e2500 tomato routers as repeater

[Giznad]

I have 2 e2500s running tomato. A is connected to modem and B is my repeater. both are set to Access Point +WDS and both set to same ssid. A is not hard wired to B. one is set to 192.168.2.1 and other is 2.2 worked great for a bit. then stopped. devices started dropping and connecting to A instead of B and I couldn't access Internet. I was unable to ping B. Internet access was still available but pinging inside and outside of network resulted in about 80% packet loss. I turned off B and bam Internet picked back up, no packet loss, alls well. turned B back on.... everything working again for a bit then no Internet. this time I can't ping A and i get packet loss again inside network and obviously nothing to outside world since A is my Internet connection. I turn off A and instantly I can ping B and other devices on network with no problems. turn A back on and everything works for awhile then over and over same issue with either A or B having to be reset...... what am I missing?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Are they set to "AUTO" channel selection? Try setting a fixed channel, and make them both the same. Make sure that they have the same SSID and credentials, and I think that you have to put the wireless MAC into each other's router under the WDS info.

 

[Giznad]

sorry. forgot to mention that part. they are both set to the same channel. no interference from and other APs on that channel either.

 

[Giznad]

and the MACs are linked to each other yes.... question though. for clarification is it the MAC on the wireless or the MAC on the wan or MAC on the LAN side?

 

[VirtualLarry]

should be the MAC on the wireless. So for 2.4Ghz WDS, use the MACs of each router's 2.4Ghz Wifi.