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

[James Knott]

On 08/12/2016 08:48 PM, William Park via talk wrote:
>> From what I understand so far, William can correct me, he wants Scenario 1,
>> > where its a transparent bridge. I've been re-acquainting myself with this
>> > all morning.
> Yes, scenario 1 is what I meant and want.  Correct term (and operation)
> is "client bridge".  Second router connects to the main router as client
> and gets DHCP IP from the main router, like any other connecting
> devices.  Then, the second router bridges its wlan0 and eth0
> (internally, creates br0 which contains wlan0 and eth0).
>
> Anyways, for the external device connecting to the second router, it
> appears as though it's connecting to the main router.  It gets DHCP IP
> from the main router, it's on the same network as other devices
> connected (via cable or wifi) to the main router, etc.  In other words,
> instead of long ethernet cable to the main router, it has short cable to
> the second router.

That is exactly what that D-Link will do in Client mode.  It will
connect one or more Ethernet devices via WiFi to the router.