[TriLUG] WRT54GL wireless bridge

[Owen Berry]

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?) :)