Hello, I have a TP-LInk Archer AX23 that I have used with OpenWRT 23.05 for a year as a Wifi Extender for two (!) separate SSIDs, one on 2.4 GHz, one of 5 GHz.
A few days ago, I have upgraded the AX23 to OpenWRT24 and reset the AX23 – and now I can't repeat the WDS setup I had going for a year.
My access point (Turris Omnia) emits 2 SSIDs, let's call them Signal24 (which assigns internal IP addresses in the 10.0.0.x range) and Signal5 (which assigns internal IP addressers in the 192.168.0.1 range). The AX23 is supposed to repeat both SSIDs, so that there is seamless Wifi roaming, and all end users receive IP addresses in the relevant range (those connecting to Signal24 in the 10.0.0.x range, those connecting to Signal5 in the 192.168.0.x range).
This worked fine for a year. A year ago, I sat a whole day before I managed to get it going (using WDS)- After the upgrade and the reset, I just can't figure out how to do that again. I have now spent two workdays using all kinds of variations of combincations of interfaces, networks, and firewall zones I could think of, to little avail.
I managed to get the AX23 to repeat Signal5, and everything works as it should, devices connected to the repeater obtain IP addresses from the upstream DHCP. In parallel, the AX23 also connects to the upstream router using the Signal24 SSID and issues its own Signa24 SSID-signal - but end devices trying to connect to the repeater on SSID Signal24 can either not connect (no IP address assigned), or they are assigned an address from the wrong range (192.168.0.x, which should be only for Signal5 SSID), depending on the setup options I pick in OpenWRT 24.
What am I missing? What's the trick?
Thank you!