Just bought an additional router and in the process of setting up a repeater bridge from the wifi downstairs (Thomson standard firmware) to my new Netgear dd-wrt router.
I've followed the excellent instructions on dd-wrt wiki for rep bridges, but they leave me just short of connecting all the way out to ze internets.
status:
I can connect to the dd-wrt router on LAN, 192.168.1.1.
I can connect to te dd-wrt router on wifi - but only if LAN is disconnected (?).
But I don't get an internet connection thru the dd-wrt router.
And I don't get an dhcp autoassigned ip from the new router - but I can connect with manual address.
The setup page in dd-wrt shows the channel as 1, though it was configured to- and the old router is using ch 6. though apparently it's irrelevant (says wiki)?
I have a feeling it might have something to do with dhcp? My upstairs dd-wrt router has dhcp turned off (i think?), and the other router has it on (i believe, as i dont put manual address when connecting directly to it from my mac). It seems perhaps the mix of dhcp and manual address makes the downstairs router cranky?
how exactly will the routes be here actually? The new router will get ONE ip address on the old router and route all it's traffic thru that one ip? Or, as i think I read somewhere, that the dhcp of the old router (which of course has the internet connection) assigns ips to the new devices connecting thru the new router? if so, is it a problem to use manual addresses in addition to dhcp?
i just dont understand what the big problem is, everyone seems to be connected, so why cant they just talk to each other?! ;)
Does anyone have any clues or gutfeelings on where the issue lies? I still haven't restarted the Thomson router, as it's not technically mine (tho of course I'm allowed to use it). It's also WEP, btw, and setting have been set identically, per dd-wrt wiki instructions.
thank you!
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