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DD-WRT is a Linux based open source firmware for wireless routers and embedded systems.

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No internet connection when connected via wi-fi, but fine via ethernet (DD-WRT)

I just bought a new router (Linksys WRT160Nv3) and installed DD-WRT on it. When I connect my Mac to the router via Wi-Fi, I cannot get an outside internet connection (and in fact, can not connect to ...
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How do I configure DD-WRT to forward IPSec traffic to an internal server to support a road warrior configuration?

I use dd-wrt as my home router setup and that's been working fine. Now I wanted to figure out a way to be able to use my iPad to set up a IPSec tunnel to my home network while I'm on the road. PPTP ...
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Can't connect to qbittorrent (or other client) Web UI, except through localhost

I'm trying to use qBittorrent's (I've also tried other torrent clients') remote Web UI, but can't seem to get it to work. I can connect just fine using http://localhost:PORT, but can't connect using ...
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Problems with Netflix Streaming, DDWRT, and Xbox 360

Basically, I have been having problems getting Netflix Streaming to play on my Xbox 360 with my DD-WRT router. The thing is, it will play some movies, sometimes. For example, the other day, I could ...
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Access local network resources remotely using OpenVPN

I've been banging my head against the wall on this for a week, so thought I'd finally turn to the experts. Much appreciated for any help. [Note: originally posted this on ServerFault, was told this ...
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Joining two routers together, but I have no access to the second router, although I know it's IP address and Gateway

I have temporarily moved into a rented apartment for 4 months, which has wireless. The trouble I am having is that the access points here are wifi only and no RJ45 and I need to use RJ45 to connect ...
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Separated network for layer 2 and 3 with additional wifi routers possible?

I need help in setting up a second isolated network for IoT stuff (TV, Fridge...). I tried it with two wifi routers, but when I tested it, it was not isolated yet. For the test I had the main router ...
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Logging LAN traffic with ebtables-iptables-ddwrt

Goal I am trying to log internal(eth0->eth0[via br0]) traffic to syslog on DD-WRT. Problem Bridged traffic is not seen by iptables. The same traffic is also not visible via ebtables. Things I ...
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How to access the emergency room interface for D-Link DIR-600 B2 with firmware v.2.15?

I have a D-Link DIR-600 B2 router with firmware v.2.15 and I want to install the DD-WRT firmware (described here) to enable the repeater mode. The problem is, every time I try to upload the DD-WRT ...
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Wireless USB adapter suddenly very slow

I have been using my wireless adapter fine for about 2-3 years on my Windows 7 PC, but a few days ago the internet became extremely sluggish, and no attempt to power on/off, re-plug, or fully re-...
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Why won't FreeRadius allow WPA2 Enterprise/PEAP Wi-Fi connections?

First a bit of background: I've been tinkering with this on and off for a few days and it's getting frustrating. I've got a NetGear r6300 loaded up with DD-WRT v24/SP2 Giga and I've configured SSH to ...
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What is required to authenticate user against RADIUS server

I am trying to build a captive portal for my wireless network. For the captive portal, I will be using a linksys router flashed with dd-wrt firmware (with chillispot). For the authentication, I will ...
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WiFi speeds half of wired speed

I just upgraded my Comcast internet, and my wired speeds vary from 58 Mbps to 70 Mbps (per speedtest.net). I have a WRT610N router, and I'm only getting around 20-25 mbps from the wifi. Things I ...
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sshuttle on a DD-WRT / OpenWRT Router

Has anybody had any success installing and running sshuttle on a wireless router? My intent is to have all traffic from all devices (computer, tablet, gaming system, etc.) that connect to the router ...
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DD-WRT router causing IP address conflicts across network

My DD-WRT router has lost its mind! (Caveat: technically neither of these devices are "routing". I'm going to call them routers anyway.) I just set up two DD-WRT routers, one as a WAP (...
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Wrap a PPTP/L2TP/OpenVPN VPN server that forwards everything through an SSH Tunnel

