In the DD-WRT "Repeater Bridge" scenario there is a Primary, Internet connected router that uses a wireless bridge to connect to a Secondary router on the same subnet as the Primary and all devices (hosts) on the Secondary share the same subnet address as those on the Primary..
I would like to implement this "Repeater Bridge" mode on a Linksys WRT1900ACSV2, but since it has a Marvell chipset and not a Broadcom, it cannot be done with DD-WRT.
I have two questions:
Can the DD-WRT "Repeater Bridge" scenario be implemented in OpenWRT?
If the answer to 1 is yes, can it be implemented on a non-Broadcom router like the Linksys WRT1900ACSV2?
WDS does require the AP to be configured for WDS. The Broadcom "relay bridge" is implemented entirely at the client and can work with a standard AP. There is no direct equivalent to it in open source.
WDS is an IEEE standard so it should interoperate reasonably well between different chip vendors and drivers.
relayd is not Layer 2 bridging -- it is an IPv4 "hack" that connects distinct subnets in ways that enable many functions that typically depend on on-link and in-net addressing to work.
OK, here is the situation. I have my ASUS router running tomato, with a USB HDD as DLNA. TV is a bit far, so connection isn't always so stable. I have the Archer C7 that I just fixed and flashed with OpenWRT, thanks ot you guys.
I would like to keep the Asus as the main router, in order to keep an eye on bandwidth usage by individual devices, since I have limited bandwidth. (Also Archer C7 signal is comparable to Asus RT-AC66U, so replacing the Asus with the Archer won't solve the signal strength issue.
I am considering using the Archer as a repeater/extender/bridge to provide more coverage so that TV has more stable signal. I would like both devices to be on the same subset, so that I have the DLNA server accessible form both the TV and the laptop.
My understanding was that WDSworks between same shipsets deices only. @mk24 Did you try it between different chipsets?
If WDS isn't possible, then would this solution be my best bet?
OK, so I went on and tried the relay bridge-like implementation as in the Repeater_Bridge post mentioned above.
I have 2.4 and 5 GHz bands in both routers: main ASUS RT-AC66U running AdvancedTomato and "repeater" TP-Link Archer C7 running OpenWRT 18.
I used the 5 GHz band for the link between the two routers, and kept the 2.4 GHz for the other client devices. My ultimate goal is to have the 2.4 GHz on both routers to share the same settings to allow easy roaming of devices, but for the sake of testing I gave it a separate SSID to confirm whether it's providing internet access or not.
I found out that I can get internet form the "repeater" via the cable only (still on the main subnet 192.168.1.0/24) but not via WiFi.
I understand that the method is not guaranteed, but thought I could post my screen shorts in case I am missing something.
WDS/ 4addr works between different chipsets, but the driver needs to be based on mac80211 and support 4addr - which restricts it to free in-kernel drivers (which tomato most likely doesn't use).
