WDS multiple router setup - Revision history http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.10.1 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:37:35 GMT Ian5142: Changed links. http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=54180&oldid=prev <p>Changed links.</p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 14:22, 2 April 2018</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Depreciated: </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Depreciated: </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">* See [<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/</del>WDS_Linked_router_network WDS Linked router network].</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">* See [<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>WDS_Linked_router_network<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>WDS Linked router network<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>].</td></tr> </table> Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:22:37 GMT Ian5142 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Ian5142 at 00:44, 13 November 2017 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=52921&oldid=prev <p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 00:44, 13 November 2017</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Depreciated</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Depreciated<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </ins></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">See [https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WDS_Linked_router_network WDS Linked router network].</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>See [https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WDS_Linked_router_network WDS Linked router network].</td></tr> </table> Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:44:48 GMT Ian5142 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Ian5142: /*WDS Multiple Router Setup */ http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=52920&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">WDS Multiple Router Setup</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 00:44, 13 November 2017</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">&#160;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Depreciated</ins></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See [https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WDS_Linked_router_network WDS Linked router network].</ins></td></tr> </table> Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:44:03 GMT Ian5142 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Ian5142: /* NEW WIKI MATERIAL */ http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=52919&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">NEW WIKI MATERIAL</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 00:42, 13 November 2017</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">==NEW WIKI MATERIAL==</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Multiple Routers can be setup with WDS, and the way that this is done is to set them up so they connect with adjacent routers. What this means is if your routers are in a line, you configure them to connect with only the one before and after them. Often enabling STP helps with connection issues. Here are the instructions that have worked for me:</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">#Download and install the proper dd-wrt version for your routers, using either Build 12548 or 12874. Here is a link to the 12548 folder: ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24_TNG/svn12548/. If you don't know the proper build for your router read the wiki install guide for your router and the peacock announcement: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=51486</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">#Configure the primary router (the one that will connect to the internet) as you would normally configure the router. </td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">#Hit save after making changes to each page of your primary router. Normally you have to do wireless encryption, wireless basic, basic, and WDS tabs. I do my setups in that order.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># On the wireless basic page, wireless Mode should be Access Point and on the encryption page encryption should be WPA2-AES, although WEP also works. </td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># On the basic setup page, leave DHCP enabled on the primary router, and I also enable STP. STP is required for stable operation when using WPA encryption. I like to use 192.168.1.5 as the lan address of the primary to keep it off the default 192.168.1.1</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">#In the WDS tab select LAN on the left for each router you wish to add and then put in the MAC address of only the router(s) that are immediately adjacent to this router in your WDS setup. Get the proper MAC address from the top of the WDS tab in the router(s) you want the primary router to connect with. </td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">#Hit APPLY after finishing that page.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">#Configure the secondary routers.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># Set up the wireless basic page and the wireless encryption page EXACTLY the same as you did on the primary router, using the same SSID, channel and encrpytion type and key. Hit Save after each page.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># Set up the WDS pages the same way, but use the MAC address from the router(s) that are adjacent to the one you are setting up. Hit Save.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># On the basic setup page, set the LAN IP address to the same subnet as the primary router, such as 192.168.1.6. Set the gateway to 192.168.1.5 (or whatever the IP address of your gateway device is). Disable DHCP on the secondary router. Set the NTP server if you wish to. If you are using STP on the primary router then enable it for all the satellite routers.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># Hit APPLY</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># Repeat setting up the secondary routers the same way. The next one would be 192.168.1.7 etc. Always use the mac address that you see in the WDS tab of the router you wish to connect to.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># Check the wireless status to see that all WDS nodes are connected. If they are not, go in and hit &quot;apply&quot; on the WDS tab, and double check the MAC addresses to make sure there are not mistakes and that LAN is chosen.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># I usually go in and change the security settings on the secondary routers, so only filter multicast is checked.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> </table> Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:42:19 GMT Ian5142 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Ian5142: /* OLD WIKI MATERIAL */ http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=52918&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">OLD WIKI MATERIAL</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 00:41, 13 November 2017</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 18:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 18:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Check the wireless status to see that all WDS nodes are connected. If they are not, go in and hit &quot;apply&quot; on the WDS tab, and double check the MAC addresses to make sure there are not mistakes and that LAN is chosen.