Linksys WRT54Gx as Repeater Bridge

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Published on 2009-08-24T12:33:25Z Indexed on 2010/03/26 11:03 UTC
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I have a Linksys WRT54Gx router with DD-WRT software working fine.

But. Is it possible to use it as a Repeater Bridge when the host router isn't configured to be in the default 192.168.1.1 subnet?

I've set everything from these instructions. I've also tried setting repeater router's IP address to be inside host's subnet, setting Gateway + DNS IP addresses... But It still didn't work.

Client machines connecting to second router (my Linksys) were configured to use DHCP and also static IPs within host's subnet.

Nothing worked. Can anyone tell me how to configure it to make it work?

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