The bandwidth hit doesn’t seem to be to bad, and it’s a good way to get some range extension if you have a few of these around, but there are a few important tweaks to make it work as a range extender and not just a straight WDS system. The first router (a) is plugged into your internet connection, the second router (b) is hanging out within range of (a) to repeat the signal (and allow anything to plug into it if necessary). Modifications on a straight WDS system are explained below (WDS doesn’t actually allow for clients to connect to the router, all it does is pass along the signal).
Requirements:
1. Two WRT54Gs
2. Thibor firmware
3. See “Basic WDS Setup” and follow the instructions there
*make sure you actually get the wireless MAC address out of the wireless status page
4. Instead of setting both routers to Wireless Mode = WDS, set both routers to Wireless Mode = Access Point and WDS
5. Disable the firewall on router (b)
6. Configure security as you see fit (I have WPA TKIP and MAC address limiting (make sure to put the respective wireless MAC addresses of the other router in each table in addition to other clients).
7. Turn on router (a), wait for it to come online, then turn on (b).
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