[OpenWrt-Devel] Dumb Wi-Fi client

[Vincent Wiemann]

Hi Enrico,

On 20.06.20 23:03, Enrico Mioso wrote:
> hello Bjorn,
> hello all!!
> 
> I would like to use an Archer C60 as a dumb Wi-Fi client. In particular, I would like to:
> - be able to connect to the WAN port of tthe ethernet switch to access the LAN network to which the router is connectes as a client, directly
> 	e.g.: when I do dhcp o n WAN, the oruter does DHCP on the wlan network
> - connect to the LAN ports of the device to talk to the device itself.

This is not a dumb WLAN client. A WLAN client does ordinarily just have one MAC address (the address of the WLAN interface).
Thus you can't just bridge the WAN port with the WLAN client network. You either have to NAT the traffic or use WDS (3-address-mode) or
ARPNAT. Both WDS and ARPNAT are not standard-compliant and the access point needs to support it. Have a look at the Wiki for that.

> The router has both 2.4 GHZ and 5 GHZ radios, and I would like to be able to use both transparently (e.g.: it should just work, connecting with the right one, or both).
> 
> If possible then, i would like to be able to connect to multiple known networks, but this is optional.
> 
> Can you give me some hints on a good setup? Or may I just use wireless client and let the device do the NAT?

If that's okay for you that's the easiest way to go. Use Multiwan if you want to use multiple networks.

> 
> Sorry Bjorn for the direct CC but I know you experienced with ath79 snapshots.... and maybe DS, if applicable in this case...
> 


Best,

Vincent

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