The instructions on the Wiki are a bit off. R1 does not have to be set up as an access point (AP). For the purpose of writing, router one will be R1, router two R2. The E900 is currently the cheapest model offered, yet tops a majority of other routers from different companies (Namely ones that start with ‘B’ and end in ‘elkin’). I bought a Linksys E900 router on eBay for $20, refurbished directly from Cisco. Figuring the process was easy for me but no so straightforward, I hope to enlighten folks who are looking for a solution in that regard. This is a process that must be done right in order to ensure that you don’t brick multiple routers. In short, flashing is the overwriting of ROM modules on a given device. “DD-WRT is a third party developed firmware released under the terms of the GPL for many ieee802.11a/b/g/h/n wireless routers based on a Broadcom or Atheros chip reference design.”Įssentially open source firmware for routers, installed by flashing a routers existing firmware. My research brought me to a solution, using DD-WRT.
I needed something that would provide me with both, better Wi-Fi and provide me with an Ethernet connection. I had also been dissatisfied with the Wi-Fi signal that I had been getting while upstairs. That computer was located upstairs, while my router and other computers were downstairs. I ran into a situation where I had an old computer that only had the ability for an RJ-45 (Ethernet) connection.
Oh, and all this is presuming that your definition of 'access point' is something like 'a way to connect a machine with a wireless ethernet card to the network' as opposed to some kind of walled garden setup.To keep life simple, I suggest printing #3 below.
There's a DD-WRT table of supported hardware that can probably help you. Giving you more instructions at the moment requires more info (model number & rev) of the Linksys router in question. Note that while step 2 is fairly straightforward using dnsmasq, the difficult of step 1 can vary from 'trivial' to 'you need to reverse engineer the wireless drivers'. start serving DHCP out over the wireless interfaceĪnd then you're mostly done.1) two networks, wired and wireless, routing between them:
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