Re: [lime-users] LiMe connect via WiFi with stock TP-Link - lime

29 Nov 2018

Great! I will try this when I have a chance. Thank you!

El 29 de noviembre de 2018 17:11:31 GMT-05:00, modante(a)disroot.org escribió:
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 First, connect to your own tplink libremesh router via
ethernet.
Then do a scan of the air: Network > Wireless > Scan.
The SSID of the Companys router should appear with more than 50% of
signal. If less, is a bad idea, better to change the default antennas
of both routers for 2 directional ones or change the location of
routers in order to have a good line of sight between them.
When the SSID is listed in the scan, just connect to it (Join network)
and a new page will appear asking the "Name of the new network": WWAN
(the default one is ok), and the password of the AP. Remember to unmark
the option "Replace wireless configuration". Firewall zone: WAN (the
default one)
Click on Save & Apply and a new connection in Client Mode will appear.
Now if you are connected via ethernet, you will have internet
connectivity.
Also remember that when the connectivity with the companys router
drops, all the rest of the APs shared with the same radio will
dissapear.
Is a good idea to do this kind of connection between routers using dual
band routers and doing the link in the 5 Ghz band to leave the AP at
2,4 free of interferences and resources.
Sorry if there are mistakes in the explanation. I am not developer,
only user.
Good luck :-)
29 de noviembre de 2018 18:09, "Patricio Gibbs"
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	I appreciate the info...

El 29 de noviembre de 2018 11:27:33 GMT-05:00, modante(a)disroot.org
(mailto:modante@disroot.org) escribió:
 If I understand right, you want to use the
company's TPLink router to
be used like gateway to access internet, Doesn't it? 
Yes.

 Then the best way I think is to connect this
router to your own
libremesh TPLink router via ethernet RJ-45 from a LAN port to the WAN
port of the libremesh router. 
Connecting via Ethernet is not possible because there is a road in
between the routers and we do not have money to buy a cable and install
it in a way that it wouldn't get damaged.

 I you wanted to connect them via Wireless, you
have to scan from the
libremesh router and connect to the company's router wireless station
that will create a new Interface called WWAN that will act like the
main gateway in the libremesh network. 
This sounds like exactly what we want to do, but we need more detailed
instructions. In what part of the LibreMesh interface do we find
buttons to create a WWAN interface, scan available WiFi networks, and
connect the chosen network to the WWAN interface?

 When you do this, you have to be sure that the
libremesh router IP is
not in the same sub-network that the IP from the company router.
Probably this is not a problem because usually the company routers are
in the 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x subnets while libremesh routers are
configured in the 13.x.x.x subnet. But can be cause of trouble when
using openwrt because sometimes both routers are in the same subnet by
default. 
I agree that this will not be a problem in this case since LibreMesh
creates a 10.13.x.x network and the ISP router is 192.168.0.x.

 Please, try this and tell us if it works. 
I look forward to trying with more detailed instructions.

:-)

 Regards :-)
29 de noviembre de 2018 1:31, "Patricio Gibbs via lime-users"
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 escribió:
 We have a TPLink router that belongs to the ISP and we cannot out
LibreMesh on it not edit it's configuration. We have a TPLink 842 with
LibreMesh, and we want it to connect to the WiFi of the ISP's router as
>its internet connection. How can we do this? I imagine we configure it
>on the Interfaces page and also the Wireless page, something about
>client mode and bridging interfaces, but my first attempt didn't work
>so I'm asking instead of failing a thousand times alone. 