On 10 June 2010 12:47, Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 10 June 2010 11:46, Cornelius Mostert < > corneliusmost...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> I know about tomato and one or two others but was wondering: > >> 1. I did not buy the hard ware as yet so this should not be a problem. > >> 2. I would like to connect 2 or more WiFi routers together WIRELESSLY > >> 3. I do not need the routers to be on different subnets BUT might have 1 > or > >> 2 on different subnets > >> 4. What home brew do you consider to be the best for replacing firmware > on > >> the WiFi routers > >> > >> > > OpenWRT is the best supported to my knowledge, and there are plenty of > > recipes around for it, including building mesh networks. > > > > Wireless Distribution System is a common method of interconnecting > multiple > > routers but doesn't work between different vendors. > > I have WDS working between Netgear and Tenda routers here, without > having to use custom firmware. Buying hardware from the same > manufacturer might improve the chances of avoiding compatibility > problems, but is no guarantee that they can be linked with WDS. I have > another Netgear router here which will not do WDS at all. Look for WDS > support in the router specs if buying new hardware to do this. > > You're right, I missed an 'always' there. If I had the option I would try and build a mesh using OpenWRT routers but my Airport Expresses talk happily to each other using WDS (although they don't seem to talk to anything else).
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