DD WRT V24 SP2 REPEATER SETUP PASSWORD
I am ravikiran from Bangalore,i recently came accross an article which said that I could use an old router as a repeater to extend the wifi signal,so I went ahead and did some research on youtube,Wikipedia etc and got the instructions and did as mentioned,my primary router is a DLINK DSL 2750U(which i'm using right now) and my old router is a TP-LINK WR 740 N.i went ahead and checked the support for it in DD WRT website and found it to be supported and I even downloaded factory-to-ddwrt.bin file and also the tl wr740nv4-webflash.bin and upgraded the firmware of my old router and also flashed it to the latest v24 sp2(Atheros) and followed the instructions as follows with the screenshots:ġ)CHANGED THE USER NAME,PASSWORD AND CONFIRM PASSWORD TO admin-admin-admin,SYSTEM INFORMATION WAS SHOWN,AUTHENTICATION SCREEN CAME UP AND I ENTERED->admin-admin AS USER NAME AND PASSWORDĢ)SETUP->BASIC SETUP->CONNECTION TYPE->DISABLED,ROUTER NAME->RK,LOCAL IP ADRESS->192.168.1.100,SUBNET MASK->255.255.255.0,GATEWAY->192.168.1.1,LOCAL DNS->0.0.0.0,ASSIGN WAN PORT TO SWITCH->TICK MARK(CHECKED),DHCP TYPE->DHCP SERVER,DHCP SERVER->ENABLED,START IP ADDRESS->192.168.1.100,MAXIMUM DHCP USERS->50,CLIENT LEASE TIME->1440,USE DNSM FOR DHCP->CHECKED,USE DNSM FOR DNS->CHECKED,DHCP AUTHOR->CHECKEDģ)SETUP->ADVANCED ROUTING->OPERATING MODE->ROUTER,REST->AS IT ISĤ)WIRELESS->WIRELESS PHYSICAL INTERFACE ATH0->WIRELESS MODE->AP(SAME AS PRIMARY ROUTER),WIRELESS NETWORK MODE->MIXED,CHANNEL WIDTH ->FULL 20 MHZ,WIRELESS CHANNEL ->AUTO,WIRELESS NETWORK NAME(SSID)->RAVI'S WIFI(SAME AS PRIMARY ROUTER)WIRELESS SSID BROADCAST->ENABLED,VIRTUAL INTERFACES->WIRELESS MODE->WDS AP,WIRELESS NETWORK NAME(SSID)->REPEATER1,SSID BROADCAST->ENABLED,NETWORK CONFIGURATION ->BRIDGEDĥ)WIRELESS->WIRELESS SECURITY->SECURITY MODE->WPA2 PERSONAL(SAME AS PRIMARY ROUTER),WPA ALGORITHM->AES(SAME AS PRIMARY RFOUTER),WPA SHARED KEY->PASSWORD(SAME AS THE MAIN ROUTER),VIRTUAL INTERFACES ATH0.1SSID->SECURITY MODE-> WPA2PERSONAL,WPA ALGORITHM->AES,SHARED KEY ->PASSWORDĦ)SECURITY->FIREWALL->DISABLED,EVERYTHING UNCHECKED EXCEPT FILTER MULTICAST,Ĩ)SHOWS ALL THE AVAILABLE NETWORK INCLUDING MINE "Ravi's Wifi"(second one from top)