I have a wired device that I need to make wireless. You should also now be able to use your computer as if you were wirelessly connected directly to your primary router.Tl dr: turn router into a wireless antenna for wired devices. You should now be able to log into the router using the IP address 192.168.0.2 or 192.168.1.2. I recommend testing that it works by keeping your wifi signal off, and the ethernet connection connected.
Most of the guides that I could find online were helpful, but were not up-to-date so I had to do a little trial and error.įirstly, log into your new dd-wrt router, I recommend connecting an ethernet cable from your computer to one of LAN connections of the router, and disabling your wifi connection temporarily. This guide is using Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (01/10/14) std.Ī wireless repeater bridge mode is one in which the second router repeats the wireless signal from the primary router so that the range is extended, it also allows wired devices to connect to the router and access the network and internet. I recommend using the DD-WRT installation guide and the rest of the wiki for details on installation of DD-WRT. If you wish to use a different router, check that it is supported by DD-WRT, keep in mind that for some routers, only specific hardware models are supported (for example, my first attempt with a D-link DIR-601 showed me that only the A1 hardware – and not my B1 hardware – was supported).
I chose to install it for ease of setting up new settings (even though the TP-Link router offers this service out of the box). It will change what you see when you log into your router to change settings (Typically 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1). I plan to use this to extend my wireless network to improve signal outside and to provide a wired bridge to a networked device for homebrewing (BCS-460).ĭD-WRT is firmware that you can install on your router to enable extra features. I recently installed DD-WRT on a TP-Link WR841N router that I bought at Amazon for about $19.