I have a Aztech 605EW router.There are few unencrypted Wifi hotspots which cannot be acessed inside the house but when I am at roof they can be easily accessed. SO I thought of Using my 605EW router as a Bridge. So that I can plug a cable from terestrial antenna to the DSL router's Wifi antenna and then acess internet via LAN connection.
IS this Possible?
If YES then how?
Please help .
Setting up WDS
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Re: Setting up WDS
Do you have permission to use these access points?
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Re: Setting up WDS
Yes . It is a free Wifi hotspot provided by the ISP.
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I don't know of anyone who has managed to get WDS working. You probably need identical routers at both ends of the WDS setup, and one of them needs to be set as the "root device". Anyway, read this document.
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Re: Setting up WDS
You can do what the OP requires with Ethernet routers that work with Tomato or dd-wrt firmware. These have a "wireless client" mode where they can use the Wireless as a WAN port, and some have a "wireless repeater" mode. You would also need the shortest possible correct antenna extension cable, and correct antenna - possibly a directional Yagi.
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I can now confirm that WDS can be configured to work (in Crude mode only). See viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4620
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