The following content has been depreciated because we have developed repeater manager function which is available in Firmware v2.22 and newer.
Check how to use repeater (station) manager here
The mini routers is One-Radio device, which caused a problem in repeater mode. When your repeater cannot connect, its own ap will not boot.
For example, you go to one hotel and connect the mini router to the hotel's wifi as WISP repeater. But when you go to another hotel when the original ssid is not available, you cannot connect to the router via WiFi. You need a cable to connect.
There are some solutions to solve this problem. One is like this post: http://www.gl-inet.com/forums/topic/wifimgr-tool-to-automaticaly-select-an-apstation-from-a-list-of-saved-aps/
The script try to connect a list of saved ssid/key one by one until it get access to the Internet. We are still make our script based on this. At this moment, we recommend a simple solution so that you can bring your wifi back by pressing the reset button.
The idea is simple, to turn off the repeater connection by pressing the Reset button.
First you need connect to the router using ssh when you still have Ineternet connection. Then try to execute the the following command one by one.
$ wget http://www.gl-inet.com/download/script/repeater_onoff -O /usr/bin/repeater_onoff
$ chmod +x /usr/bin/repeater_onoff
$ wget http://www.gl-inet.com/download/script/reset -O /etc/rc.button/reset
$ chmod +x /etc/rc.button/reset
Then it is done.
When you cannot connect to the repeater and don't have wifi, just press the reset button. The repeater will be turned off and your ap is back. Now you can connect to http://192.168.8.1 and reset up the repeater.
Warning: this only works for WISP. It doesn't work for WDS and Relayd bridge.
Note: Don't forget to press the Reset button again after you choose to connect to another ssid.
If you are using Linux or Mac, you will have ssh by default. Just execute:
$ ssh root@192.168.8.1
If you are using windows, we recommend putty. Download from here: https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
Excute putty, then input IP 192.168.8.1, Port 22 and choose connection type ssh, then click Open.
You will be shown a black window. Type username root and then your password. You are in.
Then you need to execute the above command one by one.
