On my DIR-615 D2 I also have only the following:
AP
Client
Adhoc
Repeater
Repeater Bridge
No Client Bridge among these. You might try Repeater Bridge and turn WiFi off... that should be equivalent to Client Bridge, right ? Maybe it's possible, just my 2 cents (though never tried this kind of setup).
On my DIR-615 D2 I also have only the following:
AP
Client
Adhoc
Repeater
Repeater Bridge
No Client Bridge among these. You might try Repeater Bridge and turn WiFi off... that should be equivalent to Client Bridge, right ? Maybe it's possible, just my 2 cents (though never tried this kind of setup).
Hi,
i have repeater bridge mode set up but i want to disable wireless access to this repeater.
how can i turn off wifi if the repeater needs wifi to connect to the main router?
if i turn it off in "Wireless Network Mode", i lose connection to the main router.
Normally, a Repeater uses the physical interface (wl0 in your case) as a Client to connect to the Access Point (similarly to your WiFi card in your laptop when connects to the AP).
The "emitter" part is usually a Virtual WiFi, which you must add/create to broadcast the "repeated" WiFi signal. If you don't create this Virtual Interface, then the WiFi won't be broadcasted.
Simply put: the Repeater mode without the Virtual Interface is equivalent to Client mode.
so this means i'm allready in a so called client bridge mode because i don't have Virtual Interface enabled.
what i want to achieve is the following:
i have an AP and this Repeater.
I want all the wifi devices to connect to the AP allthough the signal from the repeater might be stronger.
i have two LAN-devices connected to the Repeater and this should be the only traffic this repeater has to handle.
everything else should be managed by the AP.
i have the impression that my Imac connects to this Repeater over wifi instead of connecting to the AP.
not sure if i could express myself and what i want to achieve.
If you don't have a Virtual network to repeat the WiFi signal coming from the AP, then you clearly don't have WiFi broadcasted by the Client router.
Also, you can check which router the laptop connects to. In Windows, in the WiFi connection details you can find the MAC address of the AP that you connect to.
Also, in DD-WRT of the Client router, you can check this information in the Wireless and LAN info sections.
hmmm, that's really interesting. What model is your Repeater router with IP 192.168.0.3 ? I have the DIR-615 D2, which also has a simple "Client" mode, which is basically what you are looking for.
What kind of choices do you have in the Wireless Mode field, besides Repeater Bridge ?
If you have the Client one, you can modify it to become a Client Bridge. You just need to turn off NAT (Router mode instead of Gateway), DHCP and SPI Firewall.
my router is: d-link dir-615 hw ver D1
firmware version: 25179
i have:
-AP
-Client
-Adhoc
-Repeater
-Repeater Bridge
what i need is: Client Bridge, because AP and Client are connected via WLAN not by LAN.
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edit:
i found the wiki entry for client-mode.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Mode_Wireless
it seems it's also intended for wireless connection between AP and Client.
that's in fact what i need.
will try and report back.
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edit 2:
it works
i have finally the configuration i wanted.
thanks for your input.
If you have the Client one, you can modify it to become a Client Bridge. You just need to turn off NAT (Router mode instead of Gateway), DHCP and SPI Firewall.
now i have set it up as described in the wiki.
in Client mode.
the Client router is in a different subnet. with DHCP enabled
my AP is 192.168.0.2
my Client is 192.168.1.1
if i wanted a Client Bridge mode i just have to put the Client Router in Router mode (instead of Gateway mode) and disable DHCP but i also had to put the Client in the same subnet as the AP, or not?
so in Client Bridge mode the IP addresses should be
AP: 192.168.0.2
Client: 192.168.0.3
If you want to have Client Bridge, you need to do 3 extra things in addition to the plain Client mode:
1. Disable DHCP and set the Client to the same subnet as the Host AP:
If the Host AP is 192.168.1.1, then set on the Client:
Setup -> Basic Setup -> Router IP: 192.168.1.2, Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.1.1
On the same page, you should have DHCP Server Disabled.
Save.
2. Disable NAT on the Client:
Setup -> Advanced Routing -> Operating Mode: Router (instead of Gateway, which performs NAT).
Save.
3. Disable Firewall on the Client:
Security -> Firewall -> Disable all filters except Filter Multicast. Save.
Security -> Firewall -> SPI Firewall: Disable.
Save/Apply.
unfortunately changing client mode to behave like client bridge mode doesn't work for me.
the client router doesn't connect to the AP.
there must be something else beside the additional suggested changes.
i wish we could get an option for client bridge mode in the router settings.
unfortunately changing client mode to behave like client bridge mode doesn't work for me.
the client router doesn't connect to the AP.
there must be something else beside the additional suggested changes.
i wish we could get an option for client bridge mode in the router settings.
But if like me having a device in client mode (as suggested here) isnt going to cut it and you want a proper Client Bridge mode, there is a way to Use "Repeater Bridge" and make it work as "Client Bridge", ie without the Repeater function.
