Installation
Standard terminology for a two router setup:
* The client router is the router which does not have an internet connection.
* The host router is the router which does have the internet connection and is going to share it with other routers.
Two or more WRT54G / WRT54GS boxes
1. Turn off security on both routers. Security can be re-enabled after all other steps are complete, but in order to minimize troubleshooting, it's best to get things setup with no security active. Wireless -> Wireless Security -> Security Mode -> Disabled
2. Set the routers to AP mode and put them on the same channel. Wireless -> Basic Settings
3. Under Wireless -> Basic Settings, set the SSID to your liking. For WPA WDS, the SSIDs for the routers need to be the same. For WEP, different SSIDs can make troubleshooting easier.
4. Select G-only for WPA links.
5. Open WDS configuration on both routers. Wireless -> WDS
6. On each router, you will see at the top of the page its wireless MAC address. Put each router's MAC into the table of the other router, and select LAN for the type. Wireless -> WDS
7. There is no need to enable Lazy WDS or WDS subnet on either router.
8. Turn off the firewall on the client router. Security -> Firewall -> Firewall Protection -> Disable
9. Turn off anonymous internet request blocking on the client router. Security -> Firewall -> Block WAN Requests -> Block Anonymous Internet Requests -> Uncheck
10. Turn off the AP Watchdog on both routers. The watchdog causes problems with WDS (see bug 410 (
http://dd-wrt.gruftie.com...ugtracker/view.php?id=410)). Administration -> Keep Management -> AP Watchdog -> Enable Watchdog -> Disable
11. (Bug 410 (
http://dd-wrt.gruftie.com...ugtracker/view.php?id=410)). States that WDS/Connection Watchdog cause problem but this is incorrect it was only AP watchdog and it has been remove from the new release. The AP/Connection watchdog is ping the predetermined IP in the IPs box and if not able to ping it it reboot the router. This actually helps maintain the WDS connections as some times when the WDS link is lost the only thing to get it back is by rebooting the router.
That should complete the setup. The source material for this list comes primarily from a DD-WRT forum post, Guide to Setting up WDS (
http://forum.bsr-clan.de/ftopic624.htm). The source material for that post came from a post at linksysinfo.org (
http://www.linksysinfo.or...Content&pa=showpage&pid=7).
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