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          The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

>On 11/01/2026 14:40, David Higton wrote:
>
>>  I installed OpenWRT on an RPi4 a few weeks ago,
>> and it was very successful as an AP, although the need for it didn't last
>> long (my son installed a new mesh network, which gave whole house
>> coverage).  Note that the RPi4 only does one wifi band; I don't know the
>> RPi5.
>> 
> I dont want to go that far and replace existing DHCP allocation etc.

You would set it up as an access point, not as a router.  It would not
need to have DHCP running.  DCHP traffic would go to and from your
existing router; the RasPi AP would just pass it through in both
directions.

David

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