[ankitrana]

Hi All,

I have a TP link Archer C20 router which I use to host my external HDD on my home network. Recently I moved to a bigger house and facing some connection issues with my PS4.

I know my router is not the best but I have two spare routers so thought to use one of them as a client and plug ps4 in LAN port to resolve the connection issues. So I used TP Link WR841ND V8 to do so.

Now the connection issue is resolved but facing following issues and observations:
My PS4 does not detect my home network HDD, the way it works is to go to media player and it detects for media servers, which works if I connect directly to wireless home network but not via the client router

Youtube app on ps4 no longer connects to my phone's youtube app (I guess since they are not on the same wifi that's why)

from my laptop connected to client router I can open the same USB HDD via FTP:\\IP address

Any device on home network can not open up web gui of the client router

My home network is configured on 2.4GHZ band
IP 192.168.1.1 (subnet 255.255.255.0)
Client router is setup as Client bridge (Routed)
LAN IP 192.168.1.33 (subnet 255.255.255.0) and connected to home wifi network
WAN port is disabled in client bridge mode

I am not a networking professional so will highly appreciate if you can provide inputs and on how I can set it up correctly.

Thanks in advance...

[mh3g]

On client bridge routed the lan ip of router client with ddwrt must be in other subnet. See the screenshot. My router ip is 192.168.1.1, my router client with ddwrt 192.168.2.1. This i s the correct config.

For the lan not working:
1) log in to your router IP. "192.168.1.---"
2) on DD-WRT GUI, select ADMINISTRATION
3) enter password
4) select COMMANDS
5) in commands box enter the following on each line

code:
swconfig dev eth0 set enable_vlan 1
swconfig dev eth0 set apply

6) below the box click RUN COMMAND
7) If this runs without error, then lastly click SAVE TO STARTUP.

[ankitrana]

Hi Thanks for your response, however may I ask you why do you want my client router to have a different subnet IP, currently
Home router LAN IP: 192.168.1.1
Client Router LAN IP: 192.168.1.33 >> you want to have it as >> 192.168.2.1

If you can, please enlighten me as to why they need to have different subnet IPs?

Also my home network router (IP 192.168.1.1) does not have DD WRT firmware, it is running on TP link original firmware, so I do not think I can add the commands you mentioned.

[mh3g]

Read this https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/relayclient

Try to change the ip address in the router with ddwrt with 192.168.2.1 and restart. My five routers, all atheros, work with this configuration. All the client attached to client router are connected in the same subnet of the base router, in this case 192.168.1.1.
Disable dhcp e firewall in client router with ddwrt
With the same subnet they don't work in client bridge routed mode.
edit: patch for lan is for the ddwrt router

[ankitrana]

[mh3g]

In my experience client bridge routed mode work only with ip on different subnet.
After the help you have tried if it works? You really need help?

[ramblin]

I read the Open WRT post and admit this is the first I`ve seen this setup. Before switching to WDS I used client bridge for years and always set the AP to 192.168.1.1 and Client bridge to 192.168.1.2. The Open WRT post indicates that the lan port may not work like this. With the bridge set at 1.2 wireless and lan will both work.

[mh3g]

This is my config. See the screenshot.

Router adsl Asus DSL-N12E_C1 ip 192.168.1.1
Router client TP-Link TL-WR841ND v9 ip 192.168.2.1
Wireless mode Client bridge (routed)
Firewall,wan and dhcp disabled
Wpa2 AES encryption
All peripherals connected in the same subnet of adsl router (192.168.1.xxx), wireless and wired, each device sees other.

Cheers

[ankitrana]

Ok i did change the LAN IP address to 192.168.2.1, however that does not make any difference. My problem is still as it is.

Here is the current setup of the network see attached Image.

I am still not able to connect to the media server on my PS4 if i connect to client router, i can see my other devices on the network from my laptop which is not the problem. If i connect directly to the home wifi network everything works fine!!!

I hope you understand the issue here, i am happy to change the mode to something else if it promises to work, may be repeater mode but i do not know and seeking help!!

[mh3g]

For media server shared folder try inserting manually //Serverip/nameofshare.
In my net Buffalo and Iomega Nas with media server are visible. Depending on your hardware?
This patch for lan in the tplink841?

edit: you have an old old old version of firmware, this is the problem, please install a new firmware on 841nd, release 27506 or 30731, more stable

[mh3g]

This is my bridge automatic config.

[ankitrana]

[ankitrana]

Ok I think I got the resolution, there were two things I had to do

1. Get the correct firmware flashed, I had "Factory to DD WRT" flashed, after being mentioned that I need to have correct firmware, I found that there was one more firmware file that I did not pay attention to. I flashed client router with "tl-wr841nd-webflash.bin"

2. I used your patch for LAN, and It worked,\

[mh3g]

In my config only one DHCP server from the router connected to internet. In ddwrt router, wan, DHCP and firewall disabled. One dhcp server to avoid IP conflicts. For the rest if the problem is solved better that way.