How would you have two routers in the same subnet?
Whats the output of arp -a?
Ddwrt router is ārepeater bridgeā mode extending internet box WiFi router which manage dhcp resolution
everyone is out of ideas?
You have a relatively complicated set-up and, unfortunately, using repeater-bridge mode on DD-WRT has the potential to be flakey. It looks like the X6 uses a fairly ābleeding edgeā Broadcom wireless chipset, so issues are a possibility. Also, a quick look at the DD-WRT page for repeater-bridge mode contains the warning:
Repeater Bridge on Broadcom [also Atheros Client Bridge (routed)] is generally not a good solution, as it is not a true bridge
Clearly, we have no way of knowing if this applies to your particular device.
Some further points:
- Please supply full logs (
grab-logs -A). - You need to have assigned a channel between the repeater (X6) and the primary router. What is it?
- Is the OSMC device using a different channel or frequency from the one above?
- You might see an apparently good signal strength on the Pi, but the hop from the repeater to the primary router might be less than stellar. Signal strength can also seem to be good but throughput can suffer due to other factors such as interference or contention with other devices on the same channel.
- If you connect the OSMC Pi to the repeater-bridge by cable (without the dongle attached) can you ping other devices on the LAN and/or ping 8.8.8.8? What happens if you then attach the dongle?
- To which router are the IP addresses from the
arpcommand attached?
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As a quick test: can you make a WiFi hotspot on something like your phone and see if you can connect?
Sam
@sam_nazarko hello,
Yes I can connect to internet box, cellphone hotspot, even on my netgear X6 ddwrt if in wifi N mode
If I switch in AC mode, I got weird IP address or right ip but āstatut: No Internetā
@dillthedog
ddwrt repeater bridge works pretty well. With AC mode only I get around:
700Mbps txrate with my dell pro laptop
550 => 600Mbps with my iphone7
300 => 350 Mbps with the OSMC USB dongle on windows7
300 => 350 Mbps with the OSMC USB dongle (in ddwrt UI) on OSMC raspberry => but No internet even with right DHCP IP
150Mbps with the OSMC USB dongle (in ddwrt UI) on OSMC raspberry in WIFI N mode
to get 300/350 Mbps I set Wirelessmode = 14 and added key TxRate=14
If We can fix this conenction issue, I think results will amazing with high Txrate like this
Both Tom and I have asked for logs. So please (1) boot the device with only ethernet attached; then (2) attach the dongle; then (3) post logs.
I suspect the power supply could be the issue here. The dongle uses a lot of power and will not work properly unless the device is being powered correctly
Ok i will post logs when I ll be home
@sam_nazarko, USB dongle is plugged to a powered usb hub, I doubt about a power issue
Hello,
So i performed tests on fresh install
1/ attach ethernet and nothing else : logs : https://paste.osmc.tv/isiraqaboz
2/attach ethernet and plug the dongle wifi and try to connect it to my wifi AC network
got error message :
"grep: /var/log/apt/term.log: No such file or directory
grep: /var/log/apt/history.log: No such file or directory
Exception Details:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ā/usr/bin/grab-logsā, line 816, in dispatch_logs
raise ValueError(āUpload Returned Empty Stringā)
ValueError: Upload Returned Empty String
Failed to upload log files, copying to /boot instead. (Unable to verify)
"
=> I guess coz it not connected so cant upload?
3/ attach ethernet and just plug the dongle wifi (not trying to connect it to wifi network)
https://paste.osmc.tv/oyufemunez
My ddwrt settings
Try change the channel
Can you try the dongle directly to Pi?
Sam
Which channel? I tried 36 and 52 in lower lower mode
I tried dongle directly on the pi, same problem
It looks like youāve forgotten to copy / configure the file /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.dat.
Sep 09 14:11:17 chambreparent kernel: RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.dat
Sep 09 14:11:17 chambreparent kernel: Open file "/lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.dat" failed (configuration file not absolutely necessary)Yes itās fresh install so I didnt execute :
sudo cp /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.template.dat /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.dat
and no edited it
I donāt have one of these dongles but I believe that the WirelessMode needs to be changed for AC to work (mentioned by @Tom_Doyle above) And your router is configured for AC-only.