Jan 19, 2007 · Unlike a WDS, your DD-WRT router can now receive and redistribute a wireless signal from a generic AP. Typically, you would use wireless repeater mode to rebroadcast a signal too weak for your wireless clients to pick up reliably – assuming that your DD-WRT router can pick up the host AP, of course.

DD-WRT is a third party developed firmware, released under the terms of the GPL for many ieee802.11a/b/g/h/n wireless routers based on a Broadcom or Atheros chip reference design. — DD-WRT wiki Today we are discussing DD-WRT and specifically how you can do some cool stuff that you would not be able to do with your current wireless router. I collected some old Linksys WRT54G routers (and 1 WRT150N) and installed DD-WRT on all of them. Then I successfully configured the WDS feature, and now the dead spots are gone (especially the ones in the backyard far from the house). The result is a network that looks like the one in the screenshot, which is from my home. For the wireless mode, select "WDS Station" from the menu. For the SSID, you may enter any name you choose, such as "DD-WRT-WDS". Record the SSID that you chose in the table below. EN ES Under "Virtual Interface", select "AP" for the wireless mode. Enter the SSID from step 1-1 and click [Apply Settings]. My intention was to try out and report on the DD-WRT software project. Both the WRT54G and the WRT54GL are supposed to work with DD-WRT, however, their may be issues with WRT54G. The following documents the trouble free flashing steps I followed to install DD-WRT on a WRT54GL router. Presumably, the L stands for Linux.

I want to use it as a dumb wireless access point that is connected via ethernet to the main router. As wireless repeater I lose a lot of speed. I follow the instructions to do this on the DD-WRT website to the T but the "dumb" router then becomes unreachable on the fixed IP address that I assigned to it.

I collected some old Linksys WRT54G routers (and 1 WRT150N) and installed DD-WRT on all of them. Then I successfully configured the WDS feature, and now the dead spots are gone (especially the ones in the backyard far from the house). The result is a network that looks like the one in the screenshot, which is from my home.

Apr 15, 2007 · i have something about this to tell, A Wireless Distribution System (AP+WDS) is a system that enables the wireless interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802.11 network. It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the need for a wired cable to link them, as is traditionally required.

NO WDS support for connecting current DD-WRT MadWIFI <-> DD-WRT MadWIFI-N <-> DD-WRT ath9k Under Basic Setup ---> Network Setup ----> Local IP Address , use an IP in the same subnet as the WDS AP router but outside the WDS AP router's DHCP range. Step 10: (Optional) - To extend the wireless network of the WDS AP, or daisy chain WDS Station to WDS Station • Under Virtual Interfaces, Click Add • Change the Wireless Mode of the Virtual Interface to WDS AP Type in the SSID for the Virtual Interface exactly (same capitalization) as it is on the WDS AP (main router) • • Click Save DD-WRT has been impressing users since its inception in 2005, and is the go-to alternative router firmware due to its longevity of existence and support of the largest array of devices. Consequently, DD-WRT can claim the largest community of users. It's the backbone of what we do here at FlashRouters. The 862L is a WDS Station connected to my WDS AP (Main router). The 862L will reboot every few hours (setup to reboot if it loses connection from the main router, checks every 5 min). If I disable the 5GHz interface on the 862L, it becomes very stable. Version 24 of DD‐WRT firmware has a wireless mode that is used for mesh networking called Wireless Distributed System (WDS). WDS AP can connect to multiple other nodes and forward packets between them. WDS station is an end node of the mesh network. Second issue is the real issue- When using WDS AP and WDS STA mode along with a UL/LU channel, the STA will only connect at HT20 speed. (Clarification still necessary if only on 2.4ghz, 5ghz or both). UU and LL in WDS AP and WDS STA mode works fine from what I read at the top. This is a bug for sure and I agree.