for a repeater to work properly, it needs to be on the same channel as the base station
And this will not cause any interference? I forgot to mention that the two networks have different SSIDs and I use WPA on the repeater network. Should I use the same SSID on both networks, and no encryption (or same WEP key) on both of them?
I have a wrt54gl with the dd-wrt v24-sp2 configured as a repeater bridge (repeating the wifi signal of my main router).
If I connect my laptop with a wire to the wrt54gl, it works perfectly. However, if I try to connect the laptop to the wrt54gl in a wireless way, I cannot connect to the internet. I see the network and connect to it but that is all I can do. I cannot browse any website. I have no access to the internet.
Any idea? I guess it is something simple but I am not able to find the problem.
Mandarina, from what I've read I think you can't have the primary router working with WPA encryption. You should use WEP or no encryption, otherwise the repeater router wouldn't connect to the source router.
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 22:17 Post subject: Stumped In Austin
I have wrtg54 V5 and flashed the autoap version as recommended on the sourceforge page by the DDWRT standards on the ddwrt wiki, how to flash.
The Control panel and everything seems to be working fine. I can see the WAN on my standard unflashed router with the RoadRunner IP etc.
I use wireshark to view my network. Everything seems to be talking. I use WEP on both routers. Routers have different IP addresses. ddwrt control panel shows connected to my home network SSID.
... but I can not get online through my bridge???
DID IT... ALL I HAD TO DO IS DISABLE THE SPI FIREWALL. My Main router has a hardware firewall and my PC has a software firewall and antivirus/spyware, so that should be cool.
I will check it, VitaminX. But the point is that the repeater seems to be working OK if I connect it to the laptop with a ethernet cable.
I have checked removing the security for both main a repeater routers. No improvements in the functionality.
If I connect the repeater and the laptop with a ethernet cable, everything works OK. If I try to do it wireless, I cannot even access to the configuration of the repeater (wrt54GL) using the browser (firefox) but the laptop is in the network and the power of the signal is 96%.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:16 Post subject: Wireless repeater
I can't get internet on my wireless repeater. I tried changing the channel it uses, but that option isn't available. Any suggestions? I can't get internet in the back half of my house and I thought this might help..
Universal Wireless Repeater mode, will sacrifice half of the bandwidth available from the primary router for clients wirelessly connected to the repeater. This is a result of the repeater taking turns talking to not just one partner, but to two, and having to relay the traffic between them.
Can i avoid this using a dual band wlan router? dir-825 for example? Also look at my attachment for my idea. Does DD-WRT support this feature? Lancom does support that with a feature called "relais".
Just bought a new E4200 router to enjoy dual band but the 5ghz signal is just too weak. I'm looking for a wifi repeater in the 5ghz band for more than a week but found none.
I was wondering if there's another way, like buy any dual band and use the dd-wrt firmwares to use as a repeater at least for the 5ghz signal, is that possible?
Just bought a new E4200 router to enjoy dual band but the 5ghz signal is just too weak. I'm looking for a wifi repeater in the 5ghz band for more than a week but found none.
I was wondering if there's another way, like buy any dual band and use the dd-wrt firmwares to use as a repeater at least for the 5ghz signal, is that possible?
Yes this should be possible using dd-wrt firmware. I haven't personally tried it using a 5 GHz router, but as long as it shows as supported in the Router Database then you should be fine.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 21:33 Post subject: Universal Wireless Repater
VitaminX wrote:
Mandarina, from what I've read I think you can't have the primary router working with WPA encryption. You should use WEP or no encryption, otherwise the repeater router wouldn't connect to the source router.
I have a WRT54G working as a repeater bridge AND it has WPA encryption. It is not a **universal** wireless repeater. I have it set to the same channel and SSID at my primary router.
