[TriLUG] WRT54GL wireless bridge

[Greg Brown]

The WAP54Gs make killer bridges.  I have one in use at the outer banks
network.  I like the WRT54-GLs (or old G units) for "behind the set" boxes
because they have extra ethernet connectors for game stations, myth tv
boxes, and whatever other assorted odds and ends you might have back there
(with only one space hogging wall wart power supply).

Greg

On 10/6/06, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> and just FWIW....
>
> I have a pair of WAP54G's (nothing special like your WRT54G) that handle
> bridging to each other fine, so I can't imagine that the default Linksys
> firmware wouldn't handle it in case you want to go the simple route.
>
> --
> William Sutton
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Owen Berry wrote:
>
> > Great! And thanks for all the info!
> >
> > Owen
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 01:58:53PM -0400, Greg Brown wrote:
> > > Yes this is possible and I have done the same in a number of ways
> using
> > > OpenWRT.
> > >
> > > 1st and easiest way - bridge:
> > >
> > > AP #1 - primary AP, configured SSID and let's say WEP (depending on
> what
> > > version of WhiteRussian you install WPA may or may not work in bridge
> mode.
> > > I have had luck with Version5 of WhiteRussian and am using that
> version to
> > > power all APs I use at the beach).
> > >
> > > Anyway on the second AP once you get OpenWRT installed:
> > >
> > > set wl0_ssid= to the same ssid that you have on your primary AP
> > > set wl0_key1= to the same wep key you use on your primary AP
> > > set wl0_wep=enabled
> > > set wl0_mode=wet (wet for bridge, sta for routing, I use wet - it is
> easier)
> > > set lan_ipaddr= to a unique ip address on your LAN
> > > set lan_gateway= to your gateway address
> > > set lan_dns to your DNS address
> > >
> > > After all that, run 'nvram commit' to reload everything and reboot
> > >
> > > Success will be a ping that returns from OpenWRT unit while it is not
> > > plugged into anything else.
> > >
> > > If you have Macs this is a point-and-shoot affiar with Airport access
> points
> > > but you'll end up with less ports and you'll spend quite a bit more
> money.
> > >
> > > You can also use WDS mode for your openwrt box.  Using WDS you'll end
> up
> > > with a repeater that you can attach to just like your primary AP
> (you'll
> > > also eat up more bandwidth this way, but who cares about that?) :)
> >
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