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Hi,
I set up a wireless repeater on an OpenWRT travel router I have, but whenever the repeater goes out of range or if I take it out of my house it stops broadcasting the SSID so I cannot login to change router settings or connect to a new network.
Is there a way to make the SSID always broadcast even when it is not in range of the main router?
Thanks 
It's a known issue. Basically, as you have one radio, when the WWAN can not connect the WLAN goes down.
I use 2 radio's (Search edimax 7811) but there are some other options in these posts. I have not tried any of them.
Button Event - relies on knowledge of the devices button functionality
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php … 25#p188725
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php … 22#p262622
Kill WWAN on Reboot
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php … 18#p272018
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php … 30#p278230
Search Saved Connections
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=43352
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