How can I do this?
i want to basically turn a spare router into a wireless switch
How can I do this?
Andrew Robinson
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Jordan Scott
Get 2 routers, flash DD-WRT to one of them and set it up as a client device and then plug your other router into it.
Brandon Wilson
Oh my bad, with your setup just flash DD-WRT to the ethernet router and set it up as a client so it will connect to the wifi
Ryan Davis
Can't be done, next thread
Landon Gonzalez
will OpenWRT work? DD-WRT is unstable on it, and the other router (that i want to connect a bunch of ethernts to) does not support either DD-WRT or OpenWRT
Aiden Bennett
Many routers come with a bridge function somewhere in their settings.
In failing that why not put a good pci wifi card into your desktop and bridge it to the ethernet, then run that to the phones. You shouldn’t need a switch either as most sip phones come with a ‘switch’ and ‘pc’ port so you can run them in series.
Isaac Edwards
Sebastian Johnson
what kind of software will I use for that?
im using a ALFA AWUS usb wifi adapter on my desktop, im thinking of doing that (using the ethernet port on the computer for the phones in series)
Justin Hall
100ft of cat5e is like $5 on amazon
Aaron Ortiz
There's a lot of situations where running cable isn't an option. He could live in an apartment or have an open floorplan.
Oliver Carter
I dont understand what they mean by step 3
Enter an IP address “next to” your main router on the field “IPv4 address”. (If your main router has IP 192.168.1.1, enter 192.168.1.2). Set DNS and gateway to point into your main router to enable internet access for the dumb AP itself
How do i change the DNS and Gateway to point to main router?
does DNS ip become 192.168.0.1 or wut
Jonathan Cooper
On Windows you can view your network devices, select two and select 'bridge'. In Linux it is best to search for the documentation for your distro.
Chase Foster
actually i just tried to skip that "dumbap" guide and went to Wireless -> Scan
found my "root" router IP and then connected
now I have a working bridge it seems :DD maybe need to disable the DHCP server on this secondary router though
Jonathan Ramirez
Oh and just note when you do connect the phones, instead of plugging the ethernet to the computer using the 'pc' labelled port on the phone you need to put it in 'switch' then link the 'pc' port to the 'switch' port on the other phone.
Liam Russell
yee thx im setting up the phones now.
voip.ms still the goodest DID provider?
Jose Kelly
Sorry, wouldn't know, I am European. I use Sipgate.
Mason Wood
Fuck you jordan, nobody likes you
Benjamin Robinson
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Eli Cruz
I am very happy with voip.ms. I have eight DIDs behind a freepbx server.
Jordan White
If your main router IP is 192.168.1.1 then that's what you type in for your DNS and gateway on the dumb ap so it will go to the main router to request DNS info as well as access to the Internet.
If it's not 192.168.1.1, then enter in what's your main router's IP is.
Andrew Smith
Or buy Asus and it's an easy 4 click setup.
Julian Thompson
What you want is a wireless repeater.
Its just a router in access point mode that is wirelessly connected to the main router. Consult your router's manual on how to put it into access point mode and how to connect it to a wifi network.
Jonathan Ross
My fritz.box can do that shit out of the box. It's a 4020 iirc.