Wired bridge AP

[shuubz]

apologies in advance for the gargoyle/openwrt newb question.

the goal is to convert the router to AP mode only: firewall off, bridging via wired to the existing wired network, and forwarding DHCP requests and DNS queries to the existing main router/firewall/infrastructure. providing a/b/g/n only, just WiFi, nothing else. have Buffalo, TP-Link, Cisco equipment.

this is a (relatively) straightforward, gui-based config process for dd-wrt, but i'm trying to standardize on gargoyle.

the only docs i found for this in gargoyle/openwrt are involved and command-line only.

what am i missing? is this functionality planned for some future point?

please advise.

[sigwx]

Adding to the thread since I have this question as well... my need for a bridge is to extend my wireless network into an area where there is no wifi signal to speak of (so wireless bridge not possible), and I want to have the 'front end' AP handle all the DHCP/Quota/QOS/etc so I don't want to just have a second subnet/NAT in the extended area.

I've tried some searches through the forum and so far haven't come across how its possible (or if its not) to configure a Gargoyle router as a -wired- bridge, is there a guide? Thanks!

[Lantis]

To keep the same subnet you need to disable everything.

Set the connect via to "disabled" and turn off the DHCP server.
This makes it a dumb switch. You lose all benefits of having gargoyle installed.

[sigwx]

A possibly interesting observation (using 1.9.x from July 23) is that after each reboot it appears that DHCP is turned back on again (at least the checkbox is enabled).

[ispyisail]

A possibly interesting observation (using 1.9.x from July 23) is that after each reboot it appears that DHCP is turned back on again (at least the checkbox is enabled).

I have also seen and wondered about this myself.

Thanks for reporting