[GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

[William Park]

Thanks Scott.  Scenerio 1 (bridge) is what I need.  Basically, I have
devices with ethernet port, and you normally plug into router or switch
to get DHCP IP.  Short distance, short cable, no problem.  My problem
starts with Long distance and long cable.  I need something that will
replace this long ethernet cable.

If stock firmware can do "wireless client bridge", then I don't need
OpenWRT or DD-WRT.  Off to Canada Computer, I go...
-- 
William

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:26:15AM -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote:
> Hi William,
> 
> 
> First Question, do you care about double NAT?
> 
> Scenario 1: Bridge (Single NAT from WIFI AP's upstream router).
> 
> * The 'box' joins a wireless AP, and all packets, including broadcasts,
> DCHP, ARP, pass through transparently to the wired port on the 'box'.
> 
> 
> Scenario 2: Double NAT
> 
> * The 'box' joins a wireless AP, get an address from the upstream router and
> then NATs that, creating and managing a separate network for the wired port.
> Internet Access would be still be
> 'normal', you would not get broadcast traffic, or addresses from the
> upstream router.
> 
> Scenario 2 is a lot easier, and covers the majority of use cases.
> 
> ----
> 
> Over the last five years I've been using the TL-MR3020 as a swiss army knife
> for old ball networking. I actually own several of them.
> 
> I did use it's stock firmware as a wireless bridge (Scenario 1), evening
> doing a PXE network boot over it. Although that was 4 years ago.
> 
> OpenWRT works on it very well, and I've even gone through the pain of
> bricking and recovering one.
> 
> https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020
> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=690&item_id=047186
> 
> You can still find some stock in Canada Computers.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On the TL-WR802N,
> 
> It's 'next model' name-sake of the venerable TL-WR702N*, minus the oh so
> useful USB Host port... -_-;
> It is completely different hardware though, not the same SoC and it looks
> like the openwrt community is still getting their heads around it.
> 
> https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr802n
> 
> 
> 
> 
> * TL-MR3020 is just a derivative of the TL-WR702N with hardware buttons, and
> an extra PCB antenna, and larger flash chip.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> So yeah, can't say anything about TL-WR802N other then it's half the price
> of the TL-MR3020. But the TL-MR3020 has worked well for me in the past.
> 
> 
> On 08/11/2016 11:52 PM, William Park via talk wrote:
> > Anyone have this one?
> >     http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_365&item_id=087761
> >     http://www.tplink.ca/en/products/details/TL-WR802N.html
> > If so, have you ever used its "Client Mode" and can you confirm that it
> > works?
> > 
> > I need small portable "wireless bridge", and the advertised "client
> > mode" is what I need.  But, last TP-Link I bought was N750 dual-band
> > TL-WDR4300.  It advertised "wireless bridge" and even their tech support
> > said so.  But, both lied.  Shocking!
> > 
> > I have Linksys WRT model with DD-WRT, and its client bridge works.  But,
> > it's a bit bulky to carry around.
> > 
> 
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