Wifi Bridge help.

Mars

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I have set up a wifi bridge between two locations using two RB911 routers. I used the default setup, put them both into PTP bridge mode, one server, one client.
The connect to each other perfectly and I can open both routers from either location, however I cannot see any ip's beyond the router. All I have done is use the quick set wizard in Webfig. I have been told that it creates the bridge and configures everything for a simple bridge.
Is there anything further I need to set up?

In addition, I would like to have a dhcp server at each end so that if the link goes down both sites will still work. Both locations will had adsl, but I dont think that will be a problem in itself since I will just use different gateways, except that the adsl routers are also the dhcp servers. I understand that I would just make a certain range available in each location, but how do I prevent the client machines from getting ip's across the bridge?
 
You need to give each location it's own range of IP's, and set the link up as a Layer 3 link, not just bridge them. (Bridge creates broadcasts that is unnecessary traffic over the wireless link if it's the same range on both sides.)

I'm not to familiar with the setup of these RB's these days, but give it a /30 range to connect the two RB's, and setup /24 ranges on both sides for the clients to use via DHCP. Then just add a route on both sides, one pointing to the range on one rb and another on the rb on the other side.

Sorry if this is not much help, haven't touched a RB in ages.
 
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