Unable to access admin page of wifi extender router

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I currently have 2 routers.
Primary one is the main access point receiving wan internet from excitel. TP-Link AC2300.
Secondary one is the original router received from excitel. Tenda N301.

I configured the secondary router in wifi repeater mode, scanned the list of available wifi, selected the wifi network from my primary router, typed in password and then saved the config. N301 only supports 2.4ghz 300mbps.

The issue is, after setting it up as a repeater, I am unable to access the N301 admin page.
The default 192.168.1.1 leads to my AC2300. Even via direct LAN to N301, searching for wifi shows only one wifi network don't know if its the repeater or the main router.
The router doesn't even show up in the client list of my main router admin page. All wifi devices show up in client list of main router, but there is no way of knowing if its direct or repeater.

I even set the admin page for N301 as 192.168.2.1 before setting it as repeater, but that ip just times out after repeater mode is enabled.

Is this by design or am I missing something. All guides which I could find only show how to setup repeater mode, but not how to access the repeater itself. Only way to get back is to reset the repeater and do the config all again.

Any tips?
Note: Also looking for a cheap AC(750/preferably 1200) router, so that I can extend 5ghz wifi too. If anyone is selling, do PM me. Location- Delhi.
 
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Try tendawifi.com
 
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Not working 🙁
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Tried wifi (don't know if it was repeater or primary) and lan.
 
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One thing that shows that the repeater is working is that I had very negligible(almost unusable) WiFi coverage in my garage (main router on the opposite end). With the repeater (almost at middle of the home) there is 2/3 signal at the furthest corner of the garage.
 

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Yep repeater act ip forwarder.
You ll need to reset router to access page.
Before setting up as repeater again you need to give it static ip though i am not sure if Tenda page allows it repeater mode. Atleast thats what i did with my ddwrt router.
 
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Give your main router 192.168.1.1
Repeater 192.168.1.2

Try disabling DHCP on repeater to see if it works, if there is no repeater mode.

And keep wifi ssid different like add a + to repeater to identify which router you are using.
 
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So here is what I found after about an hour of experimenting with different modes on the repeater.
After a fresh reset, default page for N301 is 192.168.0.1
1.webp2.webp

Changed it to 192.168.2.1 before doing anything
3.webp

Here are the various wireless extender modes available and their explanations by Tenda
4.webp9.webp10.webp11.webp
 
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Starting with the various modes



WISP
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With WISP, router shows up as a client itself and the devices connected to it.
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112 is N301
152 is the laptop connected via lan to N301

WDS Bridge
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With WDS Bridge
It shows up as a client on main router but I am unable to access N301(2.1 or 1.112 via lan to it)
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Universal repeater
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What this does is makes the N301 invisible and mimics the main router AP names.
Basically making this a dumb unmanaged wireless switch which puts all devices in the primary router subnet. Just a relay point, does nothing on its own.
How do I know its working?
Connected to N301 via lan
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Connected to the repeated wifi (don't know if its the main or repeater)
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9C is the lan mac address of the laptop
C8 is the wireless mac address of the laptop
 
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TLDR
WISP allows repeater admin page access
Universal repeater and WDS Bridge do not.
 
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I even set the admin page for N301 as 192.168.2.1 before setting it as repeater, but that ip just times out after repeater mode is enabled.
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Because you are accessing the wrong gateway. Check your gateway address, if it is 192.168.1.1, you cannot access 192.168.2.1. Change it to 192.168.2.1.

You will probably also have to manually request an IP from the connecting device because DHCP will also be disabled.

Goto network and sharing center, adapter settings> IPv4> Click choose the following the IP address and provide the values like

IP Address: 192.168.2.10 (anything except 192.168.2.1 or any reserved IPs.)
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.2.1

And now you will be able to access 192.168.2.1.

If you are connecting from mobile, change wifi settings to connect static instead of dhcp and use the same as above.
 
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