Hello, I have such a thing. I have a friend who lives on the floor above me and has a router, from which I am actually connected to the Internet. That is, only a cable comes into my apartment, the Internet cable which is directly connected to the system unit.
So from, I have a TP-Link TL-WR740N router to be precise. Wi-Fi is naturally built in it. So, you can somehow connect it to a network cable and from it to a computer, but so that it distributes wi-fi. Like a peripheral device on the way to a system unit, with a WI-Fi access point. I rummaged dug I don’t understand how, if you can tell me please.
Answer
Hello. In your case, everything should work without problems, provided that the TP-Link TL-WR740N router is working, and there are no restrictions on the side of a friend's router. Maybe there he tied an IP address for you to the MAC address of your computer. A static address is issued. Did you enter any settings on the computer? Just plugged in the cable from the router on the second floor and it worked?
Anyway, please do a factory reset of TP-Link TL-WR740N first.
Next, in the TP-Link TL-WR740N settings, change its IP address (to exclude a conflict with a friend's router). In the Network section - Local Area Network (LAN). You can change the last digit. More or less like this:
Save the settings and reboot the router. In the future, you will enter the settings at this address.
Further into the WAN port (it is most likely blue), connect an Internet cable from another router. Thus, we will connect TP-Link TL-WR740N with another router.
The WAN (Internet) indicator on the router should be blinking.
Your TL-WR740N should already be distributing Internet via Wi-Fi and LAN cable to your computer. Then you just need to go to the router settings to change the Wi-Fi network name and password.
If it does not work, then check if the connection type "Static IP" is set in the WAN settings. When your router automatically receives the necessary parameters from your friend's router. In the same section WAN there will be information on connection. IP address, etc.
You can also try to configure TP-Link TL-WR740N as an access point. In this case, another router, which is installed on the second floor, will issue IP addresses in your local network. Here is an instruction on how to make a router a Wi-Fi access point.
Here is another instruction for setting up TL-WR740N - https://help-wifi.com/tp-link/kak-nastroit-tp-link-tl-wr740n-nastrojka-wi-fi-i-interneta/ In your case, it is like this the same is suitable, only you connect the cable not from the provider, from another router.
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05.10.18
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Asked by Max
