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Topic: What to disable on WDS secondary router?

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Hi there,

I've read the info here and grasp most of it.
However, the one bit that gets me is where it says:

3. Disable all the unneeded services like DHCP, port forwarding, firewalling etc. except on the AP the has the internet connection. Remember: The other APs only act as the extended arm of the internet connected AP.

What exactly do i need to disable, and how do i go about doing it? As you can probably guess, i am a bit of a linux newbie...

Any info appreicated.

Cheers
Gavin W

Hello

Do this:

cd /etc/init.d
chmod -x S35firewall
chmod -x S60dnsmasq

reboot

This will prevent the DHCP / DNS and firewall from starting.

Noël

noelbou wrote:

Hello

Do this:

cd /etc/init.d
chmod -x S35firewall
chmod -x S60dnsmasq

reboot

This will prevent the DHCP / DNS and firewall from starting.

Noël

Ok, that's done... still cant seem to get it working... double checked and triple checked all the settings... all seems ok...

Do get the following message on the secondary access point... any ideas?

wds0 attempt to add interface with same address

Any ideas ppl???

Cheers
Fatmcgav

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