anilw
August 31, 2024, 1:45am
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Hello friends,
I need to make my OpenWrt router as the wifi repeater with different subnet.
right now I have made it relayed based repeater but I cannot have different SSID.. what happens main router (192.168.1.1) SSID get extended through the repeater as well.
Is there a way that I can run a different wifi netwrok (192.168.2.1) on my repeater with different SSID while disable client wifi
Hope I made my requirement clearly!
thank you
What do you mean by this last part?
Fundamentally, what you're asking is just simply normal routing mode. You'll reset the device to defaults and then either connect from lan > wan, or use the device as a wifi client (wwan):
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/connect_client_wifi
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anilw
August 31, 2024, 2:50am
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Hi
Tks for the reply..
What i mean by client wifi (the circles one!)
right now repeater also broadcast the same and i cannot add my own wifi on the repeater
So based on what you seem to be saying, you simply need to do as I suggested earlier:
anilw
September 1, 2024, 5:54am
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ok noted.. but still I forced to have the same wifi ssid?
No. In fact, you do not want the same SSID. You want something unique.
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:08am
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hi yes.. I want to have a different SSID
And that is the configuration you should adopt, technically, too. Using the same ssid would cause problems.
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:26am
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Ok Noted.. But then on the guide.. it is the same ssid given and not a different one
Master rouer wifi ssid
repeater/extender wifi ssid
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:28am
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And is this working for 5Ghz as well?
You are following the wrong guide.
If you want a different subnet and a different said, you use the standard routing mode with WiFi client as the uplink/wan.
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:29am
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Sorry for if any confusion made..
I was following this guide
[OpenWrt Wiki] Connect to client Wi-Fi network
That guide doesn’t say that you have to use the same ssid for client (sta) and AP modes. You should be using a different ssid for the AP mode.
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:34am
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Ok this means I should pick AP like this?
sorry for being so layman..
Yes. That second ssid will be connected to the lan network.
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:37am
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ok noted and tks for the clarification.. Does the repeater still to have broadcasting the wifi ssid from the master router? like this?
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:39am
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Because i could see this on the guide as well...
The circled section is not broadcasting. It is the client connection.
anilw
September 1, 2024, 6:40am
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ok Noted boss
I give it a try and post the outcome here..
tks again for the support