[jsteng]

What is the difference between these two???

my WR840 has Client Bridge (Routed), while WAP54G has Client Bridge.

I have tested Client Bridge and it is as I expected: to bridge two LAN/WAN to the same subnet.. but what about Client Bridge (Routed)?

Anyone to pin point a tutorial on this matter?

THanks

[buddee]

As far as the modes themselves are concerned, client bridge and client bridge (routed) are the same, just that one is broadcom's mode and the other is Atheros modes.

[jsteng]

ya... all my Aetheros DDWRT has client-bridge-routed
while broadcom DDWRT only has "client-bridge" notation.

and why would DDWRT dev-team have to use "client-bridge-routed"???

this really confused me...

I will have to get 2 aetheros DDWRT routers over the weekend to test em out what exactly is the difference...

[jsteng]

What I have:

a. TPLink WR840N (Atheros)
b. WAP54G (Broadcom)
c. Netgear WNDR3700 (Atheros)

Setup 1.
WR840N as Main router 192.168.1.1, DHCP 192.168.1.100~150
WAP54G as Client Bridge 192.168.1.254
result:
TV/Laptop (tested one at a time) connected to the WAN port (WAP54G only has 1 ethernet port) was able to connect and assigned IP address given by TPLink. It is as I expected it SHOULD be!

Setup 2 (today)
WNDR3700 as main router 192.168.1.1, DHCP 192.168.1.100~150
WR840N as Client Bridge 192.168.1.3
result:
TV/Laptop (tested one at a time) COULD NOT CONNECT. WNDR3700 kept disconnecting other wifi clients as well. It appears WNDR3700 kept rebooting when in this kind of setup. I have no idea what is going on so I tried interchanging these two routers around:

Setup 3 (right now)
WR840N as main router 192.168.1.1, DHCP 192.168.1.100~150
WNDR3700 as Client Bridge 192.168.1.254
result:
Laptop connects via LAN port, and was assigned 192.168.1.131. Able to connect to internet, to wit, this part is posted through a Client Bridge (routed) connection.

I am wondering why WNDR3700 kept crashing when it is the Main Router. WIERD!!!!!!!!!

After this port, I will try hooking up a TV to WNDR3700 and see if its able to perform DLNA with it....I just finished watching a movie through this method to confirm it is "Bridged"