Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 23:19 Post subject: Repeater Bridge Gateway IP Address
So I was planning to use an E2000 as a repeater bridge. I followed the instructions in the wiki, but I couldn't access the router through 192.168.1.2 after the step, but when I put the gateway to 192.168.1.2, I can access it. Now when I change the settings on one router, I change it on the other through 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2. I'm getting the same speeds as I would have if I were connected wirelessly to the original router (at a closer distance), so I was wondering if there was any downside to doing what I'm doing right now.
On an offnote, I'm getting half the internet speeds through wireless than I would if I were wired. This is when I'm using a wireless connection even sitting next to the router itself. I was wondering if settings need to be changed to prevent this from happening. Both routers are flashed with dd-wrt but with different builds.
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:20 Post subject: Re: Repeater Bridge Gateway IP Address
Oinkylicious wrote:
So I was planning to use an E2000 as a repeater bridge. I followed the instructions in the wiki, but I couldn't access the router through 192.168.1.2 after the step, but when I put the gateway to 192.168.1.2, I can access it. Now when I change the settings on one router, I change it on the other through 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2. I'm getting the same speeds as I would have if I were connected wirelessly to the original router (at a closer distance), so I was wondering if there was any downside to doing what I'm doing right now.
On an offnote, I'm getting half the internet speeds through wireless than I would if I were wired. This is when I'm using a wireless connection even sitting next to the router itself. I was wondering if settings need to be changed to prevent this from happening. Both routers are flashed with dd-wrt but with different builds.
if both routers have broadcom chip sets, I would use wds mode. wds mode will allow ipv6 to passthrough and wds is also transparent. Reapter bridge mode does mac address translation and will not all ipv6 to passthrough. I also have an a wrt320n that I converted to an e2000 set as a wds bridge to my wrt54gl and I have no issues or internet slow downs.
