Van Tech Corner ： OpenWRT – WiFi Bridge (LAN to LAN WiFi repeater/extender)

In this video, we are going to setup WiFi bridge to extend the LAN network wirelessly on OpenWRT LuCI with relayd package. This is also know as Wi-Fi extender / repeater / bridge configuration. As a result, you will have another extended network via WiFi that has the same LAN IP range/subnet with the primary router.
We only need relayd (core) package and luci-proto-relay to configure the Relay Bridge via LuCI Web Interface.
Please take note that the primary and the extened router should has a different LAN IP before the configuration. The DHCP server of the 2nd/extened network should be disabled so that all request will be routed to the primary router.
If your hardware supports 802.11s, you can check out my tutorial for “OpenWRT Mesh WiFi configuration” for the best performance.
If you want the extended network having a different LAN IP range/subnet, you can also check out the video “OpenWRT AP Client” tutorial.

Video timeframe:
00:00 – OpenWRT WiFi bridge with Relayd – Network topology overview
01:21 – Install relayd and luci-proto-relay package
03:21 – Wireless configuration – Connect to the Access Point
04:50 – Note for the Raspberry Pi 4 users
05:12 – LAN IP & Turn off the DHCP server for the extended LAN
07:15 – Create and Configure the Relay bridge interface
09:28 – Check & Speedtest
11:40 – How to connect to the 2nd router LuCI page

Resources:
OpenWRT Relay configuration – https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/relay_configuration
OpenWRT Mesh WiFi configuration – https://youtu.be/cw8ykKgVKbM
OpenWRT AP Client configuration – https://youtu.be/VX2PYzGMntc
OpenWRT tutorials playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL58__w3t_eTbcBQ9oJ8jXCxPtBiac59vC
Thanks for watching and see you in the next video!

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