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On Jan 7, 2015 9:43 PM, "Little Bear" <<a href="mailto:littlebear@xxw.ca">littlebear@xxw.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Sorry, wasn't thinking when I typed it. Did you try<br>
> <a href="http://lifehacker.com/how-to-extend-your-wi-fi-network-with-an-old-router-915783308">http://lifehacker.com/how-to-extend-your-wi-fi-network-with-an-old-router-915783308</a><br>
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> So 2nd router as as wireless repeater, the channel needs to be different<br>
> or else they would fight with each other. The SSID shouldn't be the same<br>
> as per the article. Most mobile devices supports multiple access point<br>
> profile and they will auto-connect to which ever has greater strength.<br>
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> I'm pretty sure you are looking at<br>
> <a href="http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3810281">http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3810281</a><br>
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<p dir="ltr">Oh hey now that is interesting. This has given me a clue. I can look in Wireless Survey in the Tomato interface of router 2 and see router 1.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So...that is something.<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">> "Technically, when in client mode, your router can only pass the<br>
> incoming wireless signal to clients connected to one of the router's LAN<br>
> ports. To re-broadcast the signal wirelessly, the router would need to<br>
> be configured as a repeater—unfortunately, Tomato does not yet support<br>
> repeater mode."<br>
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> <a href="http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/using-tomato-as-wireless-repeater-sort-of.68322/">http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/using-tomato-as-wireless-repeater-sort-of.68322/</a><br>
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> I don't have a tomato so I wouldn't know, but I've tested it with 2<br>
> DD-WRT, 1 in Primary Gateway (DNS+DHCP) and one acting as wireless<br>
> repeater and it works for me.<br>
> On 1/7/2015 9:22 PM, Thomas Milne wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > I don't think you understood what I am trying to do. The routers will<br>
> not be physically connected, only over wireless.<br>
> ><br>
> > On Jan 7, 2015 9:19 PM, <<a href="mailto:littlebear@xxw.ca">littlebear@xxw.ca</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:littlebear@xxw.ca">littlebear@xxw.ca</a>>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Plug the second router (acting as switch) WAN port to regular<br>
> port. There should be no WAN Ethernet connected on the second router<br>
> ><br>
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> > From: Thomas Milne<br>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:10 PM<br>
> > To: GTALUG<br>
> > Reply To: GTALUG Talk<br>
> > Subject: [GTALUG] Second router as wireless ethernet bridge<br>
> ><br>
> > Here's another project I'm working on that is driving me around<br>
> the bend.<br>
> ><br>
> > Sorry this is such a long story...<br>
> ><br>
> > A computer in our basement has no wireless, so instead of running a<br>
> > long cable to it, I wanted to put a router beside it and have it<br>
> > connect to that router by ethernet, and then have that router connect<br>
> > to the main one over wireless. No, I did not plug the computer into<br>
> > the WAN port... ;-)<br>
> ><br>
> > I have an old Linksys router WRT54GL v. 1.1 running Tomato 1.28, and<br>
> > my main router, the Buffalo N600 which has DD-WRT.<br>
> ><br>
> > According to about a hundred different howto's it should be very<br>
> simple.<br>
> ><br>
> > I set the second router to an IP outside the DHCP range of the first,<br>
> > and set also set it to use the first router as gateway and DNS. I also<br>
> > set the SSID and password the same, and also the type of security<br>
> > used. Oh, and obviously I set the second router as 'Wireless Ethernet<br>
> > Bridge'.<br>
> ><br>
> > router 1 is 192.168.11.1, router 2 is 192.168.11.2<br>
> ><br>
> > both have 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask<br>
> ><br>
> > Router 1 gives out addresses starting at 192.168.11.5<br>
> ><br>
> > Am I correct in assuming that DHCP broadcasts should be relayed by the<br>
> > second router? In wireless bridge mode it doesn't appear to even have<br>
> > the option of offering DHCP...<br>
> ><br>
> > I noticed that the Buffalo will let you set up a virtual interface, so<br>
> > I tried using that with no security at all.<br>
> ><br>
> > I also found something here:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> <a href="http://www.cnet.com/how-to/reuse-an-old-router-to-bridge-devices-to-your-wireless-network/">http://www.cnet.com/how-to/reuse-an-old-router-to-bridge-devices-to-your-wireless-network/</a><br>
> ><br>
> > that said I should set the second router to operate as a router and<br>
> > not as a gateway so I changed that.<br>
> ><br>
> > Still no ping response from <a href="http://google.com">google.com</a> <<a href="http://google.com">http://google.com</a>> :-\<br>
> ><br>
> > The only thing I can think of is that maybe the firewall settings are<br>
> > wrong on the second router, running Tomato.<br>
> ><br>
> > Respond to ICMP is unchecked, Allow Multicast is unchecked, NAT<br>
> > Loopback is set to Forwarded Only, and Enable SYN cookies is<br>
> > unchecked.<br>
> ><br>
> > Help!<br>
> ><br>
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