Hello,

i'm looking to link a pair of wireless routers together to share the internet (already working fine on router 1) with some machines that don't have wireless/too old for wireless as an experiment.

i had hoped a wireless bridge using another router would allow me to link several wired connections through the second router and link up with the first.

rubbish diagram:-

internet <------> router 1 (with some wireless and some wired) <-------------------------> router two (all wired)

my main router is an older linksys wireless G model that serves its purpose fine.

i have a selection of canditates for router 2 with the most promising being a dynamode i bought a while ago. in its perplexing setup it has a wireless bridging mode that detects the linksys. i thought i should therefore be able to bridge the two. not so.

i've tried the following.

matching all settings but dropping DHCP on router 2 (dynamode) - this seems to be the accepted solution with DD-WRT firmware

matching all settings but having different channels and dropping DHCP

putting router 2 outside the DHCP range of the first router and all of the above.

various other combinations.

none of this will encourage the linksys to share its connection.

have i got completely the wrong idea of what to expect from bridging or am i going about this th right way with hardware that won't have anything to do with it? all the routers in someway have a bridging function but the dynamode is the only one that will look for other networks. i've no idea what this function achieves.

the documentation is non existent as is technical support.

anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Toby

I have a wireless client bridge setup between a Netgear and a Linksys WRT54GL. The Netgear is the "main" router, and any computers plugged into the switch side of the Linksys get an IP as if they're plugged into the back of the Netgear.

What models are the 2 you have? I know some older routers don't support a proper client bridge like it sounds you require.

If you can run DD-WRT on the Dynamode, it might be worth checking if Tomato will work on it instead. I find it much easier to configure than DD-WRT, and there is a pretty straight forward guide here explaining how to do what you require.

Edited 2 March, 201115 yr by softscoop

Hello,

the main is a Linksys (with some cisco branding) WAG200G - not sure about chipset doesn't seem to like telnet

the Dynamode is a R-ADSL-C4W-G1 with a broadcom chipset of some description - does like telnet

optionally i also have an R-ADSL-C4W-G - with a T.I chipset - likes telnet

a D-Link cable router - can't remember its designation

a linksys wireless B model from even longer ago.

might see if the dynamode will accept 3rd party firmware. judging by the errors it throws occasionally it seems to be a version on linux running inside so hopefully should be DD-WRT/derivative compatible.

thanks for confirming i'm going about this the right way - might just be out-of-date hardware.

cheers,

toby

Tell us your IP's for each of the connections and what the gateway is for the Wired Only PC's

main router/gateway (linksys) @ 192.168.1.1

dhcp serving from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.253

router to bridge @ 192.168.1.254

both set to 255.255.255.0 subnet mask

a couple of machines (not been powered up during any of this) are on manual IPs but everything else auto.

the dynamode uses a broadcom chipset not listed in the dd-wrt wiki so thats out the window.

tried out a few settings now and each time the dynamodes diagnostics is reporting that it cannot ping the gateway.

i might try switching the linksys for my even older dynamode (TI chipset i think) and see if its more accepting.

thanks,

toby

I blagged a free bridge device from SKY so I could wirelessly connect my SKY box to the interweb (SKY Anytime+) and luckily all the drivers and stuff was preloaded so all I had to do was give the password to the bridge device. I then connected the bridge to a Switcher and now not only have my SKY box connected, but also my Humax and Onkyo Reciever too

This is how i see your network:

WWW Router 192.168.1.1

SM 255.255.255.0

Gateway - WAN IP Address assigned by ISP when router connects to Web

DHCP range of 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.120 unless you have loads of equipment.

SSID: MY_ROUTER

LAN Router:

192.168.1.5

SM 255.255.255.0

GW 192.168.1.1

DHCP - OFF

SSID Broadcast OFF

ALL PC's equipment then are assigned IP's from the DHCP server. They may also be assigned IP's statically/manually.

Is this how yours are set up?