Okay, I'll need some help optimizing the settings and testing speeds/connectivity, but here's what I've got so far:
1 D-Link DI604 - standard 1 WRT54G v4 - loaded with DD-WRT 1 WRT54GS v4 - loaded with DD-WRT 2 laptops - loaded with phun! The D-Link is connected to the cable internet here and providing the DHCP service in the 192.168.0.x range. The 54G is configured as an AP on channel 11 with SSID backbone.cfn and set to G only. The IP on the LAN side is 10.1.0.10 with the wireless and lan ports bridged (as default). The 54GS has the same basic configuration with the exception of being configured as "client bridged" with IP 10.1.0.11. Neither of the WRTs is passing out addresses. A client port on the D-Link was plugged in (with a x-over adapter) to a LAN port on the 54G. A laptop plugged into a lan port on the 54G was able to pull an address from the D-Link (of course) and gain access to the internet. The other laptop was placed on a LAN port on the 54GS and was able to pull an address from the D-Link and gain access to the internet. I know this is pretty basic stuff, but I'm going to try splitting the bridged connections so the wireless ports are isolated from the LAN ports. Since the wireless and LAN ports are bridged, I imagine this is kind of like a big hub, but I'd like to put the wireless ports on a vlan with the WAN ports and see if they will route traffic propperly. After figuring more of this out, I'd like to try adding WRT client APs and see how bandwidth (no, not "Bandwidth", I mean bandwidth) is affected. DD-WRT allows for adjusting the transmit power of the WRT from the default 28mW to over 250mW. I'd like to see what kind of range we can get out of this and maybe put some antennae out. An omni at the root with directionals shooting at it should work well. We could then drop copper from the bridges and feed WRTs that serve the wireless clients on the columbusfreenet.org SSID. Maybe start with a shot to the Cantina? I'm short on APs to test with so I might have to test in the field. Anyhoo, I'm running a little longer than planned with this. Anybody else have experience down this road? Questions/Comments? -dub --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
