Wireless Bridge Repeater Questions
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:53 pm
Hi,
A week ago I have 2 Gargoyle loaded devices: a Linksys WRT1900acs as my main router and a WRT3200acm as a wifi bridge/repeater.
As a covid project I decided to rework the home network. I fired up an Opnsense router machine, got an old dell managed switch, the old main router (WRT 1900acs) became a dedicated AP, and the WRT3200acm remained a wireless bridge repeater. However since the change the repeater has been acting up a little bit...mostly dropping internet (though not signal).
I know I have added a lot of new equipment, but as the rest of the network seems solid I thought I would start by making sure I was configuring the repeater correctly.
In the old config, the AP/Router/Main gateway was the WRT1900. Not that that is just a dedicated AP should the AP/gateway ip in the repater setup be the wrt1900 or the main router/gateway (the opnsense box). Similar question with the DNS server is it typically more stable to use the gateway as the dns or use a custom one (8.8.8.8??)
The thing is that I have tried it all the ways and I can still connect so it may be a mute point, but any insight into best practices would be helpful.
Thanks!
A week ago I have 2 Gargoyle loaded devices: a Linksys WRT1900acs as my main router and a WRT3200acm as a wifi bridge/repeater.
As a covid project I decided to rework the home network. I fired up an Opnsense router machine, got an old dell managed switch, the old main router (WRT 1900acs) became a dedicated AP, and the WRT3200acm remained a wireless bridge repeater. However since the change the repeater has been acting up a little bit...mostly dropping internet (though not signal).
I know I have added a lot of new equipment, but as the rest of the network seems solid I thought I would start by making sure I was configuring the repeater correctly.
In the old config, the AP/Router/Main gateway was the WRT1900. Not that that is just a dedicated AP should the AP/gateway ip in the repater setup be the wrt1900 or the main router/gateway (the opnsense box). Similar question with the DNS server is it typically more stable to use the gateway as the dns or use a custom one (8.8.8.8??)
The thing is that I have tried it all the ways and I can still connect so it may be a mute point, but any insight into best practices would be helpful.
Thanks!