Universal Wireless Repeater

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pepper123
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Universal Wireless Repeater

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Hi men, can someone write me some directions on how to set up my tp-link wrt741nd to work as a universal wireless repeater so that it will connect to the strongest signal and repeat it to share internet?
I've found this but is for dd-wrt, and i don't know how to do it on gargoyle.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Un ... s_Repeater

Please help!

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Re: Universal Wireless Repeater

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I would suggest that "Universal Wireless Repeater" is the same as "Client + AP" in gargoyle

http://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/dok ... nt_ap_mode

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Re: Universal Wireless Repeater

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No, it's not the same thing.

Repeater mode implies that all devices are in the same subnet, while this is not true for AP+Client mode. However, AP+Client mode tends to be more reliable.

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Re: Universal Wireless Repeater

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Thanks for the correction

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Ok, but how can i get the router to connect to the strongest signal dinamically?

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Re: Universal Wireless Repeater

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Setting it up how you want from the GUI - probably not going to happen.

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=22427

You can try following those instructions, but you'll be doing a lot
of command line editing and also testing.

I haven't tried that myself, no need, but that link may help you.
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Re: Universal Wireless Repeater

Post by pepper123 »

Thank you! That's what i was looking for !
I'll test it tomorrow!

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