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Linksys WRT54G v1.1 drops WAN IP!




By ubiman on Jan 09, 2009

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OK, I have my Linksys WRT54G v1.1 router set to repeater mode. I have added a Virtual AP and everything works fine. It gets an IP form from the router across the street. But the instead I enable MAC Cloning it drops the WAN IP. What is wrong with it? Help!!!
Comments:

Jan 09, 2009

- What? Nobody has a solution?

Jan 10, 2009

- Ok, let’s see here...
 
I am running:
 
DD-WRT v24 svn build 11296
VINT std nokaid nohotspot nostor
 
No, I don’t have access to the router across the street nor do I need to. It’s just some dumb neighbor that has an open AP, so I’m using it to test my Linksys on his router.
 
I found a temp fix, if I switch to Repeater Bridge, save and then switch back to Repeater, it will work. But once I reboot the router I’ll have to redo the same trick again.
 
I guess I have to get my JTAG cable out. Create a new CFE file for the WRT54G with the fake MAC in it and then flash it back. But then I’m stuck with the fake MAC until I flash back my original CFE. :-(

Jan 10, 2009

- Oh yeah, there is nothing new when you enable MAC Cloning, besides hiding or faking your device identity.

Jan 10, 2009

- It’s working but not with MAC Cloning enabled.
 
You’re welcome. It’s not my problem that you can't read. Complain to your teacher or your parents, I don’t know, nor do I give a **** about rating like you do.
 
Are you happy now?

Jan 10, 2009

- Besides this a v24 pre SP2.

Solution #1

posted on Jan 10, 2009
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dante777

Rank: Guru  Linksys Expert
Rating: 91%, 426 votes
OK - let's get on with that..and let's see what I can do...

Are you using standard Linksys firmware? To my knowledge, only third party frimware like DD-WRT and Tomato are capable of that. If so, have a look
  1. here for DD-WRT (and look at the "WLAN Repeater" link)
  2. or here for Tomato, (look for "Setting Up WDS Repeating") and see if you get any further.

Why do you need MAC cloning? (I'm just interested - maybe I can learn something too!)

Do you have access to the router "across the street"?

Good luck!

Comments:

Jan 10, 2009

- Hey man, "thanks" for the "inappropriate" rating...;-(

But see what I found here:

We are currently experiencing Client Bridge and Repeater Bridge problems when the host is a non-Linux based router. If you are experiencing problem or would like to report a non-linux router as a problem please post in this thread. We are trying to keep this list up to date. Client Bridge is said to be working with the old V23 SP2 build...but not the newest V24 builds.

Maybe that gets you a little further!
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