Questions tagged [dd-wrt]
DD-WRT is a Linux based open source firmware for wireless routers and embedded systems.
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OpenWrt vs DDWrt
I have a TP-Link Wr1043ND router and I want to install one of these two firmwares:
OpenWRT
DD-WRT
I read that I can install custom packages and do much more than I can with the original firmware.
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Which routers do you prefer for DD-WRT or OpenWRT? [closed]
I'm aware of the giant Supported Devices list. I'm wondering which ones you all prefer (e.g., support for Mega install, cheap, reliable hardware, USB port, etc.)
I've used an ASUS WL-500G Premium ...
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How to resolve Windows Update Error 8024402F on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit?
I have been having the same problem with Windows Updates on 2 of my machines at home, both running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. One of the 2 machines is a brand new install, the other has run ...
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Does DD-WRT QoS actually work?
There have been various reports of DD-WRT QoS not working (here, here and elsewhere).
The DD-WRT QoS Documentation mentions some checks would indicate whether the proper priorities are being applied ...
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DD-WRT: How to allow port forwarding to apply to requests originating from inside the LAN?
With the original firmware of my router I had port forwarding defined from port 80 to the server in the LAN, which I used in conjunction with an external dynamic DNS service.
I've now upgraded to DD-...
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Recommended gigabit 802.11n routers that work with DD-WRT [closed]
I've read this question, and checked out the supported devices list, but am looking specifically for a gigabit 802.11n router that is easy to find and fully supported by DD-WRT.
It seems like some of ...
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dd-wrt router firmware QoS troubleshooting
I've been using the dd-wrt firmware on my router and I like it a lot!
But -- I'm not sure the quality of service (QoS) is working on it. I have it set up as follows:
http, port 80 -- Premium
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"Private" MAC Address
I'm not new to home networking and I've been running DD-WRT routers for years. I'm a software developer, so "technologically" curious by nature but admittedly have never really researched in-depth low ...
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DD-WRT: DNSMasq expand-hosts not working
I have a Linksys router running DD-WRT (Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (09/08/09) mini). I have it successfully resolving the DNS names for my DHCP-assigned systems, but only when I fully-qualify those ...
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How to configure QoS for CrashPlan, which connects on HTTPS port, without affecting all other HTTPS traffic?
CrashPlan appears to upload stuff on the standard HTTPS port 443.
Is there any way to allocate it bulk QoS priority separately from all other HTTPS traffic, or am I completely stuffed?
I'm using DD-...
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DD-WRT with native IPv6
My ISP provides native IPv6 support (ie. I can plug in my computer straight into the WAN and get an IPv6 address). However I can not get this working on DD-WRT. When I enable IPv6 and radvd in DD-...
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Can dd-wrt or tomato keep track of GB usage per billing period per device?
I want to be able to track the usage of each device connecting to our router so we can split up the ISP bill by usage. Can dd-wrt or tomato provide the stats I'd need to do this?
Update:
After a bit ...
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What are the differences between a repeater bridge and WDS?
I've read about both repeater bridge mode and WDS in the DD-WRT documentation. It sounds like they solve the same problem, but it's not clear from the DD-WRT documentation where they differ, if at ...
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How can I re-enable the web interface of a dd-wrt router with no SSH or telnet connection?
I accidentally disabled my D-link router's web interface. I installed dd-wrt firmware on it. The router's SSH and telnet connections are disabled. I don't want to reset the router.
How can I enable ...
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How do I bridge two wired DD-WRT routers?
I have one DD-WRT router (herein: 1st) connected to the Internet, working perfectly, with client PCs assigned static IP addresses.
Now I want to add another static client (herein: 2nd), but this time ...
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Windows 7 machine makes router drop ALL wireless connections
Some background:
My home network consists of my desktop computer, a two-month old Windows 7 (x64) machine which is online most frequently (N-spec), as well as three other Windows XP laptops ...