Using say: ssh -D8080 [email protected] to create an SSH tunnel to a remote server and use it as a SOCKS proxy, etc., how would one go about to wrap it into a VPN server (PPTP, L2TP or OpenVPN), ...
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DD-WRT firewall rule configuration

I'm using DD-WRT on my linksys router. I want to limit each user on my network to 200 connections at any given time. Does anyone know the rules I enter the firewall in DD-WRT admit panel. I tried ...
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Cannot flash a Netgear R8000 router with Tomato or DD-WRT firmware,

I purchased a new Netgear R8000 but cannot flash it with Tomato (Shibby or Advanced) or DD-WRT (Kong). Any time I try to use the initial image I receive an error message stating that the firmware is ...
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IPTables byte count inconsistent

I have the following IPTables rules - basically to allow only 2 IP addresses to access the internet. These rules are on my home wifi router running DD-WRT. Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 16114 packets, ...
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Clone / Bit copy a DD-WRT router

I have an ASUS RT-AC68U running a very specific and fairly complex configuration which includes a /jffs filesystem. (The version of firmware is DD-WRT v3.0-r33525M kongac) Is there a straight-...
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Two systems unable to connect while on same network

Having a strange issue here. I have a desktop computer and a raspberry pi 3 that are unable to connect to one another, while both can access the internet and a third laptop computer. Desktop computer ...
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DD-WRT firmware version and release schedule

The DD-WRT website claims that the recent vulnerabilities in DNSMASQ have been fixed in release r33430, however the latest betas on the website are older then this - release r33413 from 27 Sept (and ...
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Setup IPv6 on two routers with file sharing

My current network is as seen below (plenty of more wifi devices but you get the idea). +--------+ ...
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Setting up DNSMasq to supply different DNS servers to set address ranges on a DD-WRT router

I have set up parental controls on my DD-WRT router using the instructions here. Basically it has parent's devices and children's devices set up into different address ranges and then has you set up ...
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Connection fails when using putty + SOCKS firefox

I originally posted this in the DD-WRT forums but no one is responding there so I'm posting it here, hopefully I could get a response. Okay, so I'm trying to SSH remotely into my secondary home router ...
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How to Setup TP-Link WR841N for external captive portal

How to configure external captive portal using external radius server. I can find the option to add radius server but not able to locate the option to add the redirect Login URL(URL which is ...
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Access across subnets

A r7000 nighthawk, running stock hardware (routerA) is connected to a modem/router (modem). There is also a second r7000 nighthawk (router B), using dd-wrt connected via ethernet to a port on routerA. ...
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DD-WRT: Router assigns a dynamic IP in addition to a static IP causing systems to get two IP addresses

I have my server in my room right now because my WiFi card doesn't support AP mode and I need to bridge a VM to the local network. I opted to start simple. I used my WNDR3400 with DD-WRT and put all ...
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How to access dd-wrt bridge?

I have installed dd-wrt on my fonera some months ago, then I configured it as wireless bridge and forgot about it, never used it again for some time. Now I need it again in a different configuration, ...
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Wireless router hangs/reboots very often

I have a five-year-old TP-Link 1043ND v1 wireless router running the following DD-WRT firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/22/14) std (SVN revision 25697) I haven't made any firmware modifications in the ...
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DD-WRT OpenVPN won't connect from remote location

I have DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/22/14) std on my TPLink 3600 and I have configured my OpenVPN server. When I try to connect to my LAN, it works, but it is invisible from the internet. Certificates are not ...
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I have a router running DD-WRT, plus a modem/router running OpenWAG. How can I automatically send a request every time my external IP address changes?

