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Connecting over a wireless bridge

  • 28-08-2010 05:58PM
    #1
    wild_eyed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭


    hi all,

    here is my problem.

    i have my media server connected to my main router. 192.168.0.1

    i have a wireless bridge that my media player connects to.

    what ip address should my bridge begiven for my media player to connect with my media server.


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  • #2
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    What make of wireless bridge are you using? If it's setup correctly as a bridge then its IP address shouldn't be important as long as it's NOT the same as any other device on the same LAN.

    So :

    192.168.0.1 router
    192.168.0.2 media server
    192.168.0.3 bridge
    192.168.0.4 media player


  • #3
    wild_eyed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭wild_eyed


    its a generic wireless n one i got on ebay, its running ddwrt.

    i tried what you said and gave the brifge a static address of 192.168.0.36.

    still not happening, the guide i used was this one and it state to have the second router on a different subnet.

    btw this worked for my xbox, but not for media player.


  • #4
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    wild_eyed wrote: »
    its a generic wireless n one i got on ebay, its running ddwrt.

    i tried what you said and gave the brifge a static address of 192.168.0.36.

    still not happening, the guide i used was this one and it state to have the second router on a different subnet.

    If you have the DD-WRT working in client mode, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's setup as a bridge. It can also run as a normal client (getting it's WAN interface IP via DHCP from the 1st router) and still do NAT & give out DHCP etc. to it's own clients on a different subnet. In that case, the media player and the LAN IP of the DD-WRT router should be on a different LAN (say 192.168.2.x if the other network is to remain at 192.168.0.x).

    Bridging is a completely different thing where the client DD-WRT router doesn't do DHCP and the WAN interface is effectively sacrificed - making one big network between the 2 devices.

    Post screenshots of the Setup & Wireless GUI pages in DD-WRT if it's still not working.


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