Creating another AP via second router
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:15 pm
The set up:
I've got a TP-LINK modem/router connected to my DSL line and broadcasting wirelessly all fine. This is the master router. I've got an ethernet cable running down to my room at the other end of the house, where wireless reception is balls. Plugging this cable in directly to a PC works, so it's all working and fine up to this point. IP: 192.168.1.1/24
I have a Linksys WRT54GL with Gargoyle 1.3.15 installed which also has been working fine for months now. Prior to the ethernet cable's installation I was using it as a wireless repeater with success. I need to connect this slave router to the master router and have it broadcast wirelessly (same SSID or different, I don't care) as well as allow wired connections to it. It needs to be configured in such a way so the whole network acts as one, ie. I can use my slave-connected PC to connect to a master-connected PC, and still be able to download the interwebs of course. Current IP: 192.168.1.2/24
I've tried setting the slave to Gateway, connecting via DHCP, with the DHCP server off and the cable to the master router connected to the LAN ports rather than the WAN port. I am unable to ping 192.168.1.1. Connecting le cable to the WAN port doesn't help, nor does setting the WAN connection to a wired static ip (it doesn't help that I'm unsure what the "static ip" field wants... surely it'd just use the router ip?).
I'm sure this is meant to be the simplest thing in the world to do but I just can't seem to get it to work, even with a ton of googling. So... help me Gargy wan Oylobi, you're my only hope!
I've got a TP-LINK modem/router connected to my DSL line and broadcasting wirelessly all fine. This is the master router. I've got an ethernet cable running down to my room at the other end of the house, where wireless reception is balls. Plugging this cable in directly to a PC works, so it's all working and fine up to this point. IP: 192.168.1.1/24
I have a Linksys WRT54GL with Gargoyle 1.3.15 installed which also has been working fine for months now. Prior to the ethernet cable's installation I was using it as a wireless repeater with success. I need to connect this slave router to the master router and have it broadcast wirelessly (same SSID or different, I don't care) as well as allow wired connections to it. It needs to be configured in such a way so the whole network acts as one, ie. I can use my slave-connected PC to connect to a master-connected PC, and still be able to download the interwebs of course. Current IP: 192.168.1.2/24
I've tried setting the slave to Gateway, connecting via DHCP, with the DHCP server off and the cable to the master router connected to the LAN ports rather than the WAN port. I am unable to ping 192.168.1.1. Connecting le cable to the WAN port doesn't help, nor does setting the WAN connection to a wired static ip (it doesn't help that I'm unsure what the "static ip" field wants... surely it'd just use the router ip?).
I'm sure this is meant to be the simplest thing in the world to do but I just can't seem to get it to work, even with a ton of googling. So... help me Gargy wan Oylobi, you're my only hope!