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Use a router as a switch or Access Point

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.

Configure the router as a switch

In the /Basic/Network menu:


  • Set the “Type” setting to “Disable” for each WAN.
  • In the “LAN” section, assign the router an IP address
    in the same subnet as the gateway router and
    outside the DHCP range (e.g. 192.168.1.2).
  • Uncheck “DHCP” to disable it for all WANs.
  • Set the gateway and DNS addresses to match
    the address of the gateway router. Here: 192.168.1.1.


Now, in the /Advanced/VLAN menu:

  • Add WAN port to LAN

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, but only if that port has 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.


Configure Access Point mode

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.




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