[Blind-sysadmins] Re: repeater not repeating

Hello, I'm going to have to rethink this since Spectrum's equipment is so tempermental. Aside, does anyone use Spectrum and their wireless package? If so, do you have the sb1602 cable modem and the wave2 router? If so, what do you think of those? With regards powerline adapters can anyone recommend good reliable ones? Thanks. Dave. On 8/21/18, Anatoliy Shudrya wrote:

Hi Dave,

If 2 routers are not close enough for an ethernet connection between them that is what 300 Ft? Maybe wireless connection is too distant? I found out that on the Aerohive mesh mode the router would connect wirelessly to the other router approximately 100 FT and not any more. Of course, same thing same channels, same SSIDs, same signal level etc. on both routers.

Maybe try to move routers closer together and see if they will connect.

I never attempted the setup with Asus routers and DD-WRT and don't know how their repeater protocols work.

Anatoliy

-----Original Message----- From: David Mehler Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 5:51 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: repeater not repeating

Hi Bill,

Thanks for your reply. The two routers are definitely not close enough for an ethernet connection between the two. What about a wds setup? Would that work? I was hoping that the repeater would repeat the signal from router1 including the SSID.

Thanks. Dave.

On 8/20/18, Bill Dengler wrote:

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For this sort of thing, I think you may need a different SS ID. If the routers were connected by ethernet (which is a better solution), you could set the second one up as a wireless access point and mirror the SS ID.

Bill

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On Aug 20, 2018, at 20:26, David Mehler wrote:

Hello,

I've got an issue with a repeater router it's not repeating.

My setup is a cable modem, going to an ISP-provided router, (I'll be getting rid of that and it's not relevant), and an Asus RTN66U running dd-wrt daisy chained on to the isp-provided router. To this setup I've got a multi-story home and want to add a repeater. So on the second floor I've got another Asus RTN66U also running dd-wrt that I'm trying to get to repeat the signal from the other router. On the second floor router i've turned on repeater-bridge mode in case I want to hook a client in via ethernet, and set wan connection type to disabled. Under security i've turned off everything as security should be handled by the primary router. I've also switched from AP to repeater-bridge. In the wireless configuration i'm eventually wanting to repeat both the 2.4 and 5GHZ signals, but for now am only trying to get the 2.4 going. All those settings match the primary router, SSID, channel, WPA2 key, etc.

Currently I have an ethernet plugged in to the second router and am trying via wireless to obtain a dhcp address from the primary router which they should be talking.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks. Dave. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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