I'm trying to connect my Netgear R7800 to another WiFi network to share the connection through LAN. I tried to do this by using this guide: [OpenWrt Wiki] Connect to client Wi-Fi network
I followed the guide until the firewall part (This step should not be necessary....) I guess that should be it, but it isn't working. What can I share here to figure out what I did wrong?
I have 3 screenshots, maybe those say something. Otherwise, let me know what I can share.
The lan and wwan interfaces have IP addresses in the same subnet, which breaks the routing process. Change the LAN IP to something that doesn't overlap, like 192.168.10.1/24.
The firewall must be active and the wwan interface must be assigned to the wan firewall zone due to the masquerading requirement. It looks correct based on the screenshot you posted.
Yes that IP conflict will prevent anything being routed to the Internet.
Also -89 dBm is a signal strength too low to be usable. There will be many lost packets and dropped connections. Get your router a better RF location (fewer obstructions and/or closer to the AP.)
Thank you, that part now works. I'm now doing the same for an other router, TP-Link TL-WR1043ND (the white version) But I now want to make a local WiFi network on the same router. How do I do that?
Yes the 32 MB RAM of the WR1043 v1 is pretty much a non-starter these days. It is possible (not easy) to upgrade to a 64 MB chip. But then it's still single-band.
Anyway to answer the original question, since it is ath9k it's technically possible to start an AP and STA on the same radio. It's very likely to go out of memory on 32 M though.
I agree that it needs to be replaced. It will be replaced by my R7800 when I get something else for that device. But for now I need it for this summer.
I did use it like this in the past, but I don't know how I did it. And it worked perfectly (within its limitations)
What steps should I take to make it work?
