Comments on: Dynamically Repeat and Broadcast the Strongest Wireless Networking Signal

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:06:27 +0000

Right on!!, if you can’t afford it, just steal it and feel like you’re a hero…..

By: albo

albo — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:40:20 +0000

this autoap never worked for me i dont know why anyone had success using this?

By: donphillipe

donphillipe — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:32:08 +0000

My experience equal to post above. Using WRT54GS V1.0 with firmware which includes AutoAP imbedded in code & downloaded from SorceForce. Wireless works sometimes and sometimes there is not a signal in the air (at least that Vista laptop can see).

By: ruckstande

ruckstande — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:08:26 +0000

Okay I ran into an issue here. I know this is older than hell but her it goes. I followed the instructions to the letter. It worked terrific at first. I unplugged the router and about an hour later I plugged it back in. If I connected to the router with a cable it worked great but wirelessly it would not broadcast. I tried connecting but Vista reported that it didn’t receive a response. After that the SSID disappeared from searches. One last thing, the SSID section didn’t let me leave it blank where the instructions tell me to.

By: Wayland

Wayland — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:41:13 +0000

You need unbridged on the web interface. This runs the wireless client as WAN and the virtual interface as LAN. Make sure you set different subnets, if one is 192.168.1.0/24 then the other must be 192.168.2.0/24 for example.

By: gavtech

gavtech — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:17:44 +0000

guys got a question about “bridged” and unbridged modes

you see under physical interface is set to bridged, same with virtual interfaces? what does “bridged do” it allows the network you connect to so all the clients can see each other on both networks? if so i dont want that, i want to isolate both the networks clients so they cant see each other, explain what does bridged and unbridged do for physical AND virtual interfaces please

thanks

By: OAK

OAK — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:24:30 +0000

Very good,congratulations, good explanations!

But would it be possible instead of repeating the signal wireless, to connect a ethernet cable in your router and connecting the PC ?

By: blogger

blogger — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:04:52 +0000

i used the latest cutting edge version at the time which was a v.24 on july 10th. i actually tried the one you are using and it did not work well for me so I went to the unstable version. try it. you’ll find that it is not that unstable after all.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:50:47 +0000

Which version of dd-wrt are you using. I don’t have an option to set mine for repeater. I am using the v.23 voip so I may have the wrong version. Any help will be wonderfully helpful.

PS thanks for the great article.

By: Stew2

Stew2 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:47:12 +0000

I read your reply ‘tried to short those two small wires’, I can assume you misinterpreted my suggestion to mean shorting pins 15 and 16. I was not recommending #2 as a solution, I recommend Tip #3. Also, the Disclaimer is if you mention shorting these two pins on the #DD-WRT ’support’ channel, you get a lot of flak for it.

I tried shorting pins 15+16, with a router which showed a flashing power light and solid ethernet lights when I recieved it – It didn’t get me anywhere. Also, the conductivity of the tip of a jewelers’ screwdriver is called into question.

For #3, I extracted a 10cm lead from an Ethernet cable, solid wire. Then I stripped both sides, and taped one end to the antenna ground. I checked how much pressure it would take to insert the barrel connector for power, and instead decided to leave it inserted and unplug the power adapter from the wall. With one hand steady, the wire tip held on #16, I pressed the wall-wart into the wall. The WRT54GL v1.1 powered up, and immediatly the lights were different, indicating it was waiting for a TFTP image. As soon as I noticed the change I removed the lead (~1 second). I believe I remember I was able to turn it off again, and without the lead, the router was again waiting for the TFTP image. I uploaded the OEM firmware with TFTP2.exe (windows) and the router worked normally.

Regards