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Turning your FreshTomato router into a switch or Access Point (AP) is easy. The difference between using your router as a switch and using it as an Access Point involves making use of only the wireless interfaces while using it as a switch. In other words, first configure the router as a switch, then enable access point functionality in the /Basic/Network menu.
Now, in the /Advanced/VLAN menu:
Connect an Ethernet cable to any LAN port on each router. This will create a LAN-to-LAN connection. On the router acting as a switch, you can connect the cable to the WAN port, if that port has as been reassigned to the LAN bridge.
On both routers, check that every port is assigned to the same bridge (e.g. “br0”) in the /Advanced/VLAN menu.
First, configure the router as a switch using the above instructions. Then, in the /Basic/Network menu, simply add an Access Point as you normally would. Additional APs can be added as virtual interfaces in the /Advanced/Virtual Wireless menu. Ensure all ports and all wireless interfaces are assigned to the same bridge (e.g. br0) in the /Advanced/VLAN menu.