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Good afternoon kind sirs, got a newbie question for you.
I got a router (R1) that serves as the network provider, and another old router (R2) I want to use as a "network switch" and WiFi repeater, since it is more powerful than R1 despite being older. I set up both routers, and everything works fine when R1 and R2 are connected directly through a LAN port: R1 provides the connectivity, R2 recieves and repeats the signal through WiFi. R2 is given a static IP.
Problem is I want to move R2 to a better position and give it connectivity through a powerline, and that's when it stops working - it is connected, the eth signal is working, but there is no connectivity. I cannot access its configuration nor use its WiFi.
Why on earth should it not be working, since I am just giving it the connectivity from another source?
Powerline works fine on the computers I own, just the R2 doesn't seem to accept it.
Thanks in advance.
They are setup and synced. Laptop works fine when connected. If it helps, they are TP-LINK powerlines and the router model is Netgear TD-W8980. – Fabio Mancin – 2017-05-19T15:56:06.497