I bought the Metal 2 to setup a secure network between a computer (connected to the ethernet port) and several wireless devices (iPhones, Android phones, iPad, and Apple computers mainly). This won’t be connected to the internet, and computers will be `150’ apart at times.
How do I need to configure it to set this up? I think what I’m trying to configure is a switch, with wireless and ethernet ports both? Learning networking as fast as I can, but much of the manual is still over my head and I need it this week. Any help is appreciated!
Alright, I removed the default config and reconfigured to AP Bridge in Wireless settings, then created a bridge, but when I add the wan port it says it’s disabled. I’m pretty confident I set the rest up correctly, and checked against other tutorials, what am I missing here?
disabled port in bridge is not a problem. It will be enabled once goes up, and it will be once first client get connected to it.
Just make sure you are able to connect by client (security profile and other parameters correctly set at wlan interface).
To followup, I finally managed to get this all working well, but have a question about what ended up being the solution. I used Quickset to config a Home AP, but when I went and bridged the ether1 and wan1 ports the configuration in Quickset changed to Wisp AP, and that’s the only way it would let me bridge the two ports. Why is this?
Actually you can bridge whatever ports you have. Just do not touch quickset at all and set everything outside the quickset manually. At least you will know what is really set and how.
