MY Outdoor/Waterproof Linksys WRT54G Routers **PICS** (no longer waterproof)

[Exahertz]

I’m glad all of you find this interesting!

Maybe if I have some time I’ll explain how I configured the routers to work as a bridge using the Alchemy firmware, Version: V1.0 v3.37.6.8sv

But I’ll start with a few pointers that drove me nuts for a while.
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First off don’t use DHCP, everything must be statically assigned addresses!!

You must use WEP (not just for security but it helps make the connection a little more stable, I’m not sure why)

Select 802.11g only, if either one of these routers see an 802.11b router (from any ware) they will run at b speeds (and with antennas like this they will see a b router!

The wireless network names (SSID) must match on both your main router and your client router.

Due to only having a single antenna I had to configure RX and TX on the same channel (eg. left and left)

On the router side (connected to the internet) you must configure it as an AP
On the router side (connected to the internet) you must connect the Ethernet cable to the WAN port.

On the client side (the other side of the bridge) you must configure it as client
On the client side (the other side of the bridge) you must connect the Ethernet cable into a switch port
On the client side (the other side of the bridge) you must use the MAC address filter to make a stable connection, Permit only main router's MAC address

And those are just a few of the more important thing I found... If anyone wants a copy of the configuration backups from both of my routers I can send them to you. If you flash two V1.0 wrt54g routers with the Alchemy-V1.0 v3.37.6.8sv firmware, load these backups into the routers and connect the cables in the right ports you should have a working bridge just from that.