LaFonera Software Client-Bridge

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-1. Set the wireless mode to "Client bridge mode". Type in the same SSID, wireless channel and network mode as on your host router. 
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-2. Change the wireless interfaces security settings to match those of the host AP's. 
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-3. When saved it should not take long, approx 2-3 min. at the most, then under "Status" tab you should see that your LaFonera is connected to your host router/AP. 
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-4. Now finish by going to "Basic" tab and give this router an local IP adress in the same subnet as your first, i.e 192.168.1.3. This time set the gateway and DNS to 192.168.1.2 (assumed to be your primary router in this setup) and disable "Internet connection" and DHCP. Finally save the setup. 
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-5. Change gateway mode to RIP2 (may or may not work without it, but RIP2 is the best in this configuration) under Advanced routing tab. 
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-7. Double check under "Status" tab that your still connected. Finish with rebooting both routers, then connect the PC/X-Box to the Fonera ethernet port, setup static or DHCP ip on the client and aquire a IP address. You should receive a IP address from the remote AP, in the same subnet. 
-Finish with trying to ping the gateway, any other networked PC on the other side of the wireless bridge, and of course try surfing the web. 
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-That would be it! 

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Contents

Client Bridge Mode

Client Bridge mode can be used on the La Fonera to turn it from a router receiving a network connection through it's WAN RJ45 port (from a host router or modem), to a wireless adapter receiving a network connection through it's wireless interface (from a host router). You can then plug a device (Laptop, PC, Games console, etc) in to the RJ-45 port of the Fonera that connects the device to the network of the host router, allowing access to any internet connection or network file shares on that network. A virtual wireless AP can also be added to the Fonera to allow devices to connect to the Fonera wirelessly instead of by cable (allowing the same features of wired devices).

In other words, the Fonera acts as a portable network port, only needing a power cable, allowing connections to your network and internet connection. It can also act as the source of a new wireless network with separate SSID.

Client Bridge mode differs from Client mode due to the fact that the Fonera and all devices connected to it are in the same subnet as your host router. Among other things, this allows all file shares to be seen in Windows under My Network Places. Your main router also acts as the DHCP issuer for IPs to devices connected to the Fonera, so all connected devices will be listed in your host router's setup pages and not the Fonera's.


Requirements

The following instructions assume you are using the following:

1. A host router with an internet connection and wireless capability, preferably using DD-WRT firmware but by no means compulsory.

2. A La Fonera using DD-WRT firmware 03/23 revision. Most later revisions should work, but none have been tested for this guide.

3. The La Fonera must be in range of the wireless signal broadcast by the host router.


Quick Setup

1. Enter the web interface of the host router, and setup your WLAN as an AP in Bridged mode.

2. Set the wireless mode to "Client bridge mode". Type in the same SSID, wireless channel and network mode as on your host router.

3. Change the wireless interfaces security settings to match those of the host AP's.

4. When saved it should not take long, approx 2-3 min. at the most, then under "Status" tab you should see that your LaFonera is connected to your host router/AP.

5. Now finish by going to "Basic" tab and give this router an local IP adress in the same subnet as your first, i.e 192.168.1.3. This time set the gateway and DNS to 192.168.1.2 (assumed to be your primary router in this setup) and disable "Internet connection" and DHCP. Finally save the setup.

6. Change gateway mode to RIP2 (may or may not work without it, but RIP2 is the best in this configuration) under Advanced routing tab.

7. Double check under "Status" tab that your still connected. Finish with rebooting both routers, then connect the PC/X-Box to the Fonera ethernet port, setup static or DHCP ip on the client and aquire a IP address. You should receive a IP address from the remote AP, in the same subnet. Finish with trying to ping the gateway, any other networked PC on the other side of the wireless bridge, and of course try surfing the web.


That would be it!


Host Router Settings

La Fonera Settings