Nope, sadly i do not see a way to type in a address, i tried that when i first tried this. It only allows me to choose from connected devices.
I'll take a photo of the page
If i click that orange button to add a new port forwarding rule, it then opens that second photo page, which only lets me select from connected devices. No way to add one manually. Which sucks.
Those are all 192.168.1.x
Your dvr is 192.168.10.x
So your repeater has its own NAT.
On the repeater web UI does it have port forward settings? What does it show on the main settings as WAN IP
That's what you need to pick on the optimum side
On the reappear web settings page there is no options for port forwarding, none. Let me show you a screenshot of that settings page. Maybe they call it something else? But there is very limited options there. Take a look....
Then the setup tab...
On other WAVLINK devices there is a Network Tools section. Seems like your repeater doesn't have that so there's nothing you can do with that hardware..
Try going to the web interface and not the app
That is the web interface. I don't have a app for it
Honestly you are behind the eight ball anyway. Wifi is only half duplex and a wifi repeater only degrades things anyway. If you can get your own isp you would be much better off. Or at the very least run ethernet cable to the existing router. Neither may be possible but you kind of have a sucky situation as she exists today.
Honestly.... it's more than enough for me. So no I'm not gonna pay for monthly internet service that i get free now, only to enable port forwarding?? I've had no other shortcomings with my current setup.
But thanks for the advice, if that's what it was.
I doubt this will work but you could give this a try:
On the router forward port 8089 to 192.168.1.6 save and reboot. Then in the channels web ui settings choose automatic for port forwarding. It’s a long shot but looks like you’re at a dead end
I did try that first thing, all expect for the reboot part. But it didn't work. Meaning when I selected automatic on the Channels settings, it would come back as not found
What I’ve always done is turn off dhcp on the repeater. That way it’s not assigning its own clients ip addresses. When you do that what ever you connect through the repeater gets an assigned ip address from the main router. Then you can port forward to your channels server. But there will be two caveats. One…….make sure you have all your settings set correctly on your repeater cause most likely you won’t be able to access the gui of the repeater unless you fully reset it. Two…….you will be visible to everything connected to the main router.
Ahhhhhhh. Thanks !! I knew it's one of these settings! SSI it's the dhcp! Thanks thanks thanks.
Gonna try it out soon and report back.
So tip be clear.... if i do a reset I'll be able to access the repeater settings page? Or Is it that a reset will just turn back on the DHCP setting?
To access the repeater again after disabling dhcp……you’ll have to hard reset to factory settings. Again most likely that would be the situation…….but I’ve had some repeaters/routers still keep an internal ip that could be accessible even though dhcp was turned off.
Ok...... So I just tried doing this. Turning off the DHCP setting. The problem I ran into right away, was that none of my devices could now connect via WiFi to it. They were all stuck on Obtaining IP address.....
So I had to do a factory reset and put it back.
So while I did a factory reset today of the router, I checked the setup tab before seeing it up as a repeat (or WISP mode as they call it). And now I saw a whole bunch of other settings that I didn't have before, including the network tool manager you mentioned.
But once I connected it and set it up in repeater mode, those settings disappeared.
So I guess in repeater mode it's limited with options
What brand and model is the repeater?
It's a simple WavLink Router, no idea the exact model. It's a very basic simple white router
I always setup additional connections as AP (access Point) not repeaters. That way DHCP and port forwarding is controlled by the main router.
