{"id":154,"date":"2015-04-25T18:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toolbox.pingvinfeszek.hu\/?p=154"},"modified":"2015-04-25T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T18:42:06","slug":"openwrt-wi-fi-repeater-wireless-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/openwrt-wi-fi-repeater-wireless-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenWRT Wi-Fi Repeater \/ Wireless Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let us have a nice Wi-Fi range extander be born from the ashes of a long discarded router now, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to assume that you&#8217;ve successfully:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>installed OpenWRT on your router of choice<\/li>\n<li>had accessed the admin page<\/li>\n<li>have your <strong>radio0<\/strong> interface up and running<\/li>\n<li>have<strong> radio0<\/strong> is connected as a <strong>Client<\/strong> to the distant Wi-Fi Access Point<br \/>\n(that you would like to make accessible thru another Wi-Fi Network SSID)<\/li>\n<li>you also have <strong>password protected the root user<\/strong> account<\/li>\n<li>your\u00a0<strong>are able to SSH<\/strong> your way in to the router.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Scenario<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0[distant_router][ssid:&#8217;AP_1&#8242;] &lt;&#8212;-&gt; [openwrt][ssid:&#8217;AP_Extended&#8217;] &lt;&#8212;&gt; [you_as_a_client]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What for?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sharing a net connection with your roommate<\/li>\n<li>giving access to your own network to someone (pseudo-ISP)<\/li>\n<li>makeshift solution for range extending without fiddling with WPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Steps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Log in to your router via SSH and issue the following command:<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"plain plain\">vi \/etc\/config\/wireless<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Press &#8216;i&#8217; to enter interactive mode, then paste in the following but keep in mind that you have to change the necessary parts of the config to reflect your setup (mostly ssid and the password related stuff)<\/p>\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">config 'wifi-device' 'radio0'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'type' 'mac80211'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'macaddr' '74:ea:3a:f2:3c:2c'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'hwmode' '11ng'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'htmode' 'HT20'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>list 'ht_capab' 'SHORT-GI-40'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>list 'ht_capab' 'TX-STBC'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>list 'ht_capab' 'RX-STBC1'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>list 'ht_capab' 'DSSS_CCK-40'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'txpower' '27'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'country' 'US'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'disabled' '0'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'channel' '1'<br \/>\nconfig 'wifi-iface'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'ssid' 'AP_1'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'encryption' 'psk2'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'device' 'radio0'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'mode' 'sta'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'network' 'wwan'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'key' 'DistantPassword'<\/code><br \/>\n<code class=\"plain plain\">config 'wifi-iface'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'device' 'radio0'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'network' 'lan'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'mode' 'ap'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'ssid' 'AP_Extended'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'encryption' 'psk2'<br \/>\n<code class=\"plain spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>option 'key' 'OurShinyNewPassword'<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.stefanproell.at\/2014\/06\/29\/use-a-tp-link-tl-wr710n-router-as-a-repeater-with-openwrt\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us have a nice Wi-Fi range extander be born from the ashes of a long discarded router now, shall we? 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