA for any info.
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I don't know why someone wrote it's only a router because it's both. All I have is this one box and so many wifi devices connected to it. iPhones, roku player, amazon fire tv's, laptops, wifi printer, and an apple tv. Oh and Dlink wifi cameras too. I love modems with built in routers. I never had to use a modem and a router separately before. Wouldn't even know how to hook the two up. I guess I'll watch a YouTube video just so I could have a clue. But yes this one box is all you'll need. My internet provider is Comcast.
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Know, these are actually acess points themselves. You could set them up as AP-Repeaters for wireless devices, or connect it to a switch. If you have a router at location 1, then you can use that router for dhcp, and put a switch on the other side. Many different ways to connect and configure it. I have 10 stations with one 1 router. But these can be used as a router.