Huawei EchoLife HG532 bridging

Kruger said:

How you going to connect 2nd router in room, by cable or wifi?

if for cable, on your 2nd router the dd-wrt one, set it up as a switch basically, assign WAN port to switch giving you 5 lan ports. setup as a DHCP forwarder and enter address of your DCHP server i am assuming its the main router and the gateway IP (which are probably the same)

and oh give it an IP on same subnet so u can login to config

and you should be good to go.

if for wireless it a little more setup and only if both routers will support it.
you need to setup WDS (wireless distribution system)

basically you need to tell each router of the other device connecting so you put the MAC address of the opposite router in each one. Have the wifi setting the same except different channels ( i would try without any encryptiopn 1st to reduce any errors when setting up) when they both talk then add the encryption and both must be identical with same key etc.

bear in mind with 2nd one on WDS the wifi bandwisth is halved.

and both routers must support WDS (i think some routers terminology might call it a bridge)

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This mode is NOT for WIRED connections between two routers! It is a wireless connection between two routers only.

First of all, do not even try to do client bridge with dd-wrt SP1. It won't work. Also if you can't get Client Bridged to work on your hardware then try Client Mode instead.

The router that you are trying to connect to is the primary router. The router you are configuring is the client bridge(CB) router. You don't need to worry about the primary router as long a s you set your CB to the SAME subnet. What this means is, if the primary router has an IP of 192.168.A.X, you need to set the CB router to an IP of 192.168.A.Z. Most primary routers will be at 192.168.1.1. So, when you are configuring your CB router, set it to 192.168.1.6

With that in mind, here is how to configure it.

Download a recommended build for your router. DO NOT USE SP1. If you are using a broadcom router, read the peacock thread prior to starting. DD-WRT Forum :: View topic - Peacock Thread-FAQ: EVERYTHING you NEED to know! Really!! Use one of those recommended builds.
Do a HARD reset on your router.
Connect a cable from your computer to the LAN port on your router.
Set your computer to a static IP address of 192.168.1.9
Set your browser to 192.168.1.1 and open the dd-wrt webgui.
You should be asked to change your password and username. Carefully type these in. If you aren't asked for a password and username, do a hard reset, this time doing it properly! Hit change password.
Go FIRST to wireless, wireless security and enter the security type and key that matches your primary router.
Hit SAVE, (or APPLY if you wish to)
Go to the wireless, basic settings page and change the wireless mode to Client Bridge.
Your wireless network mode, channel and encryption should be set to the same as the primary router.
If you are using N only or Mixed with N, set your wireless channel width to match your primary
Set the wireless network name to exactly the same as your primary router. Make sure spelling and capitalization match.
Hit SAVE at the bottom. Then hit APPLY.
Check to make sure all the configurations, including the mode, saved and the mode is still client bridge. If any changed, fix them, and save again.
Goto Setup, basic setup and enter a router Local IP address of 192.168.1.6. (Presuming your primary router is on the 192.168.1.x subnet. Client bridge must match the subent of the primary router) Leave subnet mask at 255.255.255.0.
Set the Gateway IP to your primary router. (Likely 192.168.1.1)
Leave Local DNS blank
Check Assign Wan port to a switch, if you wish to.
Change your timezone and DST to match where you are.
Hit Apply.
Set your browser to 192.168.1.6 and login to your router
Goto Security, Firewall. Under Block Wan Requests, uncheck everything but "Filter Multicast" (Leave Filter multicast checked).
Hit Save
Disable SPI Firewall
Hit Apply.
Go to setup/advanced routing and change the operating mode from "gateway" to router. Hit Apply.
Set your computer back to auto IP and auto DNS.

You are done. Configure any other settings you wish at this point.

If you have any difficulty setting this up, disable all encryption on all devices, do a hard reset on the client bridge router, and start again. If it works without encryption, check your encryption passphrase and types match.

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darren221980 said:

The second router will be connected in the spare room via wifi to the main router, well thats the plan as don't want to run a network cable between floors. There is a WDS button on the side of the HG532 router so it must support it, i'll have another play around tonight and see what happens.

Thanks!

