I am trying to connect a TP-link N300 as an access point to my Gateway G1100. The N300 is located in my detached garage approximately 200’ from my home so I need to maintain WiFi in the house with the G1100. I have a CAT6 cable run from the house to the garage to link the two devices.
The N300 set-up guide says to connect the router’s WAN port to “your wired router’s Ethernet port”, sign on to the N300 and select Access Point and follow the instructions on the webpage. When I do this, I get an orange light on the N300 which means “Access Point Mode: The WAN port is not connected.”
I do not get a green LED on the G1100 when I plug in the CAT6 cable. I assume this could mean there is a bad connection in the cable (either in the end fittings or a broken wire in the cable somewhere). Is there anything I should check in the G1100 settings? If it is just a bad cable, what else do I need to do to make this all work?
Thanks!