rootmaster5000
DD-WRT Novice
Joined: 03 Nov 2017
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 Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 17:11 Post subject: Wireless Repeater with Guest Network - how to? |
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Hi All,
I currently have an R7800 set up with a guest VAP which I set up as per the instructions here and it seems to work okay and the guest wifi cannot see the private network.
However, I came into the possession of a WRT1900ACSv2 which I've put DD-WRT onto, as I would like to use it as an wireless access point "repeater" so that I can extend the range of my wifi into the garden. I've attached my current network set up and everything in the blue rectangle is what I am trying to set up (the two routers are connected via Ethernet, not wifi).
I've found a couple of guides that I've gone through and disabled DHCP on the WRT1900, however, I am not sure how to set up the guest network VAP on the WRT1900 so that it gets an IP assignment from the R7800 rather than the WRT1900.
Do I need to go back to basics again and set up bridges/VLANs etc. and how would I go about doing that?
Sorry for the basic question, I did try to search but became overwhelmed with different instructions of varying age - I am really looking for the "latest" way to do it, given that both routers are on >46000 releases.
Thank you.
Last edited by rootmaster5000 on Mon Apr 05, 2021 20:06; edited 1 time in total |
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Alozaros
DD-WRT Guru
Joined: 16 Nov 2015
Posts: 6440
Location: UK, London, just across the river..
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hmm first for a security reasons i would ve save the current setup and update to a newer build R7800...
you may need to reset after update and manually rebuild the set up...
than to use a WRT1900 as a AP, just use it as a WAP
https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point
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Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55630 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55723 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
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