I am trying to connect to our warehouse. It is a separate sheet metal building. I can connect to the outside via two MR74’s using mesh. However, I can't connect to an MR33 via mesh inside the building. They both are power by 802.3at Power over Ethernet Injectors. There is no switch inside the building.
The question is can I connect through the data ports on the injectors to transmit data from the outside MR74 to the MR33 inside. If so does it have to be a crossover cable?
We are trying to get the cordless Cisco VoIP phones to work in the warehouse.
Any help would be appreciated.
@Incognito87 I am not sure exactly how you have thigns laid out, are you able to draw a quick diagram for us to see? I wouldn't have thought using a POE injector would cause a problem.
Remember I do not have any switches inside the warehouse.
Both of the AP’s are powered by POE injectors.
The warehouse is a metal building, and the mesh network does not reach inside to the MR33
@Incognito87 are you using VLANS or do you have a flat network? if you have a flat network I would throw in some cheap 5 port switches and use a true wireless bridge as suggested.
No (mostly).
The supported method in this case is to put a layer 3 router between the outside AP and the inside AP so they are on different layer 3 segments. Refer to this document:
I originally say "No (mostly)". In firmware 25.2 a special case was added - which in your case might work. Never tried this myself. Note that this case requires the two repeater MESH APs to still be able to see each other - but they use Ethernet to communicate amongst themselves instead to improve throughput.
I hate to say it, but you will be better off getting pair of bridge radios like Engenius or Ubiquiti, etc. They can be had for as low as $100USD a pair and will operate like a true bridge. then you could move the MR74's inside for more coverage.