Openwrt: Turn older Router into Wifi Accesspoint Repeater Extender Solar Powered

At the Summer Time you need perhaps a Wifi Extender for your Garden??

Solution:

  • TP Link 841/N (low power/Battery 9V/Solar /Type-N-allows external planar Antennas!!), 3600+4300 (USB-NAS/CIFS/SFTP/Classroom Library with USB Strorage)
  • Openwrt 15.XX Calmer as OS with Firewall, Webinterface and REALTIME Monitor for Traffic and Connections!
  • Easy Setup, replace the OS by the TP-Link-Updater, reboot and Login to Openwrt
  • You got professional Options!
  • works as Firewall, Extender, Repeater, WIFI-to-WIFI Bridge, LAN-to-WIFI Bridge, NTP-Server, DNS/DHCP Server
  • can isolate connected WIFI Clients
  • can handle different WIFI SSIDs / Networks on same Hardware
  • modded Hardware can be used with 5Volts of Power! (841 removed Resistor)
  • runs Freifunk OS for Public Free WIFI Guestnet (without Password Login and VPN to Public Internet Gateways for anonymous Web Access)
  • free security updates, backup and restore of settings!
  • free support by published Wikis, many Manuals on Internet and of course by me
  • free Download od the Sofware at openwrt.org

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