Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 13:49 Post subject: How to: Repeater Bridge with same SSID
Hi, I would have added a note to the wiki, but seeing as how the wiki registration is disabled, I'll post it here instead. I know this might not be the right place for this since it's a tip instead of some fancy script, but I couldn't find where else I should put this...
Hardware:
2 Apple Airport Extreme:
1 Main, hooked directly to modem, fixed channel 1
1 In apple proprietary "extend" mode
>Both with WPA2 Personal AES
In addition, I have 1 Netgear WNDR3300
It's in Repeater Bridge config straight from the wiki, except instead of using a virtual interface to rebroadcast, I used the 2nd wlan that this model has, broadcasting on "auto" (ends up being ch.1 anyways) with the same SSID.
FW: v24-sp2 (10/10/09) std - build 13064
The Issue:
Now my issue was that I wanted to repeat my AEBS main router using the same SSID so I could roam between the 3 routers freely. Of course the wiki says you shouldn't use the same SSID in repeater bridge mode, but apple's WDS mode doesn't support WPA2 Personal, I guess pushing people to buy more of their routers to use their "extend" feature instead.
The Solution:
The solution is rather simple, actually, and I wish it to be at least noted in the wiki to save headache, because I don't feel that this solution really deserves a full forum post anyways.
I grabbed the mac addy of my main AEBS and enabled the whitelist on the Netgear wl0, the receiving interface. I left filtering off for the wl1 interface, and then changed the broadcasting SSID to the same as the rest.
Notes:
It occurred to me that if you don't have 2 wireless interfaces on your router, you may not be able to only filter the receiving mode, unless virtual interfaces have separate filtering options that appear once added...
Also, there is a significant speed impact, estimated ~20%, when compared to just using a different SSID and no filtering, but of course some people might absolutely need to use the same SSID.
I hope this helped someone else, and I really hope to see the wiki improved and updated.
Thank You!! Setting the same ssid for my reaper bridge brings a great benefit for my home network, because now when my android phone is connected to the main router and i go to a place where the repeater is installed, instead keeping connected to the main router and facing a poor signal it's quickly reconnects to the repeater and the signal is great again. the main disadvantage is that if you downloading something or you are in the middle of a Voip call, you will most likely get disconnected, yet again the same will most likely happen if you keep two distinct ssid, and you get bad signal!
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 0:31 Post subject: Re: How to: Repeater Bridge with same SSID
Stephen304 wrote:
Hi, I would have added a note to the wiki, but seeing as how the wiki registration is disabled, I'll post it here instead. I know this might not be the right place for this since it's a tip instead of some fancy script, but I couldn't find where else I should put this...
Hardware:
2 Apple Airport Extreme:
1 Main, hooked directly to modem, fixed channel 1
1 In apple proprietary "extend" mode
>Both with WPA2 Personal AES
In addition, I have 1 Netgear WNDR3300
It's in Repeater Bridge config straight from the wiki, except instead of using a virtual interface to rebroadcast, I used the 2nd wlan that this model has, broadcasting on "auto" (ends up being ch.1 anyways) with the same SSID.
FW: v24-sp2 (10/10/09) std - build 13064
The Issue:
Now my issue was that I wanted to repeat my AEBS main router using the same SSID so I could roam between the 3 routers freely. Of course the wiki says you shouldn't use the same SSID in repeater bridge mode, but apple's WDS mode doesn't support WPA2 Personal, I guess pushing people to buy more of their routers to use their "extend" feature instead.
The Solution:
The solution is rather simple, actually, and I wish it to be at least noted in the wiki to save headache, because I don't feel that this solution really deserves a full forum post anyways.
I grabbed the mac addy of my main AEBS and enabled the whitelist on the Netgear wl0, the receiving interface. I left filtering off for the wl1 interface, and then changed the broadcasting SSID to the same as the rest.
Notes:
It occurred to me that if you don't have 2 wireless interfaces on your router, you may not be able to only filter the receiving mode, unless virtual interfaces have separate filtering options that appear once added...
Also, there is a significant speed impact, estimated ~20%, when compared to just using a different SSID and no filtering, but of course some people might absolutely need to use the same SSID.
I hope this helped someone else, and I really hope to see the wiki improved and updated.
I am totally lost on your setup.
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:17 Post subject: Sharing the same SSID
Hi,
Im also trying to set up the network with the same SSID, repeating from an airport express (wl1) to a link sys with dd-wrt (wl2) Id love to have in my home the same said for all three routers, but for the latter two will suffice.
I currently have 3 SSIDs.
I have a Linksys as a base, that is connected through cable to an airport express.
Then this last is repeated wirelessly by another link sys, but with the dd-wrt.
Could you guys give me a hand? Pcs seem not to find the extended network when it shares SSID, but macs do.