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DD-WRT: Cannot see client when using wired ethernet
A bit of a frustrating problem I've been facing - I just don't know what's wrong.
I have a Netgear WNR2000v3 router with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (03/19/12) std installed. Everything works perfectly apart from ...
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Raspberry pi cannot ping router or internet addresses over wifi bridge
I recently set up a WNR2000v3 router running DD-WRT as a sort of repeater bridge using the "Atheros" version of this tutorial (we'll call this 'router 2'), which is repeating a Medialink Wireless-N ...
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Does a router know not to hand out static IP addresses to other devices?
I set a computer on my network to use a Static IP address
Shutdown the computer so its not on and not connected to the network
Question: How does my router know not to hand out that IP address to ...
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DD-WRT serving additional DNS servers instead of just the router’s IP
I have a DD-WRT (using DD-WRT v24SP2-MULTI (03/21/11) std) router set up with DNSMasq to resolve certain domains to internal addresses and pass everything else thru. The router itself is configured to ...
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Setting up a second router to be a separate network on a home networking router
I would like to use a second router to set up a second network on my home network.
The first router is plugged into our cable modem. I have that plugged via Ethernet from one of the LAN ports on ...
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iptables duplicate traffic to another ip
This blog post has a template iptables rule to forward traffic, to and from the router to another ip address.
iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING \
-d [IP to spy on] \
-j ROUTE –tee –gw [IP ...
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Periodically reboot dd-wrt
I have a Linksys Router with dd-wrt installed on. Due to some problems, I would like to periodically reboot the router (let's say at 0:00 everyday).
How would I do that?
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What is an antenna chain and how do I figure out the correct setting for my router?
Information on antenna chains has been difficult to find, (google seems to think I want to search for antenna gain). I found this IEEE article which defines what they are, but it doesn't explain how I'...
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DD-WRT: Anyone know how to get RADIUS on the router so I don't need to rely on an external server?
Ideally, in my environment, the radius server would run on the router, so that we can save power.
Now, I've heard of people using freeRadius, which I've heard is great, but is kind of a pain to set ...
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Unable to ssh to router running DDWRT
I am trying to ssh to a DLink router running DDWRT:
ssh [email protected]
Connection closed by 192.168.1.1
I tried to alter the ssh ports on the router to 2222:
ssh [email protected] -p 2222
ssh:...
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Purpose of LAN Domain?
What is the purpose of creating a domain name for your LAN? I'm using DD-WRT on my router and assigned local.moofz.com as the LAN domain. I setup Apache HTTP servers on two of the computers on my LAN ...
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Configure DD-WRT to Limit Bandwidth on Devices
I have flashed DD-WRT firmware to my TP-Link WRT841-N router, set the basic network configuration & wireless. I want to limit bandwidth on a user who is always using torrents which is causing my ...
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Optimum way to deploy two WRT54G(S) routers in a home environment?
I have a wrt54g and a wrt54gs. Both routers are running dd-wrt. What's the optimum way to configure them so that wireless clients can roam between them as they drop in and out of each others' range?
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DD-WRT: dnsmasq headaches with static hosts
I am using dd-wrt (r23503, for the record) on my new Asus RT-AC56U router. Unfortunately, dnsmasq configuration is giving me nothing but headaches. Here's what I want:
DNS queries from the LAN/WLAN ...
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Is 50% download speed on a wireless G network normal?
I have a wired connection of about 36Mb/s, but my wireless speed is max at about 18-19Mb/s. I have a WRT54G-TM (T-Mobile, 802.11G) router with DD-WRT firmware - I've upgraded it to latest build. Done ...
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Explain Host- and Domain Name in DD-WRT
Could someone please explain in detail what Host Name and Domain Name are used for under Internet Setup in the DD-WRT router?
I've had them blank and it works perfectly, so did it for a friend of ...
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Is automatic Wake On LAN possible with DD-WRT?
I might be thinking the wrong way to solve this problem. If there's a better way, than tell me. I want to be able to allow my home server to sleep when it's unused, but to automatically wake up when ...