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Check the wireless status to see that all WDS nodes are connected. If they are not, go in and hit &quot;apply&quot; on the WDS tab, and double check the MAC addresses to make sure there are not mistakes and that LAN is chosen.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># I usually go in and change the security settings on the secondary routers, so only filter multicast is checked.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># I usually go in and change the security settings on the secondary routers, so only filter multicast is checked.</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">==OLD WIKI MATERIAL==</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Verified with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (11/14/09) build 13309M --[[User:Macgyver|Macgyver]] 22:57, 06 January 2010 (CEST)&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">This is a 3 router WDS setup using WRT350N and 2 WRT54G. WRT350N is the primary router, and has WAN access. The 1st WRT54G is connecting to the WRT350N, and the 2nd WRT54G connecting to the 1st WRT54G. I have also tested with WRT600N, WRT310N, WRT300N and WRT54GS, so any broadcom-based device should work with these settings, and remember to adjust Tx power and other options to your personal preferences&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">If you only need a 2 router WDS setup, simply ignore the third router setup options; alternately if you need more, just add as needed &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">'''Router 1:''' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">'''WRT350N''' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Basic setup page:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">IP 192.168.1.1 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">netmask 255.255.255.0 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">DHCP server enabled &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Administration tab:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">change TCP timeouts to 120s &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Wireless settings:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Make sure all units are using WPA2 Personal AES encryption, same SSID, and wireless channel(s) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">(i.e all WPA2 AES, SSID 'ddwrt', channel 6) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">on WDS tab set to 'LAN' mode and enter MAC address from first WRT54G &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Advanced wireless settings:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Preamble: Auto &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">'''WRT54G #1''' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Administration tab:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">change TCP timeouts to 120s &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">change max connections to 1024 if it is set to 512 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Services tab:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">disable DNS masq and WAN traffic counter&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Security tab:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">disable SPI firewall (optional)&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Wireless settings:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Wireless mode: G-only &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Make sure all units are using WPA2 Personal AES encryption, same SSID, and wireless channel(s) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">(i.e all WPA2 AES, SSID 'ddwrt', channel 6) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">on WDS tab set to 'LAN' mode and enter MAC address from WRT350N and MAC address from second WRT54G &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Advanced wireless settings:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Preamble: Auto &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Basic setup page:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Connection type: disabled &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">IP 192.168.1.2 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">netmask 255.255.255.0 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">gateway 192.168.1.1 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Assign WAN port to switch checked (optional) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">DHCP Server: Disabled&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Uncheck all 3 boxes in DHCP section (Use DNSMasq for DHCP/Use DNSMasq for DNS/DHCP-Authoritative) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">'''WRT54G #2''' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Administration tab:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">change TCP timeouts to 120s &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">change max connections to 1024 if it is set to 512 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Services tab:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">disable DNS masq and WAN traffic counter&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Security tab:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">disable SPI firewall (optional)&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Wireless settings:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Wireless mode: G-only &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Make sure all units are using WPA2 Personal AES encryption, same SSID, and wireless channel(s) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">(i.e all WPA2 AES, SSID 'ddwrt', channel 6) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">on WDS tab set to 'LAN' mode and enter MAC address from first WRT54G &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Advanced wireless settings:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Preamble: Auto &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">''Basic setup page:'' &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Connection type: disabled &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">IP 192.168.1.3 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">netmask 255.255.255.0 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">gateway 192.168.1.1 &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Assign WAN port to switch checked (optional)&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">DHCP Server: Disabled&lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Uncheck all 3 boxes in DHCP section (Use DNSMasq for DHCP/Use DNSMasq for DNS/DHCP-Authoritative) &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Reboot first router, then once first router has internet, power up second router, then third, etc... &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">That's it! &lt;br&gt;</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Routing]]</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Wlan]]</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> </table> Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:41:54 GMT Ian5142 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Geetek: /* NEW WIKI MATERIAL */ http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=41510&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">NEW WIKI MATERIAL</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 00:17, 27 November 2011</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 7:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 7:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">#Hit save after making changes to each page of your primary router. Normally you have to do wireless encryption, wireless basic, basic, and WDS tabs. I do my setups in that order.