Trying to set up a second wifi access point to extend our home's wifi coverage to the other end of the house as the existing Telecom-supplied Thomson TG585 doesn't have the range.I've connected the Thomson via ethernet cable to a TP-Link TL-WR1043ND. At this stage the connection is between LAN ports (not WAN) on both routers - assume that's correct for what I want to do!The Thomson is set as 192.168.1.254 (default). DHCP is enabled.The TP-Link is set as 192.168.1.1 (default). DHCP is disabled.A PC connected via ethernet to the Thomson can access the internet okay and can ping the Thomson, but can't ping the TP-Link.A PC connected via ethernet to the TP-Link appears to pick up its IP/gateway from the Thomson but pinging either the Thomson or the TP-Link results in a random response ie sometimes an instant reply, sometimes timeout, sometimes Destination Unreachable, etc.Couple of questions:1) I've just realised that the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND may not have the ability to operate as an access point out of the box but is DD-WRT compatible - would that (DD-WRT) be my only option for having it operate in the fashion I'm after (ie extending wireless coverage)?2) What would be the reason for the random ping responses for the PC connected to the secondary (TP-Link) router? Have I got the basic setup wrong, or does the answer to question 1 come into play (ie the second router needs to be in a specific 'mode')?Any help/advice appreciated!Thanks.
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