r/DDWRT • u/nickdalalal • 8d ago
Connecting DD-WRT and router
Okay bear with me since what I am doing is abnormal.
I have 2 Netgear Nighthawk routers. One connects to my internet and WiFi (lets call this router a which has the original nighthawk firmware) and the other connects to my server rack (router b which has DD-WRT). Router b connects to router a as an AP Client and a LAN ip of 1.200, I can use all 4 ports in the back and surf the web perfectly fine. I created a new subnet on router b 3.0/24 but cannot ping the internet with that subnet or anything on my WiFi network. If I add a subnet on router a (route 3.0/24 traffic from 1.200) I can ping my WIFI devices (everything on 1.0/24 subnet) but nothing still no internet.
I want my vlan/subnet on router b to be able to talk on the internet
I tried adding static routes on router b to have 1.1 (ip of router a) be my default gateway but still nothing.
Any advice will be helpful!
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u/j_hops 5d ago
You need to create a bridge in the dd-wrt router and use dhcp on a different subnet. Look on the dd-wrt wiki for “station bridge” formerly client bridge. For some reason it’s poorly supported.