[entigy68]

After a frustrating & fruitless morning I have decided to ask for help....

My situation is this:
I currently have a TalkTalk Youview box connected to a TV upstairs, whilst my router is downstairs where the only phone socket is.
To avoid running Cat5 cable everywhere, I use a Netgear WNCE2001 adapter which acts as a wireless bridge.
This works perfectly - all the streaming services are available and even the 'booster' IPTV channels (eg Sky Sports) work with no problem.

Having just upgraded to a bigger TV which has a ethernet port, I was looking at 4-port wireless bridges to enable me to put both the box &
the set on the internet (and still have 2 ports free).
Some of these seemed quite expensive, so I decided to follow a CNET guide to employing an old router as a wireless bridge by installing the
DD-WRT custom firmware.
This all went surprisingly well - the TP-Link router I had lying around allowed internet access (after flashing) to my laptop, the TV and the YouView
box....
.... except for the 'booster' channels which refused to start.

I turned off the 'Multicast filtering' and generally played around with settings for ages but to no joy.

So, this beggars several quesions:

- What's so 'special' about that little Netgear gizmo that makes it work seamlessly ?
- What settings do I need in the DD-WRT firmware that will allow it to 'mimic' the Netgear ?
- The one thing that caught my eye was that the wireless region setting on the Netgear was 'Europe', whereas the TP-Link said 'USA' (with no option to
change it). Could that be the issue ?
- Should I fork out for a proper 4-port media bridge, or would that be a waste of money ?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.