Questions tagged [wireless-bridge]
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Is it possible to have multiple repeaters in a network with just 1 uniform SSID?
I'm currently setting up a network with 1 access point. Since WiFi range is not very far, I'd like to extend the range by using repeaters. I did several setups in the past but they always had another ...
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Bridge from Wifi to Ethernet not working (Windows 10)
I attempt to share a WiFi-Internet connection with an Ethernet port.
The Wifi is secured with an enterprise 802.1X authentication (so there is no preshared password like in home Wifi's).
Whenever I ...
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Wireless bridge on KVM virtual machine
I have a VM host (KVM) that's connected to a wireless router. I'd like the virtual guests to be in the same broadcast domain as the host; i.e, receive their IP from the router's DHCP. (=Layer 2 ...
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How to force enable "Soft AP" to allow hostednetwork?
Question Status: Unresolved - 7/10/17
My WiFi Adapter, Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 v19.20.0.6, supports the use of creating hosted networks by "Soft AP," I know so because it has been able to ...
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What's the best way to extend wifi over a wired network?
I've got primary router that handles the connection out to the internet, acts as a switch and broadcasts a fairly weak wifi signal. This is connected to a decent 200Mbps powerline adapter which comes ...
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second router: access point vs. bridge mode
I have my main router running Tomato. My second router is configured as an access point using a different channel as the main router, but the same SSID/WPA2 info. All the firewall stuff, plus DHCP is ...
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Bridge Hosted Network with another network
I create a hostednetwork in windows 8-1.
after that i select the new virtual wifi and ethernet but there is no option to making bridge.
I have this problem because of the windows 8.1 did not ...
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Can I use a Netgear WNR2000 v2 as a wireless bridge?
I'd like to connect my WNR2000 to my existing wireless network and then connect wired devices to the bridge.
Is this possible? How would I set it up?
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Does a wireless repeater slow things down for everyone?
I recently moved into a new apartment, and we've found that the wireless connection we've set up isn't accessible in all rooms. I'm thinking about buying a new router and running it as a repeater in ...
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How to create WDS wireless link between two home wireless routers?
I have a Netgear wireless router (DG834Gv3) plugged into my broadband internet connection and hard-wired into my main PC. I recently bought a Bufallo Router / Wireless Access Point (WHR-HP-G54) and ...
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Hardware needed to route between two networks over wireless
I recently rented an apartment about 100 yards from my brother's house. I have line of sight to his house and can pick up his home AP signal with one of my two laptops if I go out on my balcony (...
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WDS -- Difference between Active WDS & Passive WDS
I have a TP-Link Archer C2600 dual-band router set up in the first floor of my house that provides poor signal strength at the opposite 2nd story corner of my house.
In order to extend my wireless ...
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Wireless PCI Card vs Wireless Bridge?
I'm having trouble finding a good Wireless PCI Card that works with Windows 7 x64 and Vista x64.
Does anyone have any experience with using a Wireless Bridge to connect a wired device to a wireless ...
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Is there a wifi to ethernet adapter?
I would like to get a TiVo Mini, but bafflingly it does not seem to support WiFi. I don't have cable or ethernet in the room I wish to use it in, and it seems like it must be on the same subnet as ...
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Using my PC as a wireless bridge
I'm not sure how to go about this; hence the question.
My home office is placed so that ethernet is not practical from my router. I have a PC that is always on in that office and it connects to my n ...
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Bridging VLAN and Wifi
I am in the process of building my own Linux-based router and have ran into an issue bridging the wifi and LAN networks. The box previously ran pfSense, but due to it's inability to use my internal ...
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Putting my computer in another room for noise
Why? I'm not getting any younger, and the older I get, the more sensitive my ears become. Right now, if I don't sleep with ear-plugs, I get migraines the next day. I used to be a game enthusiast, so I ...
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Can I use the second band in my dual-band router as an AP with the first band being in "client mode"? (dd-WRT)
I couldn't register to dd-WRT forum because the registration code is case sensitive and I don't have the same case "looks" in my country as they had in their website... So, the second place of choice ...
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Bridge between Wired and Wireless networks for a single device?
EDIT 18/05/2011: Thanks for your answers, bridge mode IS the solution in most cases for this problem, but I can't use it because it breaks my web server. I am now looking at setting up a specific ...
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How to bridge network connection between host and guest OS in VMWare Player
My host OS is windows 8 and my guest OS is lubuntu. Basically, I am trying to run a Django server form my guest OS on 0.0.0.0:8000 so that I can access it from my host OS.
I posted how I can access ...
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wireless repeater vs wireless bridge?
Scenario:
I have a ADSL modem inside the studio which is connected with some wired/wireless devices. but when I'm in the backyard with my laptop the wireless signal is very poor, so the connection is ...
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Extending WiFi for an RV
We finally found a campground with "free" wifi, but we were just on a far outer reaches of the WAP. I was able to use my HooToo wifi/battery device and put it in a spot where there was better signal ...
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Use Netgear DGN1000 as wireless ethernet bridge?
I want to use my DGN1000 as a wireless bridge/ethernet switch - i.e. to connect to an existing AP wirelessly, and connect a PC over ethernet.
The ultimate aim is to use Wake on LAN with this PC, and ...
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OpenWRT - Guest Wi-Fi on bridged client
I have a spare WRT160NL which I configured as bridged client, mainly following this guide.
Main Routers IP is 192.168.178.1 which also connects to the internet. WRT's IP is 192.168.178.2, this device ...
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Bridge connection windows 7
When I select wireless network connection and LAN connection and try to bridge connection, a pop-up box comes saying:
To create a network bridge, you must select at least two LANS or high
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QEMU emulating a Raspberry Pi doesn't have Internet capability?
