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I'm trying to extent my wifi signal with additional router wirelessly. My 'primary' router is Linksys WRT54gl and the second one is Linksys E900. Both routers have the same SSID.

main router (connected to modem):

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additional router:

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With those settings, I can see only the main router in a network. Can someone explain what am I doing wrong?

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These off the shelf routers comes with limited capabilities, So your router can't act as repeater

you would have to install DD-WRT on at least one of them and then use that one as a Repeater and you can use other one as main router

Connecting to first router 1. On the dd-wrt router page click status 2. Status > wireless: scroll down and click site survey, then click join the desired network, then continue, then save, then apply.

More info about bridging on dd-wrt dd-wrt bridge instructions

you can install dd-wrt on your e900 if you want to make this as a repeater http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_E900

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  • You really should wait to submit an answer until you can write it so its complete the first revision.
    – Ramhound
    Jan 9, 2016 at 20:19
  • I just want to help the guy
    – SeanClt
    Jan 9, 2016 at 20:21
  • You can help the guy by posting a complete detailed answer on how to create the type of network he is looking for. Posting a url to the instructions without some explanation isn't that helpful. Be specific in the details. Which is the reason I suggested in the future you wait until you can submit complete answers, instead of incomplete answers, which will appear the review queue for quality reasons.
    – Ramhound
    Jan 9, 2016 at 20:25
  • @SeanClt Is there no other way to use dd-wrt firmware? Is it something wrong with my current settings?
    – peterremec
    Jan 10, 2016 at 12:21
  • @peterremec it seems you are following linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=143751 but this article is hard wired bridge not wireless bridge. similarly in your setting i don't see anywhere where you are connecting the second router to first router
    – SeanClt
    Jan 10, 2016 at 13:53

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