My original question is here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions … th-openwrt
So what am I doing wrong? Please, wireless&OpenWrt gurus help me!
I have a WRT160NL router (OpenWrt 10.04) (connected to the ISP, using it as an AP with SSID: "160AP" using WEP with password: "AAAAA" on channel 5).
My purpose: extend the range of the WRT160NL with another router.
doc: https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/bridgedclient
The another router is an Asus WL500GPv2. (OpenWrt 10.04)
I do "Step 1" on it, so I:
vi /etc/config/wireless
config 'wifi-device' 'wl0'
option 'type' 'broadcom'
option 'channel' '5'
option 'disabled' '0'
config 'wifi-iface'
option 'device' 'wl0'
option 'network' 'lan'
option 'ssid' '160AP'
option 'mode' 'sta'
option 'encryption' 'wep'
option 'key' 'AAAAA'
ok!
then I'm trying to run the wifi command:
root@OpenWrt:~# wifi
Command 'set wepkey' failed: -1
root@OpenWrt:~#
Why? What am I missing? The 5 char password for the WEP is **good**. The SSID, the channel of the WRT160NL is good too.
If I'm continuing then [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is the MAC of the WT160NL wlan0]:
root@OpenWrt:~# iwconfig wl0
wl0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"160AP"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=-52 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:7 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
WOW! so the "Command 'set wepkey' failed: -1" was just a warning, and it actually connected? Ok! (???)
So I continue:
vi /etc/config/network
#### LAN configuration
config interface lan
option type bridge
option ifname "eth0.0"
option proto static
option ipaddr 192.168.1.2
option netmask 255.255.255.0
-
/etc/init.d/firewall stop
/etc/init.d/firewall disable
-
vi /etc/config/dhcp
config dhcp lan
option interface lan
option start 100
option limit 150
option leasetime 12h
option ignore 1
-
/etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
Ok!
Now I reboot the router, and scan the available wireless networks from my notebook. But here comes the fun part (I'm trying to solve this about ~2 hours now, yes, very funny):
I can Only see the "160AP" Access Point which is the original WT160NL router (I think this because the signal strength is the same... my notebook is next to the WL500GPv2).
Question: What's the problem with my setup? What am I missing? I just don't get it.