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Topic: OpenWRT Questions wirless expander and hostname broad cast

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Hello again...
First thanks to all the ones that hel me so far and to the ones that can help me on this one.

What I intend to do  is to remodel my network at home. what I have now is something like this

Internet <-> Modem (Firewall) Router from the ISP <-> Computer Desktop
                                    (With Wireless)                    <-> Printer
                    (The wireless SSID is MAESTRO)           <-> Power Line Plug #1
                                   (4 LAN ports)                        <-> NOT CONNECTED
                                   (DHCP server)
                                    (DNS Server)
                                (LAN IP: 192.168.1.1)

                     OpenWRT Router TPLink WR842ND     <-> Power Line Plug #2
                                    (With Wireless)                    <-> NAS
                    (The wireless SSID is CONDUCTOR)      <-> Computer Desktop
                                   (4 LAN ports)                        <-> NOT CONNECTED
                              (1 WAN not connected)
                             (DHCP server turned off)
                                 (Static ip address)
                              (LAN IP: 192.168.1.2)
                             (MASK: 255.255.255.0)
                            (GATEWAY: 192.168.1.1)
                               (DNS: 192.168.1.1)

Now what I want is to have the same wirless SSID on both routers. Is it possible? I do not intend to put the second router as a wireless ange extender because I have the power line to give it network access. Is there a way to make this append?


Another question.
The TPLink WR842ND with OpenWRT apears on the main router (the one that the ISP gave me) as having the name "new-host"
I changed the host name of the router with the comand "> hostname NEWNAME" and checked if it changed and it did. Is there a way to broad cast the host name so that the main router knows it?


Thank you

Does any one have a ideia?

Maby if i refrase the question:

How can I set the host name of my openwrt router is I whant to use static IP on it?

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