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Re: Help needed with home network configuration

From	Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Help needed with home network configuration
Date	2018-03-16 21:00 +0100
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote:
> > The software might not support it, but if openwrt or ddwrt can run
> > on the hardware, they should support bridging.
> 
> I can make sure the router I buy can run openwrt or ddwrt, but it
> would be handy to know if I need to buy two or whether the current one
> can at least do the job at one end of the diagram.

It's likely that they can run ddwrt or openwrt, but you'd have to check.

> > I suggest that you instead run the second router as a switch with an
> > attached wireless AP instead,
> 
> So you're saying that a router can run as a switch. This is presumably
> by just ignoring the WAN port and using just the LANs?¹

Yes, assuming you disable the dhcp server on the second router. [Or you
could bridging the WAN port into the lan bridge, and use all of the
ports. You'll need openwrt to do that; most router firmware doesn't
support that setup.]

> And what does buying a WAP do that the wireless on the router can't
> cope with?

Nothing; my point was just that's what you should do with your existing
equipment. [IE, totally ignore the router functionality of the second
router.]

> Let's just imagine there's a wireless-proof gauze screen between the
> two halves of the house. One router in each half is up to the task of
> covering its half but no more. At the moment, one half of the house
> (ironically the side with the modem) has next to no coverage.

> ¹ ie what's outlined in this one
> http://smallbusiness.chron.com/setting-up-wireless-routers-same-ssid-68675.html

Right; this is basically how you cover areas where a single AP won't cut
it.


-- 
Don Armstrong                      https://www.donarmstrong.com

I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary.
 -- Margaret Atwood "Poetry in Motion" p140

Thread

Help needed with home network configuration Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2018-03-09 15:40 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-03-09 16:20 +0100
    Re: Help needed with home network configuration Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-03-09 18:40 +0100
      Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-15 03:30 +0100
        Re: Help needed with home network configuration Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-03-15 06:20 +0100
        Re: Help needed with home network configuration Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-03-15 18:20 +0100
          Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 02:50 +0100
            Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-16 04:30 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-03-16 09:50 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-16 14:00 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-16 14:10 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-16 14:30 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-03-31 00:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-03 13:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-04-05 19:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-06 12:20 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-06 16:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-06 18:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-07 16:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-07 22:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-08 02:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-08 02:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-04-08 14:10 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-09 12:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-13 16:20 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 10:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-15 13:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-15 14:10 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 18:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-16 00:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-15 13:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-04-08 14:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-09 12:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 17:20 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 15:40 +0100
            Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-16 14:20 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 17:10 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-19 12:00 +0100
            Re: Help needed with home network configuration Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-03-16 18:30 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 20:20 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-03-16 21:00 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-17 00:50 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-09 17:30 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-03-09 20:30 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2018-03-10 10:10 +0100
    Re: Help needed with home network configuration <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-03-10 10:20 +0100

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