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[Discuss] Wireless devices, 2 Wireless Routers, local network. DD-WRT



I had a similar situation several years ago at a campground in maine. While
the wifi service was free, you had to register and they only allowed one
connection per campsite.  (I don't remember how they restricted it) So, i
used my dd-wrt router in client mode and spoofed the laptop i had used to
register.  Then i used the lan ports to connect a couple of devices.
This was before 11N, so service wasn`t the best. But, i could handle a few
emergency tasks for work (yeah, i know, it's not a vacation) while the kids
could play some games.
If you need to hook up more devices, you could bring another dd-wrt router
and attach its wan port to one of the other unit's lan ports.  Someone has
already suggested this.  While i haven't used it in the field, i have
managed to get a second router hooked up to the first to work in the man
cave/dungeon/basement.

HTH
Good luck.
 On Aug 27, 2014 11:47 AM, "John Hall" <johnhall2.0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hum, I'd search for 'wifi at camp xxx reviews', and call the camp and talk
> to them about what has worked for other campers. You might find someone
> with a longterm campsite to hook up with.
> I would as a plan b bring a long usb teather cable for my cell  and share
> the connection with my laptop via wifi or route through it to a router.
> Hum and a ziplock for the phone ;)
> And have a plan c...not network games... some movies on disc/hd...a book.
> All those wireless hops may add alot of latency.
> An ipad with cellular prepaid (as it comes out of the apple store) can all
> be used as a bubble and you only need to pay for that month. there is no
> contract.  This verizon jetpack is $80, and the plan is pre-paid.
> http://www.verizonwireless.com/prepaid/prepaid-jetpack/
>
>  http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Ipkg
> The packages for dd-wrt have pretty much all the net stuff youd use on a
> linux box.
> I have one of these yagi  outdoor pole mountable 25" yagi from amazon
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008Z4DNFC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> I am just getting a new router set up and for noe just point the yagi to
> the area outside where I need it at the time.
>
> If you get a good line of site to your camp with the N router as bridge you
> might just connect your devices to it directly and leave the G out of the
> picture...I think it might degrade things if your devices do N.
> I haven't, but I'm interested in your results.  I also go camping and have
> had to resort to getting a mifi which has a 10GB limit and I often go over.
>  if there was a way to do what you're doing and limit my mifi use, I'd be
> interested.  I'd also be interested to see if someone could accomplish with
> a Raspberry Pi.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:38 AM, <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Here's the scenario:
> >
> > I like to go camping and often times they provide wireless access, but
> the
> > camp site is often pretty far away from the wireless access point. I have
> > a long distance wireless-G router with a high gain antenna. I have a
> > second wireless-N router. Both routers are running DD-WRT.
> >
> >
> > I should be able to connect to the camp ground's wireless with the high
> > gain antenna using the Wireless-G router with a DHCP assign IP address. I
> > should then be able to NAT to my own local subnet and be able to connect
> > the Wireless-N to my local subnet and provide access to phones, tablets,
> > and laptops.
> >
> > If these were standard linux boxes, this would be fairly easy, but the
> > standard tools don't seem available on DD-WRT's shell.
> >
> > Has anyone done this? Got a good link? (I have googled, but the examples
> > I've found aren't quite right or don't really work.)
> >
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