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Topic: A Mobile Hotspot & a Repeater

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Post #1
himatech
9 Oct 2017, 19:50

I don't have Internet at home, so I turn on the Wifi Tethering on my mobile as soon as I'm home. Also, I have OpenWRT on my TP-Link (TL-WA701ND) to acting as a repeater for my mobile hotspot.

My problem is that each time I return home, my laptop cannot find the extended wifi. It seems that the interface goes down when it cannot connect to my mobile although I have the option disassoc_low_ack set to '0'.

I followed this link on how to setup the repeater.

Any idea how I can keep my setup stable and to reconnect as soon as it finds the main hotspot?

Post #2
himatech
13 Oct 2017, 01:33

Did I post my question on the wrong forum?

Post #3
mk24
13 Oct 2017, 03:56

Until the STA interface links up with its AP, any AP interfaces that are also run on the same radio will be off the air.  That is a limitation of hostapd and the wifi driver.  There are some third party scripts to work around this issue.

Post #4
himatech
13 Oct 2017, 21:46

Thanks for the info. Could you give me some hints / keywords on how to find such third party scripts, please?

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