dellsweigExtreme Aerobatics MVM join:2003-12-10 Campbell Hall, NY |
DD-WRT and repeater Bridge modeGreetings
I have been a long time DD-WRT user. I have played with many configurations over time and have had a rock stable WDS based Distribution network in my large ranch house (AP plus 2 WDS nodes).
Last week, I tried the Repeater Bridge mode in DD-WRT V24 (RC5). It was SIMPLE to setup and get working. My wired throughput is faster (clients wired to the bridges). My wireless is the same as WDS.
The network is more stable - gone is the WDS setup and operational overhead. The repeater bridges are just clients.
No issues with multiple wired clients behind the bridge and no issues at all with the wireless.
I had stayed away from the repeater mode because I wanted everything on the same subnet. With repeater bridge mode that is now possible.
Works great with all encryption types as well. I have converted everything over |
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tament
Anon
2008-Jan-10 9:25 pm
I have the RC5 repeater mode working but cannot get repeater bridge working. Repeater/bridge works for teh wired connections and I can connect to the wireless repeater but do not get any connection to the internet. Not sure what is going on. Any ideas. I have been playing with DD-WRt for a lon long time but I am stumped on this one.
In RC 6 and RC6.2, I cannot get a wireless connection to teh repeater so backup to the RC5 |
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dellsweigExtreme Aerobatics MVM join:2003-12-10 Campbell Hall, NY 1 edit |
I have three of them working great.. repeater bridge uses same subnet - you have to assign an IP to the bridge LAN address on the same subnet of your AP
give your Virtual WLAN a different SSID than the main WLAN (for ex: DanLan and DanLan-Rpt1)
I used WPA TKIP on both the WLAN dna VWLAN
I used the WIKI pretty much verbatim
Restore Factory Defaults on Secondary(DD-WRT) Router Connect to the secondary router via wired or wireless client keeping in mind the dd-wrt default settings for dhcp pool and ssid Open the Wireless -> Basic Settings tab Wireless Mode : Repeater Bridge Wireless Network Mode : Match Primary Router Wireless Network Name(SSID) : Match Primary Router Wireless Channel : Match Primary Router Wireless SSID Broadcast : Enable Network Configuration : Bridged Save Settings Virtual Interfaces Section Add Wireless Network Name(SSID) : Different from Primary Router Wireless SSID Broadcast : Enable AP Isolation : Disable Network Configuration : Bridged Save Settings Open the Setup -> Basic Setup tab Connection Type : Disabled IP Address : 192.168.1.2 (Assuming Primary Router IP is 192.168.1.1) Mask : 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (again assuming Primary Router IP is 192.168.1.1) Assign WAN Port to Switch : Checked or Unchecked - your choice Save Settings Open the Security -> Firewall tab Uncheck all boxes Disable SP1 firewall Save Settings Open the Status -> Wireless tab [redhawk - If this step is performed the repeater bridge may not work - skip to Step 8] Wiviz Survey (or Site Survey) Join Primary Router Continue Open the Administration tab APPLY Settings (In V24 after 07/04/07...use Save for previous versions) |
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tament
Anon
2008-Jan-11 9:02 am
Got it working late last night. NO problem if I use a fixed IP on the my LAPTOP. ONce I Stand up a repeater and connect to it, if using DHCP i issued a 'REPAIR' to the network configutation and it went out and got me a new IP and it worked great. JUst a simple thing that I should have thought about before.
OH well, that what learning is all about. THanks for your reply |
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sabersaw Premium Member join:2001-08-21 Dayton, OH |
sabersaw
Premium Member
2008-Jan-11 9:51 am
I have had problems with RC4 in Bridged Repeater mode. DHCP will not work when using a Sonicwall as DHCP server. However, using a Windows DHCP server the wireless clients of the Bridged Repeater will obtain a lease. Using static IP addys shows no problem.
Have not tried the newer RCs but worth a shot. The hardware is 50 miles away so it will be while until I get a chance to try them. |
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dellsweigExtreme Aerobatics MVM join:2003-12-10 Campbell Hall, NY |
RC5 repeater bridge mode works fine |
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TheOtherRayComfortably Numb MVM, join:2001-12-02 Denver, CO Netgear CM1000 Asus RT-AC88
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to dellsweig
I'm having one problem with Repeater Bridge using DD-WRT v24 RC-6 (12/30/07) std (SVN revision 8733M Eko)nokaid. I have one PC that connects to the AP router, but can't see any other devices (including the host router). Not 10 feet away is another laptop that works just peachy, and can ping any device on the network. I can't figure out why the problem laptop can't see the entire network.
Other than that I'm really happy with Repeater Bridge - I agree that it is faster and far more stable than WDS. |
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