Router not found in secondary location
Router not found in secondary location
The narrative begins with us relocating to a new apartment. The original router—a TP-Link 8690, possibly exclusive in China—was under strain due to strong interference from nearby Wi-Fi networks. We replaced it with a Huawei A2 Pro, but found it only provided about 60Mbps in our area. We transferred the old router into the setup, leveraging TP-Link’s bridging feature to act as an intermediary, sending traffic through the Huawei. However, when attempting port forwarding for Freenome, we couldn’t locate the IP addresses of both the TP-Link and connected devices. Any advice would be appreciated.
You're asking about the DHCP setup location. For bridged mode, the DHCP should be disabled on the TPLINK router and linked to the WAN port of the secondary Huawei device. The bridged router shouldn't be reachable from the main network and shouldn't have additional connections. If you're connecting both routers together, designate one as primary and disable DHCP on the other. Assign an IP in the same VLAN as the other router. In the primary router, set DHCP to begin allocation after the second router's IP. This configuration should function correctly.