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    Repeater Bridge not working with OpenWRT on WGR614L

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by tufani, Dec 1, 2008.

  1. tufani

    tufani Newbie

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    Hi ,

    I have flashed my wgr614l with openwrt firmware .

    I have tested it for wireless client bridge mode and it is working fine but I am not able to configure it as a repeater bridge.

    I have edited the file "etc/config/wireless" as follows :

    config wifi-device wl0
    option type broadcom
    option channel 5

    # REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:

    config wifi-iface
    option device wl0
    option network lan
    option mode sta
    option ssid home_test
    option encryption none

    config wifi-iface
    option device wl0
    option mode ap
    option ssid OpenWrt
    option encryption none

    Now if I scan for avlbl APs for a wireless client , it shows OpenWrt as one of the SSIDs but I am not able to connect any station with this AP.

    Could any body plz tell me if this feature is supported in OpenWRT and if yes where I am making mistake .

    Thanks in advance,
     
    tufani, Dec 1, 2008
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have heard of no problems with it working in bridge mode?

    Is this associated with the main AP?

    All I see is 1 wl0

    May try the dd-wrt forum.
     
    blue68f100, Dec 1, 2008
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  3. tufani

    tufani Newbie

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    Yes it is connected with main AP ..... I have gone through the DD-WRT documentation regarding this and based on that ... I can say that my client bridge is working but repeater bridge is not ....
    Is there any configuration option that I need to enable for this particular purpose ...
     
    tufani, Dec 2, 2008
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    I have not used OpenWRT at all, you will be better off on their forum.

    I was just looking at the devices ID and only saw the one. Normally it has to associates with the main router.
     
    blue68f100, Dec 2, 2008
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    Well ... Now I am able to configure my NetgearWGR614L as a repeater bridge ...
    All I needed to do was enable NAT related options in .config files and edit files
    /etc/config/wireless, /etc/config/network and /etc/config/firewall and it started working ...
     
    tufani, Dec 4, 2008
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