Using WRT1900ACSv2 as both wireless client and wireless AP

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@DavePrice

2/. However, if the WRT1900ACSv2 cannot connect as a client to the 'main network' (perhaps because it is in the middle of a field....) then the AP function of the unit becomes very unreliable as well. There is an initial delay of perhaps 30 seconds, then clients can connect to the 1900's AP, but then every 10 of 15 seconds they disconnect and so on and on.

A logical combination of AP+STA mode on one physical radio allows the router to connect to a wireless hotspot/station (STA) and provide a wireless access point (AP) from that hotspot at the same time. Downside of this solution: whenever the STA interface looses the connection it will go into an active scan cycle which renders the radio unusable for AP mode operation, therefore the AP is taken down if the STA looses its association.

Possible solutions:

• split the radios: use one radio solely for STA connections and the other as AP.
• try travelmate package (see here)