Wi-Fi as WAN

Goal

To use a separate wireless router's SSID network as a WAN internet connection on the Digi 6350-SR/6355-SR.

Setup

This example assumes the LAN ports are operating under default settings, which provide DHCP connectivity to devices connected to the 63xx-series router's LAN ports.

For this example, you need:

• SSID you want the router to connect to, including the wireless channel the SSID is broadcasted on.
• Authentication credentials for the SSID.

Supported encryption types for Wi-Fi as WAN are open (unencrypted), WPA, and WPA2 PSK.

• Priority of the Wi-Fi as WAN interface (that is, should it take precedence over the WAN Ethernet port).

Sample

The following diagram shows a sample setup of a 63xx-series router establishing a client connection to a separate wireless router's SSID (Accelerated Guests), and then using that interface for a Wi-Fi as WAN connection. A laptop is shown connected to one of the LAN Ethernet ports of the 63xx-series router as an example end-user device utilizing the Wi-Fi as WAN connection.

Open the configuration profile for the 63xx-series router and make the following changes.

1. Under Network -> WiFi -> Channel, select the channel used by the secondary wireless router's SSID. Note that if you only are establishing one WiFi as WAN connection, and disable any AP-mode SSIDs under the Accelerated device's Network -> WiFi -> Access points config options, you do not need to specify a specific wireless channel, and can instead leave this Channel option set to Automatic.
2. Under Network -> WiFi -> Client mode connections, create a new entry named testclient..
3. Under the new client mode connection entry, enter in the SSID and authentication credentials for the SSID of the secondary wireless router.

Under Network -> Interfaces, create a new entry named WiFiasWAN.

1. Set the Zone for the new interface to External.
2. Set the Device for the new interface to WLAN Client: testclient
3. Under IPv4, set the Interface type to DHCP address.

Note This will trigger the 63xx-series router to obtain a DHCP connection to the secondary wireless router's SSID network.

4. Optional: Set the Metric to 0 to make this the primary WAN interface. Doing so will make both the WAN Ethernet and cellular modem (if used) backup WAN connections.
5. Click Save.