They are lying, again. I downloaded the user's manual. In the feature section, they mention "bridge". But, in the Client Mode chapter, they talk about DHCP, which mean it's NAT. -- William
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 01:15:57AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > Thanks Scott. Scenerio 1 (bridge) is what I need. Basically, I have > devices with ethernet port, and you normally plug into router or switch > to get DHCP IP. Short distance, short cable, no problem. My problem > starts with Long distance and long cable. I need something that will > replace this long ethernet cable. > > If stock firmware can do "wireless client bridge", then I don't need > OpenWRT or DD-WRT. Off to Canada Computer, I go... > -- > William > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:26:15AM -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > > Hi William, > > > > > > First Question, do you care about double NAT? > > > > Scenario 1: Bridge (Single NAT from WIFI AP's upstream router). > > > > * The 'box' joins a wireless AP, and all packets, including broadcasts, > > DCHP, ARP, pass through transparently to the wired port on the 'box'. > > > > > > Scenario 2: Double NAT > > > > * The 'box' joins a wireless AP, get an address from the upstream router and > > then NATs that, creating and managing a separate network for the wired port. > > Internet Access would be still be > > 'normal', you would not get broadcast traffic, or addresses from the > > upstream router. > > > > Scenario 2 is a lot easier, and covers the majority of use cases. > > > > ---- > > > > Over the last five years I've been using the TL-MR3020 as a swiss army knife > > for old ball networking. I actually own several of them. > > > > I did use it's stock firmware as a wireless bridge (Scenario 1), evening > > doing a PXE network boot over it. Although that was 4 years ago. > > > > OpenWRT works on it very well, and I've even gone through the pain of > > bricking and recovering one. > > > > https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020 > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=690&item_id=047186 > > > > You can still find some stock in Canada Computers. > > > > > > > > > > On the TL-WR802N, > > > > It's 'next model' name-sake of the venerable TL-WR702N*, minus the oh so > > useful USB Host port... -_-; > > It is completely different hardware though, not the same SoC and it looks > > like the openwrt community is still getting their heads around it. > > > > https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr802n > > > > > > > > > > * TL-MR3020 is just a derivative of the TL-WR702N with hardware buttons, and > > an extra PCB antenna, and larger flash chip. > > > > > > > > > > So yeah, can't say anything about TL-WR802N other then it's half the price > > of the TL-MR3020. But the TL-MR3020 has worked well for me in the past. > > > > > > On 08/11/2016 11:52 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > > > Anyone have this one? > > > > > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_365&item_id=087761 > > > http://www.tplink.ca/en/products/details/TL-WR802N.html > > > If so, have you ever used its "Client Mode" and can you confirm that it > > > works? > > > > > > I need small portable "wireless bridge", and the advertised "client > > > mode" is what I need. But, last TP-Link I bought was N750 dual-band > > > TL-WDR4300. It advertised "wireless bridge" and even their tech support > > > said so. But, both lied. Shocking! > > > > > > I have Linksys WRT model with DD-WRT, and its client bridge works. But, > > > it's a bit bulky to carry around. > > > > > > > --- > > Talk Mailing List > > talk@gtalug.org > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk