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Hi there… I'm new with Tomato, but I really love this firmware. And sorry for my english.

So, I have 2 router here, a Asus RT-N12 and a old Linksys E1550, both on Tomato. My Asus is the primary and the Linksys is the repeater. I've done this tutorial to put the second router in "repeater mode"

###.howtogeek.c o m/104007/how-to-extend-your-wireless-network-with-tomato-powered-routers/

It's working, but after few hours, the repeater dont… repeat! I need to unplug and plug again to reboot the router and the connection is made again….. for few hours.

I don't think is the router, but maybe a option I need to enable (or disable)…

Thanks alot!!!

http://www.howtogeek.com/104007/how-to-extend-your-wireless-network-with-tomato-powered-routers/

Somebody needs to tell the shit head wanna be nerd who wrote that tutorial that this statement is wrong. Pure forum FUD.

The most important difference between setting up a pure repeater (as per our DD-WRT guide) and setting up a WDS node, is that the WDS suffers a performance hit after the first transmission hop. What this means in practical terms is that if you were, say, transferring a file between a laptop in your bedroom which was connected to your WDS node upstairs (which is then, in turn, connected to your actual router in your office), and then to a network drive connected to that office router, you’d suffer a theoretical performance hit of 1/2 the Wi-Fi transmission speed.

No radio can talk and listen at the same time on the same frequency. All repeater modes must store and forward packets which costs half the bandwidth per repeater stage. This applies to any WDS repeater or any DD-WRT repeater mode.

Anyway, to solve your disconnect problem, try this setting ;

- Advanced
- Routing
- Spanning Tree Protocol

Put a check in the box to select "Spanning Tree Protocol". Both radios. Save and reboot.

Yes I know i'm loosing half of bandwith…. but when i'm outside, I prefer to lost half of my BW instead of a very very poor signal :)

The setting you tell me to do, is on the main router or the "repeater" one?

Anyway i don't have these option…

I only have
Mode (Gateway or Router)

In RIPv1 & v2:
LAN (box)
LAN1
LAN2
LAN3
WAN (box)

Efficient Multicast Forwarding (box)

DHCP Routes (box)

Anyway i don't have these option…

What version of Tomato is on each of the radios ?

on the main router or the "repeater" one?

Both.

on both router, it's the Shibby version, k26n

Yes, you are correct. I am just now working on a new installation and the STP is missing. Maybe Shibby needed room for his phone-home "Tomato-ANON" and the firmware notification Horse Shit, that he had to remove STP, which is a very helpful function for WDS bridges.

I will check some other firmware to see what we can find to fix your problem.

I checked VicTec Tomato. It is also missing the Spanning Tree Protocol. VicTec still has the QOS and bandwidth control features I need for this project, and he is missing the Shibby Phone Home "features", so I will switch to VicTek on this installation.

I also checked DD-WRT, and it still has STP and also ACK timing that I had almost forgot about. DD has always had the superior firmware for radio control and Tomato has always been better with routing and QOS.

I think you should try DD-WRT firmware since it has better control of wireless functions, and it is still including Spanning Tree Protocol, which is very nice for many applications, especially WDS bridges like you need to use.

I've got DDWRT in the Linksys for many years, like since the first day i've flash to ddwrt…. The problem is the newer router, my Asus RT-N12… DDWRT is supported for the A1, B1 and C1 version, but guest what, I have the D1 :( DoH!

I've read many forum and it's like that the D1 is not yet supported, or maybe i've miss something, but in the ftp of ddwrt, only A1 to C1 are there, no D1 version of DDWRT… it's why i keep tomato to my main router.

If you have a better search result, you can tell me. But what i've read, DDWRT don't like to have a "extended" wifi with the same name. You must create a virtual interface with a different ssid, and for the extended feature you must login to the "virtual" ssid with a different name, and it's that I don't want, I don't want have different ssid…. So everybody can go anywhere outside and have a transparent "switch" over the main router or the repeater.

Instead of the bug, Tomato do this "switch" much better, transparent and no problem… when i'm in my livingroom, the signal is at the max (the main router is in the lroom). When I go outside, the signal drop to 1 bar of 5 for 2-3 seconds and after, the signal go at the max again (i'm on the repeater router), still log on the same ssid, etc.

ddwrt is superior by miles, you're right… but when come to repeat the signal on the SAME ssid, it's not working very well.

Maybe you will have a better trick to tell me to solve this ssid problem.

https://www.google.com/#q=geetek+dd-wrt.com

But what i've read, DDWRT don't like to have a "extended" wifi with the same name. You must create a virtual interface with a different ssid, and for the extended feature you must login to the "virtual" ssid with a different name, and it's that I don't want, I don't want have different ssid…. So everybody can go anywhere outside and have a transparent "switch" over the main router or the repeater.

That is for using the DD-WRT repeater function. Tomato does not have this function. Tomato uses only WDS mode to repeat. Good news for you, DD-WRT also has WDS function but nobody ever talks about it. It works as good as Tomato WDS mode. DD-WRT WDS works just like Tomato WDS. The SSID is the same and roaming between the two routers is almost instant. Normally you cannot tell that you have changed to the other router except that the signal gets stronger.

I think I have a D1 version somewhere. I will try to find it and see if I can get DD-WRT to work on it. If I can get it working I will start a thread at the DD-WRT forum for you since this forum is for Tomato firmware support.

Do you beleive if I keep my Asus on Tomato and put the linksys in DDWRT with the WDS enable and the Spanning Tree Protocol enable too, it will work?

It will be more simple, only flash my linksys with ddwrt and voila!