Back-to-Back Repeater

There are a number of sites which detail how to connect two access points back-to-back to act as a wireless repeater - all assume that multi-point bridging and local bridging must be used. This is not strictly necessary - it is possible to use two APs accessing a third without the use of bridging mode.

In this setup (we used D-Link 900 AP and AP+):

• 10.0.0.2
  DNS 10.0.0.1
  Gateway 10.0.0.1
  Configured as a standard AP
  Channel 6
   
• 10.0.0.10
  DNS 10.0.0.1
  Gateway 10.0.0.1
  Configured as a client to 10.0.0.2
  Channel 6
   
• 10.0.0.6
  DNS 10.0.0.1
  Gateway 10.0.0.10
  Configure as a standard AP
  Channel 11
   
• PC Clients
  DNS 10.0.0.1
  Gateway 10.0.0.1
  Channel 11

It is sometimes necessary to set 10.0.0.6 with the Ethernet (RJ45) as its primary connection.