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jfish said:

just curious have you got STP enabled (Static Tree Protocol) on either of the 2 ddwrt wifi routers

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maniben said:

Hi Darren

Was very intrigued by your thread. Briding the Huawei hg-532, I am thinking somehting similar and was wondering if you could once again explain it to me more clearly. Im a noob n computers, hence!

Downstairs I have a netgear dg-834-GT with DgTeam firmware and all working fine with the PC.

Upstairs (also a pc) I want to use the Huawei Hg532 as the Bridge(receiver) to reeive wireless signals from the Netgear and have that pc access the internet.

Can you please post relevant instructions? WOuld I need any of the DD-WRT support? If so can you please specify how to go about it?

Thanks in advance.

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This mode is NOT for WIRED connections between two routers! It is a wireless connection between two routers only.

First of all, do not even try to do client bridge with dd-wrt SP1. It won't work. Also if you can't get Client Bridged to work on your hardware then try Client Mode instead.

The router that you are trying to connect to is the primary router. The router you are configuring is the client bridge(CB) router. You don't need to worry about the primary router as long a s you set your CB to the SAME subnet. What this means is, if the primary router has an IP of 192.168.A.X, you need to set the CB router to an IP of 192.168.A.Z. Most primary routers will be at 192.168.1.1. So, when you are configuring your CB router, set it to 192.168.1.6

With that in mind, here is how to configure it.

Download a recommended build for your router. DO NOT USE SP1. If you are using a broadcom router, read the peacock thread prior to starting. DD-WRT Forum :: View topic - Peacock Thread-FAQ: EVERYTHING you NEED to know! Really!! Use one of those recommended builds.
Do a HARD reset on your router.
Connect a cable from your computer to the LAN port on your router.
Set your computer to a static IP address of 192.168.1.9
Set your browser to 192.168.1.1 and open the dd-wrt webgui.
You should be asked to change your password and username. Carefully type these in. If you aren't asked for a password and username, do a hard reset, this time doing it properly! Hit change password.
Go FIRST to wireless, wireless security and enter the security type and key that matches your primary router.
Hit SAVE, (or APPLY if you wish to)
Go to the wireless, basic settings page and change the wireless mode to REPEATER Bridge.
Your wireless network mode, channel and encryption should be set to the same as the primary router.
If you are using N only or Mixed with N, set your wireless channel width to match your primary
Set the wireless network name to exactly the same as your primary router. Make sure spelling and capitalization match.
Hit SAVE at the bottom. Then hit APPLY.
Check to make sure all the configurations, including the mode, saved and the mode is still client bridge. If any changed, fix them, and save again.
Goto Setup, basic setup and enter a router Local IP address of 192.168.1.6. (Presuming your primary router is on the 192.168.1.x subnet. Client bridge must match the subent of the primary router) Leave subnet mask at 255.255.255.0.
Set the Gateway IP to your primary router. (Likely 192.168.1.1)
Leave Local DNS blank
Check Assign Wan port to a switch, if you wish to.
Change your timezone and DST to match where you are.
Hit Apply.
Set your browser to 192.168.1.6 and login to your router
Goto Security, Firewall. Under Block Wan Requests, uncheck everything but "Filter Multicast" (Leave Filter multicast checked).
Hit Save
Disable SPI Firewall
Hit Apply.
Go to setup/advanced routing and change the operating mode from "gateway" to router. Hit Apply.
Set your computer back to auto IP and auto DNS.

You are done. Configure any other settings you wish at this point.

If you have any difficulty setting this up, disable all encryption on all devices, do a hard reset on the client bridge router, and start again. If it works without encryption, check your encryption passphrase and types match.

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darren221980 said:

Happy days, i've finally got this working. Following the below steps and all is now working fine:-

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darren221980 said:

Done another DIR615 today and actually worked pretty easily, i changed one thing from the original instructions i posted before, the original instructions with the change in bold are below:-

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BChong said:

Hi Darren,

I have read the the peacock threat however I am not sure which DD-WRT file to download. I could not locate Huawei or EchoLife in the supported list. It would be nice if you can direct me to the link or tell me which version to download for the HG532.

Thanks in advance.

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BChong said:

Hi Daren,

I'm trying to put on Huawei EchoLife HG532, Firmware ver: v1.07, Hardware ver: B.1.01

Many thanks.
Bchong

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