Friday, October 18, 2013

setup your router to share wifi via wifi and ethernet, using DD-WRT

1.Setup - Basic setup:

set up your WLAN type as DHCP.
set the router local IP address. the local subnet should not overlap with subnet of the AP that you want to connect. e.g. 192.168.2.1, 255.255.255.0

2.Wireless - Basic settings:

set wireless mode as client, same wireless network mode, channel and SSID as the AP you want to connect to.

add a virtual interface, whose wireless mode is AP, wireless SSID is whatever you want.

save



3.Wireless - wireless security:

physical interface security setting should be same as the AP you want to connect to.

virtual interface security setting is whatever you like. e.g. WPA2

save

apply