[Coco] DD-WRT

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 16 November 2013 11:14:32 Tormod Volden did opine:

> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Melanie and John Mark Mobley wrote:
> > If you have previous experience with DD-WRT, would you consider
> > writing an article on DD-WRT (3RD Party Router Firmware Upgrade) for
> > the Glenside Color Computer Club, Inc. Newsletter?
> > We use routers at the picnic and CoCoFEST!  One of our members was
> > able to repurpose a router to boot the Wi-Fi signal at the picnic.  I
> > believe that more of us need to know these tricks in order to improve
> > the Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity at the CoCoFEST!
> 
> I think what John is after here is not about the more standard use of
> DD-WRT to replace the original firmware and act as a normal wireless
> router, but how to set it up to act as a wireless repeater to extend
> WiFi networks, like explained in
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge
> 
> Tormod
>
That is an excellent link, thanks Tormod, and should explain it all.

In fact, since I am not doing that here, I'd suggest that John study it and 
make notes of those parts that would apply to the fest hookup.
 
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