[Ewrt-devel] EWRT and Bridge mode

Mon Aug 30 11:12:06 PDT 2004

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Tom Higgins wrote:

> > I think using two WRTs is preferrable to WDS for extending the coverage of
> > an AP. One WRT is in client mode connect to the AP, the second WRT in AP
> > mode is connected with a short run of ethernet to the WRT in client mode.
> > Thats how I expect it to work.
> This is exactly what I have in mind for one of the installs I want to do
> in my hood. I have a spot nearby that will extand my coverage out a few
> blocks but I need this dual ewrt solution...so would BBQ and Beer sometime
> this week help?

theres nothing BBQ and Beer can't solve.

if you look at my earlier post, you can see that the WRT associates to the
foreign AP but getting a DHCP lease is the problem. Now that I think about
it more, if eth0 and eth1 are bridged, there shouldnt be any need to get a
DHCP lease for the client mode WRT.

For those with a WRT who want to try this, this is as far as I've got:
(set wireless client mode in HTML interface)
root$ wl join NETGEAR
(or whatever AP is nearby. use 'wl scan' then 'wl scanresults' to see
whats in the area)
root$ wl status
(to verify that you are associated)
from this point a box with ethernet into the WRT should be able to do a
DHCP request and get a DHCP lease from the foreign AP.

I'm not sure if the WRT mangles the MAC address of outbound packets.
Hopefully it does not.

don
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