Netgear WNDR3400v2 dual band repeater

[Andy Burnelli]

Where can I find out how to set up the Netgear WNDR3400v2 dual router as a
wired or wireless repeater with WPA2 PSK encryption, not just WEP?

It seems DD-WRT is only for version 1 & 3 and not version 2 (I tried).

What I've seen so far says you can't repeat the wireless with WPA2 PSK,
but I find that to be surprising so I'm just asking here to confirm.

Why would they make a router that can't use WPA2 PSK?

Do you know where to find out how to repeat (wired or wirelessly) the dual
bands (or maybe just one of the bands) using WPA2 PSK and not only WEP?

[rdb]

Post by Andy Burnelli
Where can I find out how to set up the Netgear WNDR3400v2 dual router as a
wired or wireless repeater with WPA2 PSK encryption, not just WEP?
It seems DD-WRT is only for version 1 & 3 and not version 2 (I tried).
What I've seen so far says you can't repeat the wireless with WPA2 PSK,
but I find that to be surprising so I'm just asking here to confirm.
Why would they make a router that can't use WPA2 PSK?
Do you know where to find out how to repeat (wired or wirelessly) the dual
bands (or maybe just one of the bands) using WPA2 PSK and not only WEP?

There are a lot of routers that can't be upgraded to dresdren-wrt,
hyperwrt, lede, tomato, freshtomato, freetz, debwrt, voxel,
openwirelessrouter and similar firmware flashes for those routers.

Probably when you purchase a router, you have to look then to see if there
is already existing firmware for it before you bother to buy the router.

After five or so years you'll inevitably be flashing that firmware when you
repurpose the router for triple distances, so you probably want to also
consider the amount of usably flashable ram at the time of purchase.

Having removable antennae is also a good feature to look for when you
consider almost everyone repurposes their old router instead of trashing
it, often as a directional device hundreds of feet from the home itself.

Some of the things you can repurpose a five year old router into are
a directional access point (useful for niche connections), a switch, a
station (aka client) with nat & dhcp enabled, a station bridge (aka client
bridge) with nat & dhcp disabled, a repeater, a repeater bridge and ad-hoc.

You can even repurpose the router as a dedicated web server, a dedicated
home nas server, a dedicated vpn server, a dedicated streamer, etc.

Almost everyone has a use for one of those, particularly if you raise the
transmit power from about 70 (default) to about 100 (warm) or 120 (hot) and
if you then add a directional antenna which can triple usable distances.