[ubuntu-uk] Home brew for WiFi network routers

[Jim Price]

Simon Greenwood wrote:
> On 10 June 2010 11:46, Cornelius Mostert <corneliusmostert at 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.

-- 
JimP