Using A Dir-600 W/ Dd-Wrt As A Hotspot Ap Behind A Main Router?

  • Anonymous October 15, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    Hi,

    I've looked all over but I can't find the solution to this…

    I currently have a “normal” small network: a cable modem goes to a Linksys router.

    What I want to do, is use a D=Link DIR-600 which is running DD-WRT as a wireless hotspot access, connected via a network cable to one of the Linksys's switch ports.

    What settings should I change within the DIR-600 so that it can use the internet from the Linksys router, connect to hotspotsystem, and keep all traffic and connections from hotspot clients totally separate from anything that is connected to the Linksys router?

    Thanks!

    Cody

    Anonymous October 16, 2012 at 11:36 am

    Hello,

    You can configure the router's port for free access, altough this depends on which build you are using.

    Please read this article carefully: http://hotspotsystem.com/deskpro/kb_article.php?ref=6778-RFZX-2714

    Anonymous October 16, 2012 at 5:48 pm
    'Marko' wrote:

    Hello,

    You can configure the router's port for free access, altough this depends on which build you are using.

    Please read this article carefully: http://hotspotsystem…=6778-RFZX-2714

    Hi I think you misunderstood my question.

    The second router in chain, the DIR-600, will be connected to the first router's LAN port via cable. I want this second router to run hotspotsystem. The first router is just a normal router without HSS. What I don't know how to do is set up the second DIR-600 so that the wifi is the paid HSS bridge, in otherwords, how to set up the router itself so that it can connect to the internet via the first one?

    Anonymous October 16, 2012 at 6:02 pm

    So what you are saying is that the 2nd router(DIR-600) is connected to the Linksys via a regular cable and you want to set up the hotspot on this DIR600? This would require a normal configuration on the ruoter, however you should turn off broadcasting of the SSId on the Linksys so that nobody can bypass the hotspot. For this reason it is normally recommended to install the hotspot on the router nearest your internet link.

    See the setup guide: http://hotspotsystem.com/en/hotspot/install_guide_dd-wrt.html

    Anonymous October 16, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    I have tried this again and it didn't work —

    I have connected the DIR-600 from a LAN port on the firs Linksys router, to the WAN port on the DIR-600.

    The DIR-600 is running DD-WRT. I reset the firmware to defaults on DD-WRT, went in and changed the password from defaults, changed the router's LAN IP address to 192.168.1.2 (as the primary router is 192.168.1.1), and set under HotSpot Services my operator username and location ID. The only other thing I changed was the wireless settings to use auto channel and G-only. Everything else has been left as default (other than whatever enabling hotspot services changes).

    After saving / rebooting, the router gets a WAN IP address of 192.168.1.109. DNS servers are inherited from primary router which is 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4. the SSID is changed to HotSpotSystem.com-ticowifi_3 (I even made a new location in case there was some kind of bug). I can connect to the access point via wifi, BUT it does not assign me a valid IP address. According to HSS dashboard control under locations, the location has never been seen. On the router, Power light is orange, world (internet) light is orange, wireless light is green.

    Stuck 🙁

    Anonymous October 17, 2012 at 11:18 am

    What ip address does the router give you? What is the build of DD-wrt on the router? Is it a mini or standard generic image?

    Are you able to ping hotspotsystem.com? If not, are you able to ping its ip address?

    What is the dhcp interface set to? (service/hotspot page)

    Anonymous October 20, 2012 at 1:45 am

    Hi Marko,

    It doesn't seem to give me an IP address – it just autoconfigures itself to 169.254.114.0

    I'm running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (04/23/10) std (SVN revision 14311)

    Can't ping your domain or it's IP (or even the router admin page).

    In service/hotspot page, dhcp interface is set to ra0

    Edit: Here are some screenshots for my settings: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s9nnw3uxg8hfksc/s3RPiHFYS1/Screenshots

    Anonymous October 22, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    These are my suggestions:

    Add a DNS server.

    Try a different DHCP interface (services-hotspot page)

    Your wireless is set to G only.

    Shorten the SSID under wireless settings (this can be due to a bug)

    When you conenct to the router you should get an ip address on the 192.168.182.0 network.

    Now, check to see if chilli is running: http://hotspotsystem…=7681-YOAN-6356

    Anonymous November 7, 2012 at 3:40 am

    I have the same or very similar issue as Codyloco have.

    Basically I've tried to setup as follows:

    ISP modem -> asus router (rt-n66u, stock firmware) acts as dhcp server (I have all my home computers,printers,NAS etc connected to it -> wnrd3700, (ddwrt) on witch I wanted to run hotspot, to give short access to guests, kids friends etc.

    On the wndr3700 I can connect to the internet using ath0 SSID, when I switch to the ath0.1 SSID I've got limited connectivity and no internet acces.

    Is there a way to use this feature un the secondary router?

    I followed the tutorials already:

    http://www.hotspotsystem.com/deskpro/kb_article.php?ref=2729-IZCM-3054

    http://www.hotspotsystem.com/en/hotspot/install_guide_dd-wrt.html

    Anonymous November 7, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    What is the build number of DDwrt on the 3700?

    What ip address do you receive when you connect to it?

    Anonymous November 8, 2012 at 3:47 am

    Marko

    I'll get back to you tommorow, as for today I found my old good wrt54gl and the hotspot started to work.

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