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Computers connected on LAN ports, via a wireless router, are unable to communicate
What I have
Linksys WRT54GL with DD-WRT replacing the original firmware
Linksys is connected to the internet on the WAN port, standard stuff
2 windows (7 and 8) desktop computers connected via the ...
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How do I join two subnets with two DD-WRT routers?
I have two separate DD-WRT routers which I would like to bridge together so that computers connected to each are on the same subnet (so that multicast can work between them for UPNP/DNLA media sharing)...
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Is there a persistant storage in router with dd-wrt
I am newbie to this. I have got dd-wrt , installed and configured in my router.
dd-wrt version : DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/07/10)
router version : D-Link DIR 600
I am trying setup bandwidth usage ...
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How to assign different static IP addresses to the same machine depending on its OS?
I was wondering if it is possible, e.g. to assign/reserve one static IP to a computer when it's running windows and assign a second static IP to the same computer/MAC address when it's running Linux?
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How do I fully reset DD-WRT?
I have a Linksys WRT54GS wireless router flashed with DD-WRT, and I forgot my username and password for it. Thus, I am unable to reset the password from the web interface.
Without access to the web ...
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Cannot login ssh in a dd-wrt router
I have this router: linksys WRT160NL
I am trying to ssh to it:
$ssh -l root -p 1522 192.168.1.1
DD-WRT v24-sp2 std (c) 2010 NewMedia-NET GmbH
Release: 08/07/10 (SVN revision: 14896)
[email protected]'...
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DD-WRT - how to identify best firmware version for router?
I have an ASUS RT-68UC router. I successfully installed DD-WRT on it about 2 yrs ago, build r28493M.
Recently, I wanted to upgrade it so I went to https://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database....
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Could installing DD-WRT speed up my Internet?
I believe that my router's firmware is causing me to get much lower Internet speeds than I should be getting. This is true for general browsing, downloading large files and uploading files. Would ...
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Home network with two isolated separate subnets, running on cablemodem/router and WRT-router
I have a new connection with a nice new router/cable-modem. I'd like to setup it up optimally and needs some pointers. I am a complete n00b when it comes to routing.
I want to end up with two ...
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Is it possible to throw DD-WRT on a F5D8235-4 v2?
I have a F5D8235-4 v2 and I was looking to run IPv6 on it using DD-WRT, has anyone tried this? I haven't been able to find it listed in the router database.
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ASUS RT-AC66R hard reset
Have an ASUS RT-AC66R - we had set it up for our church and was working flawlessly. I was approached last sunday to say it was not connecting (2014-01-19). We had set it with the 2.5 and 5 Ghz ...
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No SSH access to a Dir-615 router running DD-Wrt firmware?
My current network setup consists of a D-link dir-615D1 flashed with DD-Wrt (v24 PreSp2 Build21061). This is hooked up directly to a Windows 7 PC with an Ethernet cable (With no internet access).
I ...
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Slow local network with brand new router and DD-WRT
I'm running a brand new Asus RT-N16 with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) mega on it. Lately, I've seen slow transfer rates when moving files from my laptop to my server over wifi (laptop is using wifi, ...
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Hosts connected to DD-WRT router running radvd get IPv6 addresses but can't communicate
I'm trying to get IPv6 working on my local network. I know my ISP (Comcast) supports it because anything connected to the modem/router combo I rent from them gets assigned an IPv6 address and ...
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How have multiple web servers and IPs on the same physical network
I do web development out of a small office and need to have multiple physical and virtual servers that can be accessed from the internet. I also have a number of devices (computers, laptops, tablets, ...
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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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What are good settings to use for Tx Power and Antenna Gain with dd-wrt on my router (WNDR3700v1)?
What are good settings to use for Tx Power and Antenna Gain with dd-wrt on my router (WNDR3700v1)?
Currently, it is set to the defaults of 20dbm for Tx power and 0dbi for antenna gain.
I want to push ...