I have a Linksys WRT54GL with DD-WRT installed, and Linksys WAG200G with OpenWAG. I want to send a wget request to a specific server that will automatically update my ip in their records, every-time ...
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Routing data through two PPPoE accounts on one adsl line. Possible? (DD-WRT)

I've been searching for a couple of days now, and have found many variants of my question but none that explicitly answer it. I've also made sure to go through the questions posted here to not create ...
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Unable to access router admin when using anonymous VPN service

My existing home network setup is as follows; Virgin Media Superhub 2 in modem only mode ASUS RT-N13U working as a switch / wireless AP running DD-WRT firmware version DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/07/10) std ...
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Prevent ARP spoofing in AP, “wl deauthenticate” command

I am in a situation where I cannot do MAC filtering in an AP and I need to block a user that is ARP spoofing the network. I am trying to use the command wl deauthenticate to kick the client. And I ...
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DD-WRT and native IPv6

There have been a couple of questions on this topic but as things have evolved somewhat since then, so I'm opening a new thread. My ISP has started offering native IPv6 and I'm trying to get DD-WRT ...
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Permission to execute denied for every file in /tmp

When I try to execute any program from the /tmp directory, it shows me /tmp/file_name: Permission denied. The same error is shown when I simply enter /tmp. The file system for /tmp is ramfs. I've ...
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Shared WLAN between 2 houses ( Already tried some stuff )

I've need some help guys and hope someone can help me out. Well my Task is more or less common, but the HOW-TO's which i found on the net are mostly for greater distances or "i dont care about speed" ...
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Locate Host Name on LAN with DNSMasq

I am running DNSMasq as both my DHCP and DNS server on my DD-WRT router. I had thought that DNSMasq was adding hosts that it registered in DHCP to the DNS server automatically, but I have a few ...
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DD-WRT Android USB Tether

I have an older WNDR4500 router that has BS DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/22/14) - build 25697 installed. The router has 2 USB ports, and I was wondering if I could USB tether with my Android phone to the ...
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Password Recovery from Router without Reset

Background Story: Previous Technician for a small business set up a network for a customer. The Technician went AWOL (The small business owner is a close friend, and I knew the previous technician as ...
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how to pick addresses and DNSMasq server for PPTP VPN client (in DD-WRT)?

I must be confused about terminology for addresses my remote network uses, but I could not get my DD-WRT (build 20548) connect to the PPTP server. At least I could not even verify that I am connected (...
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DD-WRT bridging mode

I have my Ubuntu Server, providing internet to home LAN. I want to connect DD-WRT router to my server in bridging mode, so wireless devices can get IP from server. Basically I want DD-WRT router to ...
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Can i tunnel a specific sites to a VPN Connection using DD-WRT?

I am thinking of setting up a DD-WRT router at home. Something that would help make my decision is to be able to tunnel specific sites/ip requests via VPN. For example, my son loves some shows on ...
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DD-WRT: Repeater bridge with VPN?

Setup: Router1 and Router2 run DD-WRT Cable modem is connected to WLAN port of Router1 Router2 runs in Repeater Bridge mode (there is also a separate SSID with virtual interface) This setup works ...
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DD-WRT: keep source IP after port forwarding

I just started using DD-WRT on my WNDR3700, but now all my incoming connections to a server inside the network get the same source IP as the router. How can I change this back so I get the real ...
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How to setup "all traffic" VPN on Linksys WRT54GL (DD-WRT) through Thomson ADSL Router

[Apols if I get terminology wrong...n00b to this!] I have a (pretty unconfigurable) ISP provided Thomson ADSL router - ISP runs PPPoE. I added to this a Linksys WRT54GL router which I want to keep ...
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Allow LAN clients to sync time through DD-WRT

I'm having problems when syncing time trough DD-WRT. I have multiple LAN clients and none of them seems to be able to sync time with an internet time server. I have a TP-Link WR1043ND that does this ...
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Wireless router configured as AP using dd-wrt drops packets

I am using a new D-Link DIR-825 flashed with dd-wrt v24preSP2 build 18024. The router is set up as an Access Point (AP) simply extending the network. We have used this guide to set it up. The router ...
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Alternative firmware for Belkin N1 vision

Me and routers ... it's never been a happy marriage and probably never will. I've had 3 routers, a d-link DIR615, Belkin N1 Vision and a linksys WRT54g. I've been most happy with the linksys since ...
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