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Libertatis Advocatus · Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 393 Location: Harrah, OK

Is anyone here familiar with the DD-WRT firmware for various routers? I have two wifi routers running DD-WRT and would like to set one as a repeater, but I am completely stumped as to how I am going to accomplish this.

Gus · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 7253 Location: Tampa, FL

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WDS_Linked_router_network

Normally, you need a "backbone" to connect all the access points to (all access points need to be connected to a wire). Wireless Distribution System (WDS) emulates the backbone wirelessly, letting the router, in essence, act as a signal repeater. There is an overhead, and the latency won't be optimal, but for most computing it should work fine.

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