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">#Hit save after making changes to each page of your primary router. Normally you have to do wireless encryption, wireless basic, basic, and WDS tabs. I do my setups in that order.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># On the wireless basic page, wireless Mode should be Access Point and on the encryption page encryption should be WPA2-AES, although WEP also works. </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># On the wireless basic page, wireless Mode should be Access Point and on the encryption page encryption should be WPA2-AES, although WEP also works. </td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># On the basic setup page, leave DHCP enabled on the primary router, and I also enable STP. I like to use 192.168.1.5 as the lan address of the primary to keep it off the default 192.168.1.1</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"># On the basic setup page, leave DHCP enabled on the primary router, and I also enable STP. <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">STP is required for stable operation when using WPA encryption. </ins>I like to use 192.168.1.5 as the lan address of the primary to keep it off the default 192.168.1.1</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">#In the WDS tab select LAN on the left for each router you wish to add and then put in the MAC address of only the router(s) that are immediately adjacent to this router in your WDS setup. Get the proper MAC address from the top of the WDS tab in the router(s) you want the primary router to connect with. </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">#In the WDS tab select LAN on the left for each router you wish to add and then put in the MAC address of only the router(s) that are immediately adjacent to this router in your WDS setup. Get the proper MAC address from the top of the WDS tab in the router(s) you want the primary router to connect with. </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">#Hit APPLY after finishing that page.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">#Hit APPLY after finishing that page.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 13:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 13:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Set up the wireless basic page and the wireless encryption page EXACTLY the same as you did on the primary router, using the same SSID, channel and encrpytion type and key. Hit Save after each page.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Set up the wireless basic page and the wireless encryption page EXACTLY the same as you did on the primary router, using the same SSID, channel and encrpytion type and key. Hit Save after each page.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Set up the WDS pages the same way, but use the MAC address from the router(s) that are adjacent to the one you are setting up. Hit Save.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Set up the WDS pages the same way, but use the MAC address from the router(s) that are adjacent to the one you are setting up. Hit Save.</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"># On the basic setup page, set the LAN IP address to the same subnet as the primary router, such as 192.168.1.6. Set the gateway to 192.168.1.5 (or whatever the IP address of your gateway device is). Disable DHCP on the secondary router. Set the NTP server if you wish to.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"># On the basic setup page, set the LAN IP address to the same subnet as the primary router, such as 192.168.1.6. Set the gateway to 192.168.1.5 (or whatever the IP address of your gateway device is). Disable DHCP on the secondary router. Set the NTP server if you wish to<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. If you are using STP on the primary router then enable it for all the satellite routers</ins>.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Hit APPLY</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Hit APPLY</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Repeat setting up the secondary routers the same way. The next one would be 192.168.1.7 etc. Always use the mac address that you see in the WDS tab of the router you wish to connect to.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Repeat setting up the secondary routers the same way. The next one would be 192.168.1.7 etc. Always use the mac address that you see in the WDS tab of the router you wish to connect to.</td></tr> </table> Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:17:19 GMT Geetek http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Glenn: catspec Category:Routing Category:Wlan http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=31722&oldid=prev <p>catspec <a href="/wiki/index.php/Category:Routing" title="Category:Routing">Category:Routing</a> <a href="/wiki/index.php/Category:Wlan" title="Category:Wlan">Category:Wlan</a></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 15:29, 30 April 2010</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 99:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 99:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Reboot first router, then once first router has internet, power up second router, then third, etc... &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Reboot first router, then once first router has internet, power up second router, then third, etc... &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">That's it! &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">That's it! &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">English documentation</del>]]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Routing]]</ins></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Wlan</ins>]]</td></tr> </table> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:29:29 GMT Glenn http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Macgyver: /* OLD WIKI MATERIAL */ http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=29316&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">OLD WIKI MATERIAL</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 04:11, 8 January 2010</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 20:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 20:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==OLD WIKI MATERIAL==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==OLD WIKI