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aRFR won't connect with Element

Hi,

I did a trial with the aRFR using the network in the theatre.  It worked fine so I bought the aRFR and a TP-LINK TL-WR841N wireless router so the remote was on it's own network.  

I have tried for days now to get the remote to work with no success.  

The Port 1 is online and connected to the WAN port of the router.  I used the default IP for the element and it didn't work.  I selected 'Obtain IP Automatically' and it selected

169.254.112.223 - bringing the port online

I made sure Wifi remote was selected on Port 1

in RFR setting the 'Allow RFR connections' is 'Enabled'

I made sure the name of the console was the same fir settings and password

I made sure I was on the correct network and have removed security settings while I configure the remote.  

I've followed the instructions to the letter and cannot see where my error is.  

When I open the remote it has my console as offline with the 'Connect' button in dark grey and unavailable.  

please help me

 

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    I know this is an older post - but one immediate "mistake" in this scenario was plugging the Element into the WAN port. since no routing is desired (all the *RFR clients and the Element host are going to be on the same network segment, simply plug into the "LAN" bank of RJ45. That effectively puts the hardwired and wireless devices on the network as peers. For those who care, this is effectively how you use a wireless router as an access point. Then all devices can be DHCP clients and let the wireless router's DHCP server ensure that all network devices obtain compatible IP addressing.
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    I know this is an older post - but one immediate "mistake" in this scenario was plugging the Element into the WAN port. since no routing is desired (all the *RFR clients and the Element host are going to be on the same network segment, simply plug into the "LAN" bank of RJ45. That effectively puts the hardwired and wireless devices on the network as peers. For those who care, this is effectively how you use a wireless router as an access point. Then all devices can be DHCP clients and let the wireless router's DHCP server ensure that all network devices obtain compatible IP addressing.
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