Opal Router in Passive Extender Mode ..No LAN?

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Hi there,

I have a new Opal router that I am using in passive extender mode, merely extending the wifi signal of the main router without performing any DHCP or other functions. This is my goal, as I want to be able to have a transparent home network throughout without a firewall/subnet.

My wifi is working great in the area of the Opal router, but I also have two ethernet - only devices I need to hook up, but it appears that the LAN ports no longer work. IS THIS TRUE? If so, is there anyway to have both wifi and LAN ports working without the Opal going into router mode?

Thank You,

Paul Romero

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When the Opal in extender mode and it extends from the primary router, the LAN and WiFi of Opal both can connect the clients and work.

How about details on this question? Does the LAN port clients which connected the Opal not obtain the primary router IP?

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Hi,

Thank you for that reply! I will do some experimenting and reply.

Sincerely,

Paul

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Bruce,

the router LAN ports work as you described.

Thanks,

Paul

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I'm using basically the same setup: Verizon FiOS 1GB internet via a FiOS CR1000A main router; Opal router in Extender mode connected to main router via WiFi; and a desktop client connected to one of the Ethernet LAN ports on the Opal (desktop is Ethernet-only; has no wi-fi.) Internet access from the desktop client works fine. Doing an 'ipconfig' from a command prompt on the desktop, the response is what I would expect: Default gateway and DHCP server are both 192.168.1.1 (i.e. the FiOS main router), subnet mask 255.255.255.0 (same as FiOS router) and IP address is 192.168.1.190 (assigned via DHCP from FiOS router).

Problem is that I can't see the desktop from anywhere else on the network. Viewing the 'Devices tab' on the FiOS router page, it shows the Opal device as 'GL-SFT1200' with the same IP address as the desktop (192.168.1.160), and the desktop isn't shown at all. I've tried connecting to the desktop at that IP address via SMB from another device on the network, but as expected get no response.

Shouldn't both the Opal extender and the desktop appear in the list of FiOS router devices, with both having different IP addresses? Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks!