Port forwarding via range extender

[#1]

@MisterW 

I have a TP-Link RE300 range extender, out of the box it's IP Address is 192.168.0.254.

There are two methods for configuring.

1) WPS

2) http://192.168.0.254

Once logged in you configure the device, during this process it should join the WiFi network and will be allocated a 192.168.1.0 network, address.

Using the TP-Link emulator for the TL-WA850RE I can not see anything  DHCP server related.

https://emulator.tp-link.com/tl-wa850re-v7/index.html#lanAdv 

Dan.

[#2]

@Dan_the_Van  that's what I would have expected. The extender is then basically a wireless bridge.

Given that @pir8ped  says that it has a client list it appears not to be just a bridge and my previous link does tend to indicate some configuration options

[#3]

Sorry for the delayed response. Had to deal with the OpenReach man coming round - first things first!

Anyway, I set up the pi to specify a static address of 192.168.1.250

I think there is a DHCP server on the extender, but access to it is a bit limited. I think it allocates addresses starting at 192.168.1.200, so I asked for .250 in a script in the pi, and that has worked over several reboots, so I think that is problem solved.

I added the lines:

interface wlan0
static ip_address=192.168.1.250/24
static routers=192.168.1.200
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.254

at the end of /etc/dhcpcd.conf, following the recipe posted here: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-static-ip-address/

[#4]

Original post removed issue appears to be resolved.

@pir8ped can you give details of the DHCP server please?

Dan

[#5]

I can't find any access to the DHCP server on the extender, except a page showing connected devices:

Connected Clients

View Blacklist

	Device Type	Name	IP Address	MAC	Connection Info	Block

		DESKTOP-7VPK9IO	192.168.1.200	64-5D-86-3A-25-55	2.4G
		ANONYMOUS	192.168.1.250	B8-27-EB-5F-D2-6B	2.4G

At .250, that's my pi. I can now access it fine, and have done several restarts and it keeps being allocated .250