I need to hook up something like this...

Net --- router ---> wireless LAN ---> wireless WAN --- router ---> wireless LAN

Ie, taking the wireless LAN ip of one router and making it the wan address of router 2, then router 2 providing a new wireless LAN.

Public ip --- router1 --- 10.1.1.0/24(wireless) <---> 10.1.1.10(wireless) --- router2 --- 10.50.50.0/24(wireless)

New devices could get a 10.50.50.xxx address and route out to the public.

Note.. I know I can do it with an ap, switch and wired router, just wondering if I can get it in one router.

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Posted by Korkstand

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Posted on 3/29/15 at 9:40 pm to Meauxjeaux

If I understand correctly what you're trying to do, then I think you will have to install some firmware on router 2 like DD-WRT and put it in repeater bridge mode.

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Posted by Meauxjeaux

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Posted on 3/29/15 at 11:18 pm to Korkstand

No, that won't work for what I'm needing to do.

Essentially, I am in a shared office area but only have 5 IP addresses available to me and there is no "wired" access to them. The office environment has no DHCP. So I can only connect 5 devices to the network and get public internet.

I need more than 5, so the plan is to use one of the 5 addresses as the WAN side of router2, then router2 can provide another /24 through it's LAN ports+wireless.

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Posted by Casty McBoozer

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:38 pm to Meauxjeaux

So you're looking for a wireless client that also acts as an AP for a separate subnet? I think you're gonna need 2 devices.

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Posted by Calen50

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:47 pm to Meauxjeaux

I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to do, but couldn't you just set the DHCP of router 2 to hand out your 10.50.50.0/24 addresses and then make the default gateway 10.1.1.10?

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Posted by philabuck

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:17 pm to Calen50

quote:
I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to do, but couldn't you just set the DHCP of router 2 to hand out your 10.50.50.0/24 addresses and then make the default gateway 10.1.1.10?

I think he wants to connect router 2 to router 1 via wireless. Basically removing the physical wire from a lan port on router 1 to the wan port on router 2?

Not sure if that's possible.

You might be able to bridge the wireless's cards connection on one of the computers you already have to the Ethernet port and then plug router 2's wan port into it..

This post was edited on 3/30/15 at 8:18 pm

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Posted by efrad

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:33 pm to Meauxjeaux

So you are trying to connect a wireless router to another wireless router and create a double-NAT?

That doesn't sound fun

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Posted by Meauxjeaux

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 10:25 pm to philabuck

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I think he wants to connect router 2 to router 1 via wireless. Basically removing the physical wire from a lan port on router 1 to the wan port on router 2?

That's it exactly. Was trying to see if there was one device for this rather than using a wireless bridge and wired switch and regular router.

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