HUGE2U
join:2005-07-22
North Hollywood, CA
| [Wireless] Newbie - WRT54G wireless bridge
I am tryting to use one WRT54G as a wireless bridge. I can ping from one Router 1 to Router 2 (and the other way), but I cannot ping from router 1 (using PC1) to the Tivo attached to router 2. When I hook my laptop up to router 2 (wired) and can ping the Tivo fine.
Here is the setup:
Router 1 (WRT54G)
Firmware Version : v4.00.7 (Linksys official)
IP : 192.168.1.1
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Wireless mode:mixed b +g (normal)
Security: off (for now)
Connected to the internet
Router 2 (WRT54G)
Firmware version: Freeman 1.04
IP: 192.168.1.3
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Wireless mode: client bridge
Security: off (for now)
Internet connection type set to "Disable"
DHCP disabled
Firewall protection is off
Tivo
IP: 192.168.1.115
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
PC1
IP: 192.168.1.97
To be clear, PC1 is wired to Router 1, Tivo is wired to Router 2. Router 1 and router 2 ARE NOT wired together (wireless only). PC1 can ping both router 1 and router 2. When I attached a laptop to router 2 i can both access the Tivo via ftp and telnet to the AP as well as ping back to router 1.
I appreciate any help, let me know if there is any other information I can provide.
Thanks,
HUGE |
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rizzo2dial
Premium
join:2004-08-05
| In my experience w/ Alchemy (the predecessor to Freeman), devices connected behind the LAN ports of a "CLIENT" mode configured router run behind their own localized NAT'd firewall. In other words, there's a NAT'd firewall behind Router 1 and another NAT'd firewall behind Router 2. It is this NAT behind NAT which I believe is preventing PC1 on Router1 from pinging the Tivo on Router2. The WAN port of Router2 should be running on the same network as Router 1 though.
So, assuming the Tivo is connected to one of Router 2's LAN ports, try connecting it to Router2's WAN port.
If you want all 4 LAN ports on Router2 to be part of the same network as Router1, you'll need to switch from "CLIENT" mode to WDS mode. This will require you to run WDS capable firmware on both routers (i.e. you may need to install Freeman on Router1 as well).
Rizzo |
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HUGE2U
join:2005-07-22
North Hollywood, CA | Thanks for your responce. When I get back home I will give it a shot.
HUGE |
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HUGE2U
join:2005-07-22
North Hollywood, CA | Also, where can I learn about "WDS"? I am not familiar with that at all.
Thanks,
HUGE |
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angelsienn
join:2002-08-25
asia
| reply to HUGE2U
hi!
As far as I know, you cannot configure the wrt54g as a wireless repeater mode. This is because WRT54g, which is the linksys wireless router doesn't have any bridging capability. Now if you really wanted to have a bridging functionality, stick with your first router(wrt54g) and use the Wet54g.
wrt54g >>>> wet54g---tivo |
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HUGE2U
join:2005-07-22
North Hollywood, CA | FYI - The WRT54G does have briding available thorugh 3rd party firmware.
HUGE |
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will792
join:2003-11-18
Stamford, CT
| reply to HUGE2U
said by HUGE2U  :Also, where can I learn about "WDS"? I am not familiar with that at all. Thanks, HUGE »linksysinfo.com has a lot of info on WDS configuration for different WRT54G firmware versions (Sveasoft, HyperWRT, DD-WRT and others). Apparently there are many ways to do it. |
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HUGE2U
join:2005-07-22
North Hollywood, CA | WDS did the trick and everyone is happy 
Thanks guys.
HUGE |
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