I have an access point (on a RB532A) and want to configure a repeater for greater distance. The main objective is to expand the coverage area, and let clients connect to the main AP (keeping the same SSID).
My main router (RB532A) is running under license 4 and have 2 wireless interfaces (the second is not used actually).
I have a second router (RB153 with 2 cards, also license 4) available for the repeater.
Is there someone that can help me regarding this? I am ready to pay for a kind of step-by-step tutorial.
WDS Sounds like what you need. Or what most WISPS do is just use the AP>CPE-----connect to the second AP>CPE------ Connected to the 3rd AP— And so on and so forth. But WDS is easier from a setting up point of view. What is the link you are traveling is it LOS or NLOS? these are things needed to determin what is best for your unique situation! If you have yahoo or msn i could talk to you later tonight more about it. lemme know! -Jordan
I am able to establish a wds connection between the 2 routers. When I am plugged (wired) to the second unit, I can access the Internet available on the first unit. The only thing is that I’m not able to repeat the AP with the second unit… it looks like the interface of this second unit has to be dedicated to the wds connection.
I’ll try to plug a second interface (card) into the second unit, and configure it with the same AP-Bridge as the first unit. It will create a second AP with the same parameters as the first one… and it will be bridged to the wds connection (it will lead to the first unit anyway).
Hey, i didnt catch you las night on Yahoo? Anyways i think i figured it out. But sounds like you have made some progress on the matter. I will be on tonight if you want to talk about it! Its pretty much creating WDS interfaces on both routers #1  and on router #1 MAC address of that WDS interface will be the same MAC address put into #2 router… This is untested and just picked up from what i have read, we can test it tonight though if you are on. talk to you later -Jordan