Grinch Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Hello Neowin! I kind of need help here. I have a WRT160N as my main router and a WRT54G2 as a spare router. I've looked around and DD-WRT and Tomato do not support the WRT54G2 v1.5. All I really need is to make it so it can repeat a signal for me, that simple. The WRT160N is to far away to run a line to so no one suggest that please. If anyone has a solution for me, please let me know. Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 15, 2010 MVC Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) Well if does not support 3rd party firmware, and the native firmware does not support repeater mode, then your out of luck. edit: I fail to understand why people continue to buy hardware that does not support they common features.. Sell that junk on ebay to some other sucker and and buy a router that either supports the features you want natively - or purchase a router that supports 3rd party. Cupcakes and Grinch 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Well if does not support 3rd party firmware, and the native firmware does not support repeater mode, then your out of luck. edit: I fail to understand why people continue to buy hardware that does not support they common features.. Sell that junk on ebay to some other sucker and and buy a router that either supports the features you want natively - or purchase a router that supports 3rd party. For the record, it was the router Comcast gave me and I upgraded that piece of junk to a WRT160N. I'll likely just buy another and turn that into a repeater. Thanks anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 16, 2010 MVC Share Posted March 16, 2010 So you got it in some promotion they were doing when you signed up or something? Not even worth using when you get it for FREE ;) hehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 So you got it in some promotion they were doing when you signed up or something? Not even worth using when you get it for FREE ;) hehehehe Comcast was trying out different router models in my area (as opposed to other areas that only offer one specific model) and that was the best of the 3 they were offering. I went to Bestbuy and bought myself a WRT160N which is all I really needed. Was hoping to get 'some' use out of the WRT54G2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 16, 2010 MVC Share Posted March 16, 2010 Well if you could wire it you could use it as just an accesspoint to extend your wireless coverage - but until it gets 3rd party support (if it does) advanced features prob out of the question.. I don't recall linksys ever really adding features to their firmware - mostly only bug fixes, etc. and as soon as next model comes out they pretty much never update past products firmware unless its a major bug ;) Your best bet would prob get a few dollars for it - and then put that towards some hardware you can use 3rd party on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridlas Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Why don't you use Powerline Networking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Well I went out and purchased a second WRT160N v3 and installed DD-WRT onto it (the main router is staying default linksys firmware for now though). To give you a basic (Very basic) idea of the main router.. Model: WRT160N v3 Security: WPA2 AES - Now I would prefer both the repeater and the main router to keep Security on them. If you could provide simple step-by-step instructions, that'd be most helpful. I tried instructions I found online but generally when I connected to my 'repeater' it was throwing DNS errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 17, 2010 MVC Share Posted March 17, 2010 Here are the instructions for setting up dd-wrt as a repeater. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Universal_Wireless_Repeater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Here are the instructions for setting up dd-wrt as a repeater. http://www.dd-wrt.co...reless_Repeater Those were the first instructions I tried. Didn't seem to accomplish much with them. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 17, 2010 MVC Share Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) Well you prob did it wrong then ;) Are you looking to setup repeater more or WDS http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WDS_Linked_router_network You might want to check the forums -- bridge mode/repeater mode, etc. might have issues with WPA2?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Well you prob did it wrong then ;) Are you looking to setup repeater more or WDS http://www.dd-wrt.co..._router_network Would the main router having WPA2 Personal as security cause any issues? I want a repeater, my goal is to get the signal further into my house so I may enjoy the sweet bliss of WiFi in my room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 17, 2010 MVC Share Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) WDS does the same thing as repeater mode -- the accesspoints are tied together wireless to give you larger coverage area. And yes check the forums on the dd-wrt site there might be some issues with wpa2?? Also -- just get rid of the native firmware to be honest.. There is no point to keeping it on your device -- prob what is causing you your problem ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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