Hi, I've been having trouble setting up a bridge between my house, and my neighbor's. I have permission of course, and I pay him by the month to use his internet. I am able to set a bridge between his router and my Linksys, at which point I can Lan to Wan from the bridge to my own personal network.
The problem I'm facing, however, is the bridge router I use, is wireless G, as where his is wireless N. I am lowering his network speed simply by connecting the bridge wirelessly. Hence where the 4th router comes into play.
My current functional setup is as follows.
Comcast modem > Medialink router (Stock firmware via Lan to Wan as usual)
Medialink router > Linksys router (dd-wrt firmware via Repeater bridge mode)
Linksys router > Netgear router (Stock firmware via Lan to Wan)
This setup seems to work alright, but as I stated before, it lowers his network to wireless G to support my wireless bridge. My solution seemed simple enough, just adding another Lan to Wan from the Medialink, and plugging it into a wireless G router, therefore I can connect the bridge to the wireless G without affecting his wireless N network.
Not as simple as it seems, however... I'm running into issues left and right.
The setup I cannot get to work is as follows
Comcast modem >Lan to Wan> Medialink router
Medialink router > Lan to Wan> Linksys router B
Linksys router B >Repeater Bridge> Linksys router A
Linksys router A >Lan to Wan>Netgear router
The Medialink settings are as follows, and cannot be changed (being his router, not my own)
IP 192.168.8.1
Password : WPA PSK
Firewall: On
DHCP: On
Channel: Auto
(Any additional information needed, just ask)
I am able to get internet via Lan to Wan from the Linksys router B, but I require a hardwire connection in order to do so. For some reason once I set it up, and reboot it, I cannot connect to it wirelessly. I've tried static ip on my computer to match the subnet of the router, with no luck. I have to literally plug into it, which requires waiting for my neighbor to get off of work, on a day that I don't happen to leave for work before he does.
I have tried it with both DHCP on and off, and even setting a static wan and static computer ip to reduce confusion, but it seemed to only make it worse.
I'm starting to believe it's the Atheros wifi chip in the Linksys wrt-54gx router that I'm using, (the Linksys router B) but thought I would ask some network savvy people, and see if I can't find a solution that doesn't involve purchasing a new router. =\
Any help would be appreciated, I'll go and gather the router model numbers and post them with a sudo-chart here in a little while.
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The problem I'm facing, however, is the bridge router I use, is wireless G, as where his is wireless N. I am lowering his network speed simply by connecting the bridge wirelessly. Hence where the 4th router comes into play.
My current functional setup is as follows.
Comcast modem > Medialink router (Stock firmware via Lan to Wan as usual)
Medialink router > Linksys router (dd-wrt firmware via Repeater bridge mode)
Linksys router > Netgear router (Stock firmware via Lan to Wan)
This setup seems to work alright, but as I stated before, it lowers his network to wireless G to support my wireless bridge. My solution seemed simple enough, just adding another Lan to Wan from the Medialink, and plugging it into a wireless G router, therefore I can connect the bridge to the wireless G without affecting his wireless N network.
Not as simple as it seems, however... I'm running into issues left and right.
The setup I cannot get to work is as follows
Comcast modem >Lan to Wan> Medialink router
Medialink router > Lan to Wan> Linksys router B
Linksys router B >Repeater Bridge> Linksys router A
Linksys router A >Lan to Wan>Netgear router
The Medialink settings are as follows, and cannot be changed (being his router, not my own)
IP 192.168.8.1
Password : WPA PSK
Firewall: On
DHCP: On
Channel: Auto
(Any additional information needed, just ask)
I am able to get internet via Lan to Wan from the Linksys router B, but I require a hardwire connection in order to do so. For some reason once I set it up, and reboot it, I cannot connect to it wirelessly. I've tried static ip on my computer to match the subnet of the router, with no luck. I have to literally plug into it, which requires waiting for my neighbor to get off of work, on a day that I don't happen to leave for work before he does.
I have tried it with both DHCP on and off, and even setting a static wan and static computer ip to reduce confusion, but it seemed to only make it worse.
I'm starting to believe it's the Atheros wifi chip in the Linksys wrt-54gx router that I'm using, (the Linksys router B) but thought I would ask some network savvy people, and see if I can't find a solution that doesn't involve purchasing a new router. =\
Any help would be appreciated, I'll go and gather the router model numbers and post them with a sudo-chart here in a little while.
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