I personally prefer Tomato firmware over DD-WRT, though DD-WRT does let you do more tweaking. I have used WDS on both and they work about the same. Here is a link to the Tomato FAQ that talks about how to set it up.
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#how_do_i_use_wds <http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#how_do_i_use_wds>We have a campus-wide wireless network, now, but we don't use WDS any more. We simply run ethernet to every WAP and assign the same SSID and password and encryption to every AP and put them on different channels if they are close enough to detect each other. This works far more reliably than WDS. In a WDS setup, you have two points that can get messed up and you cut the bandwidth in half every time you have to hop from one WAP to another WAP. Chris On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Karl Haines <k...@nashvilleproweb.com>wrote: > Chris, > > > > I’ll be running Ethernet to the ones that I can obviously, but I’d like to > add a few where I can’t run Ethernet, like across the street, etc. I’m > creating a little neighborhood hotspot here, and I’d like to be able to > reach as far out as possible. We’ll be investing in some omni-directional > antennas as well. Anyone who as experience with that, please speak up as > well!! Thanks ;) > > > > Karl > > > > *From:* Chris McQuistion [mailto:cmcquist...@watkins.edu] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:15 PM > *To:* nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [nlug] Wireless distribution system or other wireless mesh > implementations > > > > I've used it with DD-WRT and Tomato firmware. > > > > What are you trying to achieve? Specifically, do you need to extend a > wireless network with wireless access point to access point communication or > do you have the capability of running ethernet to each WAP? > > > > Chris > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Karl Haines <k...@nashvilleproweb.com> > wrote: > > I'm looking into doing a wireless mesh setup. I've been looking into WDS, > which is supported by the dd-wrt firmware I'm currently planning to use on > these routers. So far it looks like it should do what I want, but there > will > be some hits to performance, as always. > > Has anyone here used WDS or any other wireless mesh systems? Any advice > and/or opinions? > > Thanks in advance, > Karl Haines > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