MATERIAL==</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Verified with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (11/14/09) build <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">13230M </del>--[[User:Macgyver|Macgyver]] 22:57, <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">03 July 2009 </del>(CEST)&lt;br&gt;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Verified with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (11/14/09) build <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">13309M </ins>--[[User:Macgyver|Macgyver]] 22:57, <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">06 January 2010 </ins>(CEST)&lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">This is a 3 router WDS setup using WRT350N and 2 WRT54G. WRT350N is the primary router, and has WAN access. The 1st WRT54G is connecting to the WRT350N, and the 2nd WRT54G connecting to the 1st WRT54G. I have also tested with WRT600N, WRT310N, WRT300N and WRT54GS, so any broadcom-based device should work with these settings, and remember to adjust Tx power and other options to your personal preferences&lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">This is a 3 router WDS setup using WRT350N and 2 WRT54G. WRT350N is the primary router, and has WAN access. The 1st WRT54G is connecting to the WRT350N, and the 2nd WRT54G connecting to the 1st WRT54G. I have also tested with WRT600N, WRT310N, WRT300N and WRT54GS, so any broadcom-based device should work with these settings, and remember to adjust Tx power and other options to your personal preferences&lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">If you only need a 2 router WDS setup, simply ignore the third router setup options; alternately if you need more, just add as needed &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">If you only need a 2 router WDS setup, simply ignore the third router setup options; alternately if you need more, just add as needed &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> </table> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:11:13 GMT Macgyver http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Macgyver: /* NEW WIKI MATERIAL */ http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=28578&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">NEW WIKI MATERIAL</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 22:53, 22 December 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 18:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 18:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Check the wireless status to see that all WDS nodes are connected. If they are not, go in and hit &quot;apply&quot; on the WDS tab, and double check the MAC addresses to make sure there are not mistakes and that LAN is chosen.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># Check the wireless status to see that all WDS nodes are connected. If they are not, go in and hit &quot;apply&quot; on the WDS tab, and double check the MAC addresses to make sure there are not mistakes and that LAN is chosen.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># I usually go in and change the security settings on the secondary routers, so only filter multicast is checked.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"># I usually go in and change the security settings on the secondary routers, so only filter multicast is checked.</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BELOW MATERIAL AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO DHCP SETUP IS INCORRECT IMHO.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==OLD WIKI MATERIAL==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==OLD WIKI MATERIAL==</td></tr> </table> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:53:03 GMT Macgyver http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup Macgyver: /* OLD WIKI MATERIAL */ http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=WDS_multiple_router_setup&diff=28577&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">OLD WIKI MATERIAL</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 22:52, 22 December 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 70:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 70:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">gateway 192.168.1.1 &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">gateway 192.168.1.1 &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Assign WAN port to switch checked (optional) &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Assign WAN port to switch checked (optional) &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">DHCP <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Type</del>: <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">DHCP Forwarder</del>&lt;br&gt;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">DHCP <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Server</ins>: <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disabled</ins>&lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1</del></td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Uncheck all 3 boxes in DHCP section (Use DNSMasq for DHCP/Use DNSMasq for DNS/DHCP-Authoritative) &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Uncheck all 3 boxes in DHCP section (Use DNSMasq for DHCP/Use DNSMasq for DNS/DHCP-Authoritative) &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 99:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 98:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">gateway 192.168.1.1 &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">gateway 192.168.1.1 &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Assign WAN port to switch checked (optional)&lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Assign WAN port to switch checked (optional)&lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">DHCP <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Type</del>: <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">DHCP Forwarder</del>&lt;br&gt;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">DHCP <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Server</ins>: <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disabled</ins>&lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">DHCP <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Server: 192.168.1.1</del>&lt;br&gt;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Uncheck all 3 boxes in </ins>DHCP <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">section (Use DNSMasq for DHCP/Use DNSMasq for DNS/DHCP-Authoritative) </ins>&lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Reboot first router, then once first router has internet, power up second router, then third, etc... &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Reboot first router, then once first router has internet, power up second router, then third, etc... &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">That's it! &lt;br&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">That's it! &lt;br&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:English documentation]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:English documentation]]</td></tr> </table> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:52:24 GMT Macgyver http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Talk:WDS_multiple_router_setup