Using WAN port as switch

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wkweksl
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Using WAN port as switch

Post by wkweksl »

Hi,

I've got a WR1043ND set up as a wired ap via stock firmware. I would like to make use of the wan port as now it's currently unused. Can gargoyle achieve this while keeping the whole network on the same subnet?

Current setup

dsl -> esr9850 -> wr-1043nd

Thanks in advance.
TP-Link WR-1043ND 1.8 - Gargoyle 1.5.6

hnl_dk
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Re: Using WAN port as switch

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yes
Router: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4
AP: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4

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Re: Using WAN port as switch

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under "Connection->Device Configuration", you should choose "Wireless Bridge/Repeater".
under "Connection->Wireless Bridge/Repeater", you should choose "Bridge to LAN" and "Repeater Disabled".
Router: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4
AP: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4

wkweksl
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Re: Using WAN port as switch

Post by wkweksl »

Thank you hnl_dk.

Successfully flashed 1.4.2. Tried your suggestion at first but network was not so stable. In the end I configured the router as a gateway with the wan port disabled and issued

uci del network.@switch_vlan[1]
uci set network.@switch_vlan[0].ports="0 1 2 3 4 5t"

to get the wan port useable as a lan port. Now everything's running fine.
TP-Link WR-1043ND 1.8 - Gargoyle 1.5.6

rsbrux
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Re: Using WAN port as switch

Post by rsbrux »

hnl_dk wrote:under "Connection->Device Configuration", you should choose "Wireless Bridge/Repeater".
under "Connection->Wireless Bridge/Repeater", you should choose "Bridge to LAN" and "Repeater Disabled".
This appears to disable the 5 GHz band; I only get setting for the 2.4 GHz band. Any chance that Gargoyle will support dual-band with this setting?
TP-LINK WDR4300v1
Gargoyle 1.12.0 as AP, LAN to WAN bridged

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Re: Using WAN port as switch

Post by Lantis »

The repeater will only "repeat" the network it is connected to.
Any other configuration is no longer a repeater.
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoylebuilds for the latest releases
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