Linux改WiFi中继器,[OpenWrt Wiki] Wifi扩展器、中继器及桥接配置

Before doing any actual configuration, the wifi interface must be enabled in order to be able to scan for networks in the vincinity:

uci set wireless.@wifi-device[0].disabled=0

uci commit wireless

wifi

Set the disabled option to 0 (to enable wireless)

Save changed configuration file

Start wireless using the wifi command

Now we can list networks in range using iw dev wlan0 scan, substituting your actual wireless interface for wlan0 if different (ifconfig lists all available interfaces to find how your wlan is called)

iw dev wlan0 scan output example:

root@OpenWrt:/# iw dev wlan0 scan

BSS c8:d5:fe:c8:61:b0(on wlan0) -- associated

TSF: 24324848870 usec (0d, 06:45:24)

freq: 2412

beacon interval: 100 TUs

capability: ESS (0x0411)

signal: -72.00 dBm

last seen: 140 ms ago

Information elements from Probe Response frame:

SSID: Violetta

RSN: * Version: 1

* Group cipher: CCMP

* Pairwise ciphers: CCMP

* Authentication suites: PSK

* Capabilities: 1-PTKSA-RC 1-GTKSA-RC (0x0000)

BSS f8:35:dd:eb:20:f8(on wlan0)

TSF: 24225790925 usec (0d, 06:43:45)

freq: 2457

beacon interval: 100 TUs

capability: ESS (0x0431)

signal: -90.00 dBm

last seen: 1450 ms ago

Information elements from Probe Response frame:

SSID: GOinternet_EB20FB

HT capabilities:

Capabilities: 0x11ee

HT20/HT40

SM Power Save disabled

RX HT20 SGI

RX HT40 SGI

TX STBC

RX STBC 1-stream

Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes

DSSS/CCK HT40

Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)

Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 4 usec (0x05)

HT RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15, 32

HT TX MCS rate indexes are undefined

HT operation:

* primary channel: 10

* secondary channel offset: below

* STA channel width: any

RSN: * Version: 1

* Group cipher: TKIP

* Pairwise ciphers: TKIP CCMP

* Authentication suites: PSK

* Capabilities: 1-PTKSA-RC 1-GTKSA-RC (0x0000)

In the example, there are two networks, a Wifi g one called Violetta and a Wifi n one called GOinternet_EB20FB.

The device was configured to connect to the one called Violetta.

These are the uci values that were added or changed by the configuration procedure.

For SSID, BSSID, and encryption you must use the info you got from the wifi scan above.

For an explanation of why these values were changed, please read the luci tutorial above.

network.lan.ipaddr='192.168.2.1'

network.repeater_bridge=interface

network.repeater_bridge.proto='relay'

network.repeater_bridge.network='lan wwan'

network.wwan=interface

network.wwan.proto='dhcp'

firewall.@zone[0].network='lan repeater_bridge wwan'

dhcp.lan.ignore='1'

wireless.radio0.hwmode='11g'

wireless.radio0.country='00'

wireless.radio0.channel='1'

wireless.radio0.disabled='0'

wireless.@wifi-iface[0]=wifi-iface

wireless.@wifi-iface[0].device='radio0'

wireless.@wifi-iface[0].mode='ap'

wireless.@wifi-iface[0].encryption='none'

wireless.@wifi-iface[0].ssid='OpenWrt'

wireless.@wifi-iface[0].network='lan'

wireless.@wifi-iface[1]=wifi-iface

wireless.@wifi-iface[1].network='wwan'

wireless.@wifi-iface[1].ssid='Violetta'

wireless.@wifi-iface[1].encryption='psk2'

wireless.@wifi-iface[1].device='radio0'

wireless.@wifi-iface[1].mode='sta'

wireless.@wifi-iface[1].bssid='C8:D5:FE:C8:61:B0'

wireless.@wifi-iface[1].key='myWifiPasswordHere'

Please note that the wifi network generated by the device in this example (the one called OpenWrt) has no password nor encryption.

This was done because the focus of this article was getting the relay bridge up and running.

You will likely want to set up your device's wifi network in a more secure way, as explained in the WiFi setup page here.