Can’t seem to access network using LAN port on NWA130BE.

Andrew_em

I have just purchased two NWA130BE and one NWA50AX Pro.

The setup I want to create is:

My cable router wired to the uplink port on one NWA130BE.

The gateway NWA130BE is smart meshed to the other NWA130BE

This setup seems to work fine and my devices can roam between the two APs and the mesh connection is excellent.

I have an Ethernet cable from the location of the NWA130BE into my garden office which is too far to connect via mesh.

I want to connect the NWA50AX Pro to the meshed NWA130BE.

I’ve been trying all morning to get it to work, but it won’t connect.

I have the Ethernet plugged into the NWA50AX Pro’s uplink port and into the meshed NWA130BE’s LAN port.

I thought it was the Ethernet cable at first but it’s fine.

I brought the NWA50AX Pro into the house and it connects fine via smart mesh, and I can connect client to it.

But when I plug the NWA50AX into the LAN port of the meshed NWA130BE it still seems to connect via the mesh.

I tried plugging my laptop into the LAN port on the meshed NWA130BE and it isn’t given an IP address. If I plug it into the uplink port it does get an IP address but obviously I can’t access anything.

So I think something is setup wrong!

I have two SSIDs, one with layer two protection and the only authorised MAC address is the gateway NWA130BE for my IoT devices.

So yes, I can’t seem to get the NWA50AX to connect as a wired access point to the meshed NWA130BE.

Andrew_em

well after I asked this question the two 130BEs started acting weird. They won’t connect to each other at all.

the main node won’t allow any devices to connect to it.

Going to have to send all this gear back to Amazon.

Zyxel_Melen

Hi @Andrew_em,

Please enable the wireless bridge function on your meshed/repeater NWA130BE.

Andrew_em

Just to make sure my desired setup is clear:

 

My router —(wired)— NWA130BE (gateway AP) —(wireless)— NWA130BE (Mesh AP - using 6ghz band for uplink to Gateway AP)—(wired)—NWA50AX Pro (Office AP)

 

My understanding is that I should setup smart mesh on both the Gateway AP and the Mesh AP (the two NWA130BEs and select the preferred mesh uplink band (optional, but makes sense for me).

 

I thought that wireless bridge was a setting that was used where the two APs are purely replacing a ethernet cable and not broadcasting any SSIDs – am I wrong?

 

So should I configure the Gateway AP to have smart mesh enabled and wireless bridge disabled, the Mesh AP to have both smart mesh AND wireless bridge enabled, and the Office AP to have only wireless bridge enabled?

 

I want them all to broadcast the same SSIDs and be on the same LAN.

 

What is the reason the gateway AP is not sending traffic down the LAN port to my switch? I have had to connect the switch to my router, which I suppose is OK, but I thought the Gateway AP could do this.

 

Any idea why the Gateway AP was not allowing loads of devices to connect the last time I turned it on?

 

Is my best option to reset everything to factory and start again? I would like this gear to work as it seems to be very good when I managed to get things to connect. But it does seem to lose connection with my router and then the wifi seems to get messed up and the devices get thrown off.

 

I need to work out if this can be sorted out ASAP as I have another mesh product that I bought this to replace, and that product is close to the end of its return window.