setting up my dd wrt v24 as a client bridge

Software used ranges from dd-wrt special mini-micro-std V24RC4 (units not yet updated) to currently using the special version std V24 SP1.

Most systems utilize WRT54g's, WHR-HP-G54's or WRT150N's. I have some systems running reliably with up to 3 hops using repeater or repeater bridge mode. We have about 12 satellite systems installed with most having wifi networks utilizing the dd-wrt software. Our only internet access is via a canadian satellite service called xplornet. I live in a remote community on the west coast of canada about halfway up to alaska. It's vastly more reliable and hardware ambivalent than WDS.Posted: Sun 20:43 Post subject: I'm stumped - suggestions?Ī little background. Repeater-Bridge mode on DD-WRT just work (most of the time - I've seen it be touchy on some hardware). They work for a while, then one of the AP's needs to be reset because it fell out of favor with the others. It has the benefit of using a single SSID, but I've never seen them work well. It sounds like your old router is not the same as your new one. WDS only works on nearly identical hardware. Doubt that's what you want.Īlso, WDS is highly unlikely to work. You should not bother using MAC filtering as a security measure (it's useless, provides no security compared with WPA and any hacker can spoof a MAC) and virtually no services rely on MAC, because NAT is so prevalent.Ī straight repeater creates a separate subnet for clients of the repeater. This keeps all the systems on the same subnet - it's basically a range-extender, with the unlikely-to-affect you issues of MAC filtering already raised.

In most cases, you want to use the Repeater Bridge option.

Setting up my dd wrt v24 as a client bridge