On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Little Bear <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sorry, wasn't thinking when I typed it. Did you try > http://lifehacker.com/how-to-extend-your-wi-fi-network-with-an-old-router-915783308 > > So 2nd router as as wireless repeater, the channel needs to be different > or else they would fight with each other. The SSID shouldn't be the same > as per the article. Most mobile devices supports multiple access point > profile and they will auto-connect to which ever has greater strength. > > I'm pretty sure you are looking at > http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3810281
Thank you very much for this link, BTW > > "Technically, when in client mode, your router can only pass the > incoming wireless signal to clients connected to one of the router's LAN > ports. To re-broadcast the signal wirelessly, the router would need to > be configured as a repeater—unfortunately, Tomato does not yet support > repeater mode." > > http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/using-tomato-as-wireless-repeater-sort-of.68322/ > > I don't have a tomato so I wouldn't know, but I've tested it with 2 > DD-WRT, 1 in Primary Gateway (DNS+DHCP) and one acting as wireless > repeater and it works for me. > On 1/7/2015 9:22 PM, Thomas Milne wrote: >> >> I don't think you understood what I am trying to do. The routers will > not be physically connected, only over wireless. >> >> On Jan 7, 2015 9:19 PM, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: >> >> Plug the second router (acting as switch) WAN port to regular > port. There should be no WAN Ethernet connected on the second router >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. >> >> OpenPGP: 0x1666B6A1 >> http://xxw.ca/email-public-key/ >> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> VOIP: (510)-982-6330 <tel:%28510%29-982-6330> >> Original Message >> From: Thomas Milne >> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:10 PM >> To: GTALUG >> Reply To: GTALUG Talk >> Subject: [GTALUG] Second router as wireless ethernet bridge >> >> Here's another project I'm working on that is driving me around > the bend. >> >> Sorry this is such a long story... >> >> A computer in our basement has no wireless, so instead of running a >> long cable to it, I wanted to put a router beside it and have it >> connect to that router by ethernet, and then have that router connect >> to the main one over wireless. No, I did not plug the computer into >> the WAN port... ;-) >> >> I have an old Linksys router WRT54GL v. 1.1 running Tomato 1.28, and >> my main router, the Buffalo N600 which has DD-WRT. >> >> According to about a hundred different howto's it should be very > simple. >> >> I set the second router to an IP outside the DHCP range of the first, >> and set also set it to use the first router as gateway and DNS. I also >> set the SSID and password the same, and also the type of security >> used. Oh, and obviously I set the second router as 'Wireless Ethernet >> Bridge'. >> >> router 1 is 192.168.11.1, router 2 is 192.168.11.2 >> >> both have 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask >> >> Router 1 gives out addresses starting at 192.168.11.5 >> >> Am I correct in assuming that DHCP broadcasts should be relayed by the >> second router? In wireless bridge mode it doesn't appear to even have >> the option of offering DHCP... >> >> I noticed that the Buffalo will let you set up a virtual interface, so >> I tried using that with no security at all. >> >> I also found something here: >> >> > http://www.cnet.com/how-to/reuse-an-old-router-to-bridge-devices-to-your-wireless-network/ >> >> that said I should set the second router to operate as a router and >> not as a gateway so I changed that. >> >> Still no ping response from google.com <http://google.com> :-\ >> >> The only thing I can think of is that maybe the firewall settings are >> wrong on the second router, running Tomato. >> >> Respond to ICMP is unchecked, Allow Multicast is unchecked, NAT >> Loopback is set to Forwarded Only, and Enable SYN cookies is >> unchecked. >> >> Help! >> >> -- >> Thomas Milne >> --- >> Talk Mailing List >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> --- >> Talk Mailing List >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> >> >> --- >> Talk Mailing List >> [email protected] >> http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > - -- > OpenPGP KeyID: 020E 8BD2 F29A 0760 CA67 8056 7FD6 DA22 1666 B6A1 > http://xxw.ca/email-public-key/ > Email: [email protected] > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > confidential and privileged information. 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