I have bought an ASUS RT-AC66U recently.
I've tried the stock firmware (after a firmware upgrade) as well as asuswrt-merlin.
I've read at some places, e.g. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1960218/media-bridge-question-asus-ac66r.html that the router supports getting a 5GHz Signal from a different router, and then transmit a 2.4 GHz WiFi signal.
What I'm trying to do is the following. I have an ASUS RT-N16 as my router connected to the internet.
I want to connect to this router to have an extended range.
In "Repeater Mode" this worked - I could connect to the 2.4 GHz signal with my AC66U and create 2 new SSIDs for 2.4/5GHz (even with different names, or the same names). The problem with Repater Mode is: I can't connect my PC to the AC66U via ethernet port. It can't even ping RT-N16.
Now in Media Bridge mode, my PC can ping the RT-N16 with no issues. BUT: the 5GHz WiFi of the AC66U is completely turned off (no LED) and the 2.4GHz WiFi is only used for the connection to the RT-N16. It does not offer a separate SSID or extend the range in any way.
My question: Is something broken with my software, with NVRAM etc.? Or does asuswrt-merlin not support acting as a repeater bridge, that is: connect clients via ethernet port AND act as 2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi access point AND get the main internet connection via 2.4 or 5 GHz uplink?
I've tried the stock firmware (after a firmware upgrade) as well as asuswrt-merlin.
I've read at some places, e.g. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1960218/media-bridge-question-asus-ac66r.html that the router supports getting a 5GHz Signal from a different router, and then transmit a 2.4 GHz WiFi signal.
What I'm trying to do is the following. I have an ASUS RT-N16 as my router connected to the internet.
I want to connect to this router to have an extended range.
In "Repeater Mode" this worked - I could connect to the 2.4 GHz signal with my AC66U and create 2 new SSIDs for 2.4/5GHz (even with different names, or the same names). The problem with Repater Mode is: I can't connect my PC to the AC66U via ethernet port. It can't even ping RT-N16.
Now in Media Bridge mode, my PC can ping the RT-N16 with no issues. BUT: the 5GHz WiFi of the AC66U is completely turned off (no LED) and the 2.4GHz WiFi is only used for the connection to the RT-N16. It does not offer a separate SSID or extend the range in any way.
My question: Is something broken with my software, with NVRAM etc.? Or does asuswrt-merlin not support acting as a repeater bridge, that is: connect clients via ethernet port AND act as 2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi access point AND get the main internet connection via 2.4 or 5 GHz uplink?