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Donate a repeater ( if someone has one that get's dust).
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LeeBee DD-WRT Novice
Joined: 16 Apr 2018 Posts: 7
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 20:00 Post subject:
oh OK, bummer. Sounds as if you're not going to have a chance to log into the repeater any time soon.
Yes, I exported a working configuration backup right after all was configured, but thanks for the reminder.
Do you remember if you had to apply any commands or install any startup scripts via Administration/ Commands?
People on these forums have been working with cron jobs via Administration/ Management to achieve scheduled wifi off/on when it's not possible via radio scheduling, but that tab is *completely* missing in this repeater's firmwares, regardless of version as it seems..
oh OK, bummer. Sounds as if you're not going to have a chance to log into the repeater any time soon.
Yes, I exported a working configuration backup right after all was configured, but thanks for the reminder.
Do you remember if you had to apply any commands or install any startup scripts via Administration/ Commands?
People on these forums have been working with cron jobs via Administration/ Management to achieve scheduled wifi off/on when it's not possible via radio scheduling, but that tab is *completely* missing in this repeater's firmwares, regardless of version as it seems..
I wonder if it's possible to activate or install Administration/ Management.
PS: has anybody tested the as of 2018-05-22 most recent firmware 2018-05-13 r35927 for the TL-WA901NDv3 on our TL-WA854REv1??
Not sure how and where i did it but i do remember having a section to run scripts and that's where i had some scripts running, i will fly back home soon-ish so can take a look, might also be wrong as i had more equipment running DD-WRT, but from memory seems like i'm not as this repeater was the last i played with.
In the meantime I can now report S U C C E S S, yee-ha!! In addition to radio scheduling via GUI, I had already imported these scripts in Admin/ Command and activated them via a reboot:
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
wifioff)
stopservice wland
nvram set ath0_net_mode=disabled
ifconfig ath0 down
killall hostapd
;;
wifion)
stopservice lan
nvram set ath0_net_mode=ng-only
startservice lan
iwconfig ath0 txpower 12
;;
*)
echo "$0 {wifioff | wifion}"
esac
The 2018-03-05 r35244 FW would only switch ath0 (physical) off at 6am, not the virtual repeater signal.
What did it for me was to apply the currently latest 2018-05-23 r36006 FW, reboot, BOOM, now both physical AND virtual interface off/ back on at respective times.
As per "NTARS!" I'm NOT going to tinker around if with this FW the scripts are necessary or not - I'll just leave it running and working.
Also now the Management Tab is visible under Administration !!!
It all feels and acts complete now. I'll report back in a while if it proves stable.
Feel free to add my findings to your entry post. Would still be interested in your wifi off/on scipts and command.
I have my router configured in client-ap mode as suggested in the first post.
Everything working flawlessly for months.
But today I have a different need:
All pc connected to the repeater lan are correctly accessing internet as expected.
And they also connect to the pc's connected to main router LAN.
But ... the pc's connected to the main router cannot access the pc's connected to the repeater LAN.
Any suggestion on how to solve this ?
What I would like would be to have every pc''s seeing all the others independently of the router to which they are connected.
Summary of my network:
- Main router dhcp serving in 192.168.0.0
- Tplink extender
As main router client with static ip 192.168.0.5
As AP with ip 192.168.222.1
dhcp serving in 192.168.222.0
Configured as gateway
No dynamic rooting
I've tried a number of different firmware versions 29837, 31791, 35244, 36154, 36247. I read somewhere on here that the guest network doesn't work on some firmware versions but I'm now wondering if it's just some setting that I have wrong, particularly in DNSMasq
I'd be grateful for any advice to get this working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:19 Post subject: repeat mode settings
I have successfully upgraded from stock to ddwrt and then to tl-wa901ndv3-webflash.bin . Now I need to know how to connect it to my wifi at home called TurnerTwc. I'm on my phone and have searched but can't find how to do it. Could someone help with instructions. The old factory software walked me through and selected the wifi and configured it for me. Thanks in advance. Donnie
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 14242 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 13:00 Post subject:
This thread is for Unofficial Support of a device that was never sent to the developer. There is no write-up on how to recover this device to stock should things go awry, however I will link the OpenWRT wiki for TL-WA850RE and a Google Search Link for future reference. As with all devices not currently supported by DD-WRT, this thread will remain for reference, but at this point shall be locked; there should be no expectation of users for any troubleshooting support for firmware issues since this device is not officially supported. Thank you.
NOTE: To add official support, either a hardware donation or router detection information is required (fullflash dump, boot log, and hardware information).
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