I'm attempting to emulate a Raspberry Pi with a QEMU ARM emulator on my macOS Catalina 10.15.1 machine. Mostly following this guide, I've been using the latest Raspbian Lite (4.19 Buster) with the ...
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Connect two wireless+wired networks wirelessly?
Is there any mode, when wireless device or access point can serve both as access point for clients and as a bridge between two wireless networks?
Like here:
UPDATE
Also I would like to have ONE ...
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How can i configure my wpa_supplicant.conf?
How can i configure my wpa_supplicant.conf?
I am using OpenWRT in my TP-link WR841N in mode STA. But I can not connect to SMC !
I want connect to SMC by wpa_supplicant! But I know it's possible in ...
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Why My phone connected to WiFi and sharing ethernet via USB doesn't halves the speed whereas the repeater does?
i have a TP link C6U Router which i am using as a repeater/extender WDS. I am using my 5G main router's wifi and extending that signal via TP link's router. My main router have a connection of 250Mbps....
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Knowing if router is actually working as bridge?
I recently purchased a Netgear R6300 router and by following this NetGear link, I was able to follow all the steps to set it as Bridge mode. In theory, the netgear router should now be picking up the ...
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Bridge Network Connections?
I would like to start off by saying that this might not belong here. This is the only StackExchange site I found relating to networking, but if it is a problem please let me know and I will delete it.
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Is it possible to use the Hootoo HT-TM05 as a wireless adapter (not a wireless AP or router)
I have a Hootoo HT-TM05 that I bought a while back. I never seem to need it as a wireless router, but I would much rather it be used as a wireless adapter. As an example. I have a bunch of ...
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how to access printer bridged via dd-wrt
I have a Brother Printer with a LAN port in the back. I have a TP-LINK WR841N router that I just installed DD-WRT on in order to bridge the printer to my main Wireless network. Here are the basic ...
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Is it possible to link two wireless internet routers together wirelessly to share a single internet connection?
I have my house connected to the internet by high speed 5GHz wireless point to point link.
Within the house is both a wired and wireless network. The wireless network is served by a linksys internet ...
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Cannot change LAN IP address in my router
Simply there is no option to change it. I need to change it from 192.168.1.1 to something else
I will share the admin menu screenshots:
I am trying to use this router as a WiFi extender it has been ...
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Use a TP-Link W8968 as a wireless repeater
I have two TP-Link W8968 routers, I'm using one of them for my internet connection.
I would like to know how to configure the second one to work as a:
Wireless signal extender/repeater
Wireless ...
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How can I connect a USB device to my PC wirelessly?
I'm re asking the question, can I connect my USB camera to my Laptop wirelessly? Power at the camera end is no problem and the distance is about 6 or 7 feet. It's for a connection between my Telescope ...
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How to fix a Sitecom WL-330 wireless range extender 300N that stops repeating, even after a device reset?
After having setup a Sitecom 300N wireless range extender (WL-330 v1 002) it suddenly stopped working after months of usage.
Even after powering the device off and back on again, and after re-...
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connecting two wireless gateways routers
The IP address of the router B970b is 192.168.1.1 and B683 is 192.168.1.2 i think they are in the same network....should i change the ip address of either one of them to 192.168.2.1..?
Basically the ...
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How can I configure my wireless router to connect to the internet through another wireless router?
I wasn't very specific on my title, but I'll elaborate. For the purposes of my question, I'll call one router Bad Router and the other router Good Router (Which is true, btw). Here is the outline:
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Set up usb wifi dongle to automatically connect to specific secured network
I have a Belkin 802.11g usb network adapter that I no longer need (specifically: F5D7050B), and I have a secured wireless network at home. Rather than hand out the password when I have guests, I'd ...
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802.11s mesh_params documentation
I have connected 2 devices using an 802.11s mesh for Layer 2 bridging.
The first device is turned on most of the times, but the second one isn't. So, I am looking for a way to reduce the scanning ...
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configuring a L2 transparent wireless bridge on WAN side of router
I'm configuring a Layer 2 wireless bridge and found that my router (ASUS RT-N66U) is unable to create VLANs on WAN for managing the bridge radios from within the LAN. In case that's unclear, the ...
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Linknyc free public wifi repeater/bridge
I live in NYC and may be able to reach a linknyc hotspot in my new apartment. I'm wondering if I can use this as a source for a wireless repeater/bridge (not sure which is correct) for free internet!
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how to set bridge interface in eth0 and ath0
I'm developing openWRT SDK AA version. How do I set bridge interface between ethernet and wireless interface? Can I create extra interface, say A besides those existing WAN and LAN and then bridge ...
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How to use 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz at the same time
I have the following setup:
1x TP-Link Archer C7 (with to Accesspoints "AC24" on 2.4 GHz and "AC5" on 5 GHz)
1x Notebook with 2 Wifi-Adapters (TP-Link Stick connected to "AC5" and Intel N 7260 ...
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Port forwarding through a client bridge
I am having a problem with port forwarding with a client bridge. My main router is a 2wire router from AT&T using their firmware. It is a Router/Modem.
In my room, there is a Linksys WRT54GL ...
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Bridging two wireless routers to extend WiFI range?
I have two WiFI routers :
(A) TPLINK TL3420 connected to internet via 3G USB dongle and is located at "Second floor" of my house.
(B) ZTE ZXDSL 531 connected to internet via ADSL and is located at "...
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OpenWRT: Wifi bridge ("range extender") using both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands
I need to set up an OpenWRT router (TP-Link 3600) in a "range extender" style bridge configuration. Target environment is a normal home network with a Fritzbox connecting to the WAN and no roaming ...
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How to access dd-wrt bridge?
I have installed dd-wrt on my fonera some months ago, then I configured it as wireless bridge and forgot about it, never used it again for some time.
Now I need it again in a different configuration, ...
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