To recap, my linksys router is a repeater of my main internet router d-link655 and it is connected to a printer.

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1. Configuration in basic setup.

Here yo set both gateway and local DNS server to 192.168.0.1

2.  Click on ‘Wireless’ tab and ‘basic settings’ subtab.

Select ‘Client Bridge’ mode

3. Select ‘Wireless Security’ sub tab

Enter your  security mode and shared key

4. Go to ‘Advanced Settings’. I think I leave everything as default.

5. Go to ‘WDS’ subtab.

Enter your main router IP address for the first line. This is to tell your router to linked up with your main router

6. Reboot both your main router and dd-wrt router and try again.

Does it works?

Extending a wireless network is not an easy task.

There are various way to extend your wireless network – you can connect a cable directly from one router to another and extend from there OR you can ‘join’ 2 wireless router via wireless means.The article here will talk about the second option. The correct term for this wireless-wireless setup is Wireless Distribution System (WDS).

WDS

By definition, a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) is a system that enables the wireless interconnection of access points in a wireless network.
It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the need for a wired backbone to link them, as is traditionally required.

Limitation (or Requirement) of WDS

• Some router might not support the newer WPA2 security. Note that Tomato firmware on Linksys WRT54g does not support WPA2 in WDS mode. Fortunately, DD-WRT does support.
• Speed may decrease by 50%
• Not all routers support WDS. I bought a Belkin N router and only realized that it doesnt support WDS wireless. Thus, do some ‘googling’ before you go and buy a wireless router.
• A lot of patience for trial and error- if it doesn’t connect for the first time, try rebooting all the routers and try again.

My Wireless Setup

My setup is quite a challenging one as I am not only extending 1 router but 2.
Due to the location of my furniture in my living room, I have to extend 2 routers to cater for both my xbox360 and my wired network printer.

In short, my overall wireless layout is as below.

The routers that I am using for my setup are

• D-link 655 – main router which connects to the internet modem
• Engenius ESR6550 – A 3G cum B/G/N wireless portable router which is connected to my XBox360
• Linksys WRT54G – an old (but reliable) G wireless router which is connected to my Epson Stylus Office TX510FN

Some basic concept/setup for WDS to work

1. You need to manually set the ip address for each of the access points (sub-router) and the IP address must not conflict with each other. i.e. my dlink ip address is 192.168.0.1, and the rest of the router is 192.168.0.2,192.168.0.3
2. The access point’s gateway IP should point to the main router. i.e. in my Linksys router, my IP address is 192.168.0.3 and the gateway IP is 192.168.0.1
3. If you are using DHCP, you can set it in the main router ONLY or in each router. If you are using the latter option, the DHCP range must not conflict with the rest.
   For example, if you using only the main router for DHCP only. The main router DHCP ip address is set from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199
   if you are using DHCP for each routher, you can set 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.150 for router A, 192.168.0.151 to 192.168.0.199 for router B and so on
4. Set DNS server in the access point  to your main router i.e. 192.168.0.1
5. Wirerless SSID for all routers should be the same

My setup

• Main router IP address is 192.168.0.1
• Engenius router is 192.168.0.2
• Linksys is 192.168.03
• Subnet mask for all routers is 255.255.255.0
• Using WPA2 AES security
• Gateway IP and DNS are my main router IP address – 192.168.0.1
• Wireless channel 6
• Same wireless SSID for all 3 routers

Coming soon: WDS setup part 2

There are some requirements in order to turn on WOL. In brief, they are

1. On a wired LAN (read: ethernet card ans not those WIFI card)
2. Turn on WOL feature in BIOS and windows driver
3. A compatible router that can forward/send magic packet (WOL information) to network

For more details, you may want to check out on lifehacker.

I think you can find most of the general information on WOL on the internet but setting up WOL with Dlink DIR 655 isnt that straighforward.

Unlike a tomato firmware where you can login to the router admin page and click on a button to wake it up, there is no specific tool or page available in DIR655. Thus, you would need to go to some online website such as Depicius , type in the information and send the magic packet to your router ip address.

One common mistake with most users is that they thought the magic packet must be send to the target machine ip address to wake up. Unfortunately, this isnt the case with WOL. In WOL concept, a magic packet must be broadcast to a subnet  by specifying an ip address ended with .255 . i.e. 192.168.0.255 or 10.0.0.255. Upon sending this packet over the network, network card which belongs to this subnet will then pick up the magic packet and retrieve the mac address from it. If the mac address belongs to itself, it will boot the machine up.

And here’s how to setup WOL in Dlink

1. Login to your router Admin Page (e.g. 192.168.0.1)

2. Go to ‘Advanced’ tab

3. Under ‘Virtual Server’, tick one of the checkbox and type in the below information

Name: <Any name>

IP Address : <your subnet ending with .255> In my case it is 192.168.0.255

Port (Public and Private) : 7

Protocol : UDP

Schedule: Always

Inbound Filter : Allow All

4. Save the setting, reboot the router, off your machine

5. Go to Depicius http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/woli.aspx

6. Type in your IP address, Mac address, Subnet(i.e. 255.255.255.255) and Port number (i.e. 7) and click wake on lan button

7. Your machine should boot up!

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