{"id":1141,"date":"2015-06-16T05:04:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T05:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:24:58","slug":"how-to-connect-to-that-far-away-wireless-signal-dd-wrt-wrt54g-v5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/how-to-connect-to-that-far-away-wireless-signal-dd-wrt-wrt54g-v5\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect to that far away Wireless signal – ddwrt over a wrt54g v5"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, a lot of the ports I need at a client are getting shutdown to the point, where I cannot work at that location\u00a0to get my work done. I have another client not too far that I can SOMETIMES pick up on their wireless signal. Hmmm, what if I had a directional antenna and can boost the signal strength and use their wifi? Well, I made a phone call tomy favourite Computer hardware shop – the Computer Rack here in Calgary<\/a>\u00a0to see if they gad an antenna and any ideas. He mentioned that I might consider\u00a0an ASUS RT-N12<\/a>\u00a0($45 CDN) and put dd-wrt on it. Yes … I thought – that will do it … then, when I got home and got thinking about it, I had a old router that I put coova network on and … oh look another one – with nothing on it – a wrt54g v5. Lets try! Yes – I got it to work … I will have to make it up to the Computer Rack though – it was his idea\u00a0(I still need that antenna)<\/p>\n

Client Mode<\/a>? No.\u00a0Bridged Mode<\/a>?? Yes as\u00a0it takes the same IP address as main DCHP server – I think this is what I want… yes! It worked.<\/p>\n