"seaweedsteve" <seaweedsteve@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am setting up a two radio repeater for a distant client to our
> system.
>
> I have had a router at the distant site acting as an ethernet bridge
> for some time, so that setup is working fine.
>
> But now they want wifi there, so I'm adding a 3rd. device to the chain
> (stock WRT54G v4) to act as a local AP. Should be easy as pie to tack
> an AP on the end of the chain, but what I thought was the obvious
> setup did not work, i.e., could not ping the ethernet bridge I was
> cabled to.
>
> I'm a little rusty at the moment, so I thought it might be quickest to
> just ask for setup comments. I have not seen much online about this
> setup.
>
>
> Existing setup:
>
> #0 Hughes Modem with DHCP
>
> cabled to WAN port of:
>
> #1 Router/AP = (Buffalo HP DD-WRT) 192.168.1.1 Gateway, DHCP on
> WPA
>
> communcates with:
>
> #2 Client Ethernet Adapter - (Linksys WRT54G v4 DD-WRT) 192.168.1.2
> DHCP off Ethernet out from LAN port
>
> cabled to WAN(??) port of :
>
> #3 AP (Linksys WRT54G v4 stock firmware)
>
>
>
> Question is setup for #3 - the AP
>
> 1) Should I go into the WAN or LAN for the AP?

LAN port

>
> 2) DHCP on the AP? on or off ?

ON

>
> 3) Local IP? I picked 192.168.1.3
>
> 4) Should I give it a WAN IP or automatic?
>
> 5) Gateway mode or router mode?

AP mode (you'll need DD-WRT)

>
> 6) what else? oh yes, firewall off, right? forgot that yesterday

Off

>
> 7) Am I trying to do something that linksys fw won't do? Seems like it
> should, but I'll flash it with DD-WRT if needed.
>
>
> I started with a reset obviously, and security off. I have no issue
> connecting the bridge, that has been working for some time. It's just
> getting the AP to work at the end of the chain. I suppose it would be
> best if #1, the DHCP router could hand out addys, but it's not
> critical.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

I guess I'm missing something here. Why is there a need for the 3rd device
when the 2nd device can already act as a wifi AP? Are you leaving the wifi
capability of device #2 disabled and adding a 3rd device to activiate wifi?