Beryl AX AP Mode no GUI access

cmollohan · 2023-06-13T17:57:55.120Z

Hello, I’ve done some reading up on how this is supposed to work, but I haven’t been able to find a solution to my problem.

My network setup is as follows: Flint as main router, ethernet cable to a switch elsewhere in the house, Beryl AX connected via ethernet to Flint (Flint LAN to Beryl WAN) and then I put the Beryl into Access Point mode. My laptop plugged into the LAN port on the Beryl gets an IP address from the Flint router, devices connected to the Beryl wifi can access the internet and get IP address from the Flint router, it seems to work great, except I cannot access the GUI of the Beryl AX.

I’ve tried:

Looking at the client list on the Flint and trying to connect to the Beryl listing there. No luck. Pings don’t work either
manually setting the IP address for my laptop to the IP address in the range of the Beryl when it was in router mode. No luck. Pings didn’t work
manually setting the IP address for my laptop to the 192.168.8.x default range of the Beryl it had when it came new. No luck. Pings also didn’t work.

What kinda worked:

I was able to get the cloud interface on my cellphone’s app to work. I could see the router, could control the wifi settings, and see that it said it had the same IP address that the Flint router said that it had. But I still couldn’t ping that address or reach the GUI on my laptop.

However, once I restart the Beryl it stops being available to the cellphone app and also changes it’s client listing on the Flint to a slightly different MAC address. (Router mode ends in A4, AP mode ends in A5)

more info: restarting the router changed nothing about being able to access the GUI, and I can reset it back to router mode using the reset button with no issues.

I’m using firmware version 4.2.2 release2, the most recent stable version. Hardware acceleration is on if that matters, but I don’t think it does.

cmollohan · 2023-06-13T18:59:42.733Z

Update: I figured I’d try the beta firmware and decided to test the beta firmware and I also didn’t keep settings when upgrading. AP mode worked as intended after the upgrade, and then again when I downgraded back to stable 4.2.2

Now I just need to figure out what in my settings before made it behave poorly.

etuckeriv · 2024-08-08T16:52:43.224Z

I did this just playing around with settings to see what they do, lol. After I set the Beryl AX into AP Mode, I learned I could no longer access the Web GUI. After some more poking around I found the IP for the Beryl in my router's client list and was able to connect to the Web GUI through that IP address instead. So, if anyone ends up in this situation, just look up the IP address for the Beryl AX in your router and you should be able to connect to the full Web GUI through that address, and set it back to router mode if that's what you want to do.

etuckeriv · 2024-08-08T18:01:15.433Z

Apparently there is lso this popup window that happens when you switch it to AP mode, which I didn't read , that tells you exactly how to access it or reset it after you put it in AP mode, lol