First, upgrade the firmware of Linksys WRT54GL with DD-WRT (I use DDWRT v24.mini_generic).
For more details how to upgrade, can be read in my article here.
The next step we started to get into http://192.168.1.1
username: root
password: admin
Click the “Wireless” on the menu at the top row.
Change the configuration as below:
Wireless Mode : Client Bridge
Wireless Network Mode : Mixed
Wireless network name (ssid) : (ssid of your Access Point)
Network Configuration : Bridged
Make sure that the configuration of the above is correct, and then click “save settings”.
The next step we go to menu “SERVICES”.
Here we must change the configuration of DNSMasq to “Disable” then “Save Settings”.
Next, go to menu “ADMINISTRATION”.
Here we must change the Routing Configuration to “Disable” then “Save Settings”.
One more thing, If the Access Point to enable wireless security function, then the Linksys WRT-54-Gl as a client bridge must also adapt them to perform the same configuration. Go to the menu “WIRELESS” and get in on the sub-menu “Wireless-Security”, do the configuration in accordance with the existing configuration on the Access Point. Here required considerable knowledge from you about the Access Point and all its functions. And I’m sure you are quite proficient.
Up here, the configuration of the Linksys WRT-54-GL as a client bridge with DD-WRT is completed.
To ensure that the Linksys WRT-54-GL has been working correctly, try to get back on the menu above, Click the STATUS. On the “Wireless” sub-menu, scroll down, on the “Wireless nodes” will appear in the list, such as the Access Point mac address destination.
If you have not looked too, try clicking “Side Survey”, until the Access Point in question and click the “Joint” at its right end.
Or maybe necessary to “reboot” on the Linksys WRT-54-GL
or there could be something wrong with the configuration above.
Disclaimer: The author has done a few times and worked perfectly for personal use. And the author to publish this article is to share experiences. and will be very pleased if anyone successfully resolving the problem after reading this article.
The author is not responsible for any damage or failure caused by the slightest of this article.




