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    How to connect TV to internet via wired TP-Link WR702N?

    Hey Hexites,

    A while back I managed to setup a connection as follows:

    O2 Wireless Box IV --wirelessly--> TP-Link WR702N in Wired Client mode --ethernet cable--> TV without wireless built in.

    This enabled me to use the internet on the TV wirelessly and without using up any main sockets (the TP-Link mini router is powered via USB).

    However, after not using it for a while (maybe 3 months or so?) it's refusing to connect. What I did was take off the TP-Link and connected it to a laptop to test if it'd connect the internet (I disabled the wireless adapter on the laptop) which it did fine so I plugged it back into the TV and it managed to get online. However, not long after it dropped the connection again and when I tried to reconnect it, it refused to connect and it doesn't seem to be working with the laptop either.

    I then reset the device and plugged it back into the laptop and performed the following steps:

    (Note: the O2 wireless box has 192.168.1.254 as the IP Address and the default IP address for the TP-Link WR702N is 192.168.0.254

    1) I went into the adapter settings > properties > internet protocol version 4 and changed it to use IP Address 192.168.0.10 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0
    2) Opened the internet browser > entered 192.168.0.254 and it loads up the setup page for the TP-Link.
    3) I put it back into client mode (it has AP, repeater, bridge, router, client modes) as I don't need it to broadcast a wireless network and enter the details of the current network for it to connect to.
    4) I reset the internet protocol version 4 settings. (Change it back to obtaining an IP address automatically). DHCP is off by default. However this doesn't work.
    5) Additionally, I read that the TP-Link's IP address needs to be within the range of my O2 router so I tried changing the IP address to 192.168.1.200 and reset the internet protocol version 4 settings again but it fails to connect to the internet this way either.

    What am I doing wrong? I'm a networking noob so hopefully someone can explain it in simple step-by-step terms.

    Thanks!

    EDIT: These were the instructions that I was following: http://uk.tp-link.com/article/?id=395

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    Re: How to connect TV to internet via wired TP-Link WR702N?

    When you connect to the O2 Router, are you able to see a list of currently connected devices ?
    If you can, when you have it plugged into your TV, can you see the WR702N listed?
    Also, have you configured the network settings on your TV ? Is it set to DHCP ?

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