Hi Everyone, new to the forum. I just purchased a TP-Link Archer C9 V1. I want to use this as a range extender with my current TP-Link Archer C8.
I just flashed the C9 with build 31899 successfully.
the Archer C8 is stock TP-Link firmware. Do I need both Routers to be using DD-WRT to enable WDS Bridge or can I do it with C8 being stock as the host and the C9 as the remote router?
I tried to setup WDS using the C9 but its not working. I don't get any connectivity between the routers.
Still working steps and need to go back and try the troubleshooting steps of removing all security.
If anyone knows if both need to be DD-WRT that would be helpful so I can flash the C8 instead of troubleshooting an unsupported solution.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:30 Post subject: Read The tutorial
well I should be ashamed. If you go read the tutorial section in the wiki it has exact steps on how to do this. It specifically says the host router does NOT need to be running dd-wrt.
got it up and running.
Leaving this for anyone else who does a quick search in the forum.
I've managed to get it stable with C9 as the outer and C8 as the extender, but at a cost. I had remove all WPA encryption, and I had to enable WDS on both bands. Ideal would be WPA2 with WDS only on 5G. I am using recent betas, so wondering if anyone has a different experience with older releases.
VAPs with encryption don't seem to work properly, so I can't use WDS on non-broadcast SSIDs and access on encrypted VAPs either.
Mine was just backwards of what you are trying to do. I used the C8 as my primary router leaving the stock tp-link firmware.
I flashed the C9 with dd-wrt and configured that one as the wireless bridge using the 2.4G band. I used the 2.4 band as the device I was connecting to it did not have 5g option.
I was able to use the full wpa-2 encryption with it.
gibson3659 wrote:
I've managed to get it stable with C9 as the outer and C8 as the extender, but at a cost. I had remove all WPA encryption, and I had to enable WDS on both bands. Ideal would be WPA2 with WDS only on 5G. I am using recent betas, so wondering if anyone has a different experience with older releases.
VAPs with encryption don't seem to work properly, so I can't use WDS on non-broadcast SSIDs and access on encrypted VAPs either.