i'm sure it's been asked before...but i'll be brief

[David101]

sorry in advance, i currently have a bunch of windows open including topics on this forum, but i looked yesterday and got 'no' as my answer so i guess before i spend a lot more time, maybe one of you guys can give me the quick answer

so i'll be brief:

HARDWARE:

--WRT54GL with dd-wrt std generic
--generic router with 'AP mode' (Trendnet TEW-452BRP)

REQUIREMENTS:

WRT54GL
--internet through WAN
--1 wired pc
--doesn't need wireless clients to be able to connect, but it would be nice

ROUTER 2 TEW-452BRP

--different location, 1 wired pc connected
--needs to bridge to the wrt-54gl wirelessly, and access the internet, other pcs etc


i know this is possible if i use the internet through the generic router, but i'd rather not do this (want qos etc provided by dd-wrt or any other firmware)



is there a way to tell the WRT to connect as a client to the generic router yet manage internet (and have the pc on the other router able to use the internet and pcs connected to the wrt?)

if its not possible it seems liek this is just a software issue, no?

Thanks in advance guys. Sorry for wasting anybody's time..

 

[JackMDS]

The remote location Router has to work as an Access Point in Wireless Consumer Bridge Mode.

Wireless Modes - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Modes.html

The Linksys with DD-WRT can do it.

I do not think that the TrendNet can.

Try to use the TrendNet as the main Router and configure the Linksys with DD-WRT like this.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Bridge

 

[drebo]

Realistically, you could do this.

Configure the Trendnet as a standard wireless router, encryption included. Next, configure the DD-WRT as a "Client Bridge". This will link the two sites together and allow you to use the WAN port on the DD-WRT router as the internet source.

"Client Bridge" in DD-WRT simply means that it acts as a wireless client and bridges that connection as if it were LAN-side. "Client" on the other hand, acts as a wireless connection, but bridges it as if the wireless were WAN-side, meaning it would NAT to it.

With this setup, the Trendnet will be acting as a switch only, and nothing should be connected to its WAN port. The DD-WRT should act as default gateway to all devices.

This is backwards from most DD-WRT bridges, but should work fine.

 

[David101]

firstly, thanks for the replies guys

Jack: that's the thing, i already read up on that dd-wrt link you posted, and this would allow me to have internet on both pcs...but i wouldn't be able to use QOS or any of the nifty wan features of dd-wrt. the reason why i bought this router was for QOS becasue my brother keeps d/ling when i am gaming .

drebo: i tried what you suggested but it seems like wan is broke after i do the client bridge. i can access both routers fine, so it is infact bridging, but since wan is disabled on the dd-wrt i can only use it as jack stated above.

unless i can somehow modify dd-wrt to not disable it? is it physically impossible or just software thats not implemented because hardly anyone has that sort of requirements?

thanks