abhijithas

it didn't solve the problem. it's the c6.. everything was fine before i got the C6 when i was using the iball modem router for pppoe.

been there done that.. tried that when i also tried that MAC- IP static ip binding. doesn't work. i really want the archer to be the main router,upstairs. in fact i got it solely because i wanted gigabit LAN, for sharing media which i use frequently. And i don't think my ISP have MAC binding to their system. Because of which I'm having a different issue, enough to start a new thread on its own. Can i DM you bro.. maybe you can help me better understand that issue?

if it was already working fine and suddenly stopped working, this happened to me too after a windows update. i'm guessing the PC you're sharing is not even showing up in the "network" of the that PC itself. 1. Give a new name to the PC. settings>about>rename this PC. restart all PCs. if this didn't work try step 2. 2.run "services.msc" and make all these services to start automatically. restart PC. FdPHost – Function Discovery Provider Host (responsible for other computers discovering on the network); FDResPub – Function Discovery Resource Publication (allows other computers to detect your device on the network); Dnscache – DNS Client; SSDPSrv – SSDP Discovery; Upnphost – PnP Device Host.

Also, i doubt this is the case because the problem persists even if i turn off or disconnect the AP from the archer right after a handoff. so it is definitely something to do with the archer.

Hmmm.. so it's an issue with the archer in router mode it seems. I have tried using a different AP (another modem/router i had lying around) to no help. I want to but can't downgrade the firmware on the archer. it's on the latest version and they've supposedly disabled firmware downgrade with this latest update for whatever reasons. OpenWRT is the only thing left to try at this point. Maybe I'll give that a shot..

As i said in a previous reply, the range is 0.101-0.249 , which is pretty much the default except it was starting at 0.100 which i had to exclude as i have assigned 0.100 to my PC. I'm still running ppoe in the archer. The new connection is using a single GE port Syrotech EPON onu without wifi, which doesn't have routing capabilities. a bridge mode only if you will. i have played around with the channel bandwidth.. didn't help. but i will try changing to 802.11n on both APs and give it a try. Update: didn't work either. what's that and how does that affect wifi handoff.

DNS and gateway are set for a DHCP server, which is disabled. As Aditya here said it.

i didn't. i said DHCP is on the archer. AP doesn't have a DNS and gateway to be set. i have already tried assigning static ip by binding to MAC. didn't help.

Archer c6 at 192.168.0.1 and AP at 192.168.0.2. DHCP (0.101-0.249 pool)on archer with lease time 120 minutes. I'm sorry i don't know what wifi renewal key time is. I haven't seen such a field anywhere.

nah that isn't the case because the second AP(downstairs) is at a place where i get 80 percent signal strength of the main router. and it's seamless that i rarely drop a frame when i'm on a video call and the AP switches as i go downstairs. The only issue here is finding out why the connectivity gets messed up for a few minutes when the AP is switched to the main router again. I changed my ISP yesterday to a fiber with 20Mbps and now when the connection is glitchy after an AP switch, i'm getting about 1Mbps for few minutes before back to normal. i checked the router's system log and did not find anything suspicious.

i guess i did get lucky that all of my APs has a wifi roaming standard baked in.. but still,i think it would also need the same security protocols and encryption on all APs. (at least from my experience it is so.)

it's always worked fine for me. using the same protocol and encryption on all APs does the trick.

My current setup is as follows: I have a bsnl(my ISP) broadband over DSL connecting to an Iball ibaton 150M wireless-n adsl2+modem router (@192.168.1.1) in bridge mode, and an archer c6(@192.168.0.1) in router mode setup in PPPoE. the archer c6 covers the first floor of my home. I have run a cat 6 cable from the archer c6 to another Iball modem/router(@192.168.0.2) (same model as the main modem in bridge mode) on the ground floor which is in AP mode (DHCP disabled). I have configured both the archer c6 and the iball in AP mode with the same SSID, password, and security protocols(WPA2-PSK, AES) to have a seamless handoff when I move around while using my phone. I'm using a Oneplus 7 pro. Wifi hand off works perfectly. when I'm connected to the archer c6 when I'm in the same room as the router, it connects to the 5 GHz band. when I leave the room, it will switch to 2.4 GHz. and when I go downstairs, the phone switches to the AP downstairs seamlessly. Now, if I come back upstairs, the phone switches to the 2.4 GHz and then to the 5 GHz as I enter the room without any hurdles too. The problem is that after the phone switches to archer c6, i lose proper connectivity. I have some connectivity as in I can send/receive texts or browse the web, but it's like something is messing up the bandwidth. youtube doesn't load, cannot make video calls and a speed test at this point gives me 0.07-0.1 Mbps in place of 8.2 - 8.3 Mbps download speed I should get. I have to wait around a couple of minutes before I get proper connectivity. I don't know exactly how much time i have to wait before the connection is okay again. But if I go downstairs again during this time and the phone switches to downstairs AP, the network is fine. There isn't any problem If i setup the router downstairs as a universal repeater without the ethernet. But then i'd lose half the bandwidth. I have tested using two phones oneplus 7 pro and a redmi K20 pro and the issue is consistent.

I know the thread is old but sharing my two cents just in case someone else is going through similar problems. 1. you will not be able to access the repeater or router or modem with DHCP disabled because the device you connect with it wouldn't receive an ip. simple workaround is to assign an ip in the same subnet to the pc/laptop. say the router/modem has an ip 192.16.0.1, assign a static ip to the system say 192.168.0.100. (quick search google on how to set IP to a computer in your OS) 2.I'm using a similar setup as OP where i have an ADSL modem/router, an archer c6, and another router as wireless AP. My recommendation would be to put the ISP provided modem/router in "Bridge" mode if it has that option(@10.0.0.138 in your case.). This converts the modem/router into a dumb modem (DHCP settings doesn't matter,in my knowledge). Use the archer c6 as the main router(@192.168.0.1) and connect it in PPPoE (assuming that your connection is indeed PPPoE). The public IP will be then assigned to the WAN port of archer c6. DHCP would only be enabled in the archer c6 in its default range (ie 192.168.0.100-192.168.0.249). Setup the wireless router separately before connecting it to the router and assign a LAN IP (say 192.168.0.2).(DHCP disabled of course) 3.use the same SSID and password but also the same security protocol and encryption in all the wireless points. (WPA2-PSK/AES in my case). This would make your devices switch seamlessly to the nearest AP.