Nevermind, I found it!

 

See. It has everything!


Even makes popcorn.

 

I just made me some flied lice!

 

Stogie do you use the OpenVPN Server or do you use VPN passthrough?

 

Uuuuhhhhh.....



what's wrong with this picture?

 

Has anyone configured OpenVPN on this thing? I've installed Tunnelblick VPN Client on OS X and I installed OpenVPN on Windows. Now I've got to make the CA cert and the the server and client keys. I'm having trouble finding a good guide for Tunnelblick. Anyone else done this before and have any advice?

 

Nevermind! I used PPTP instead and since Windows and OS X have built in support for it I don't have to run any extra software!!! i configured it and got working in just a couple minutes! Way easier than OpenVPN. I'm so excited right now. This thing is fucking awesome!

 

OMG! And since I'm using pptp that means that my iOS devices support it now too! VPN on my iPad!!! I'm soooo happy right now, I'm giggling like a little boy!

 

Im running it on my WRT160N and loving it...I have ran DDWRT in some way shape or form on every router I have owned...lol

 

Not cool, man! NOT COOL!

I just spent the last two hours recovering from a failed firmware upgrade. I thought I had bricked it. I followed the instructions, that explicitly said don't choose to reset setting to default when doing a firmware upgrade (why would anyone want to do that anyways). I didn't connect over wireless. Did the upgrade and then nothing.........

I did the 30/30/30 reset and nothing. I was able to ping it but couldn't get a DHCP IP and couldn't access the login page. I followed the settings to use TFTP to upgrade the firmware over cmd line and no dice. I found steps to reset to default manufacturer's firmware via TFTP and WAS able to do that!

Once I restored to OEM firmware I upgraded to the old DD-WRT firmware because I was going to restore the settings I had saved before attempting to upgrade the first time. Well I was able to flash to first DD-WRT version and when I did all my settings were still there! Even through a failed firmware flash, a successful flash to OEM firmware and then back to DD-wrt my settings stayed on the router the whole time. So i tried to upgrade the firmware to the latest dd-wrt again and it worked this time!

The only thing I can think that might've been different between the two attempts well besides the fact I was using OS X and chrome on the first one and that I was using windows and IE8 on the 2nd attempt, I wonder if the first upgrade failed because my OS X machine was behind a switch? Not sure why that would cause an issue, do you?

 

^ dunno, glad you recovered.

All I know is my DDWRT box is so good it gives me the powerball numbers the day BEFORE the drawing.

 

 

I've always had trouble doing the initial DD-WRT installation via OS X. I've always used Windows. DD-WRT firmware upgrades have been flawless for me via Firefox and OS X.

 

Really? I've never had that happen to me. Very strange. Perhaps it depends on how large of a firmware jump you're doing. All of the upgrades I've done have been pretty close in firmware versions.

In any case a backup wouldn't have worked since backups aren't compatible across firmware versions...at least as far as I'm aware. I believe you can restore a backup from a different firmware version, but it may or may not work as commands and their options evolve (the GUI is a fancy interface to a ton of Linux firewall commands and other apps/configuration files).

 

I use Tomato on my WRT54GS. Its awesome.


Stunna, I would love to know more info on how your set the VPN settings.

 

Pretty simple really. Go to the VPN settings page, enable PPTP server. Put in DNS settings, for server IP enter your routers external IP address. For client IP you enter the IP or IP range that you want the VPN connected clients to use when connected over VPN. my range is set as 192.168.0.3-6 which gives me 4 IPs for my VPN clients.

Then make a user name and password in the CHAP secrets box. For example a username and password entry in that box would be like

you have to put the asterisks and space around the password

 

Finally pulled the trigger on the 3700. Stock firmware seems to do everything I need it to so I think i'll just stick with it for now. When the time comes, i'll do the DD-WRT thing though.

 

I finally got around to flashing my wrt310n with dd-wrt generic build last night. My network seems a lot snappier, time will tell. I was suffering from 3 issues which caused me to finally do make the move. About every day or 2 we would have to reset the router cause it was getting slow as hell. This could be caused by many things and I think one of them is where the router was sitting it was getting too hot. Other changes I made were replacing all the cat5 with cat6 (love monoprice) to make sure that was not holding back the gigabit nic's, I switched too google's dns server instead of my isp's, and lastly I put the wrt310n in my modem's dmz so that it can handle firewall responsibilities etc. Based on my past experience with dd-wrt this will cure what ails me.

 

btw I abbreviated the procedure a bit. did a 30/30/30 then loaded the trailed firmware, let it do a full boot up, then loaded the last stable generic firmware.

 

GBe won't run full speed on Cat5 it needs at least Cat5e.

Run Namebench to find the fastest DNS servers, Google may not be the fastest. they aren't for me.
http://code.google.com/p/namebench/

Make sure you aren't stacking your router on top of your cable modem. they should be separated, if not it can cause an overheating issue. I've seen it happen

 

Since this thread has been bumped let me add to it. there was an update for my router a couple days ago and I updated it successfully the first time using IE9 plugged directly into the router.

now my other issue. This is a weird one. This has been happening before the recent update so it's not that. when I'm behind my router on the lan I can't access my exchange server that's on the same LAN from the external IP. If I use the internal IP it works fine. Also I can access my exchange server from a remote location using the external IP/domain.

I know there's a setting in DD-WRT called Filer WAN NAT Redirection that Prevents hosts on LAN from using WAN address of router to contact servers on the LAN (which have been configured using port redirection). I have that turned off but still not working. So if I'm on the same LAN and use internal IP it works, if I use external IP it doesn't work. If I'm on another network and use the external IP it does work. It's weird.

 

Some firewalls can handle that but many can't. I never used DD-WRT so I have no idea if it can or can't.
Are you using DD-WRT to handle your DNS for the internal clients? If so you can probably put an entry in there to return the inside address for you.

 

I'll check out namebench when I get home. Modem and router weren't stacked but they were side by side. I have a custom built floating cabinet that all our entertainment shit sits in and when the AVR is on it can get pretty hot inside. I separated the router with a shelve that's closer to a vent. In the summer it might require adding some fans to the cabinet, but that remains to be seen.

 

Heard. Try putting the AVR on the top shelf if you haven't already

 

Can I use my DDNS name?

 

haha.......????

 

What's y'alls avg monthly/daily bandwidth traffic look like?

here's last month.

P88u1.png

 

buuuuump


What's the longest / most powerful range home router? Need a coverage of 3 floors. (I do not want to use access/repeaters)

Buffalo? Amped? Any other routers you can recommend? Dual is ok, lots of netflix streams.

 

my netgear wndr3700 has given me the best range of any router i've owned. Can't say how well it would handle 3 stories though.

 

it's my gf's father... I want to install it, and forget about it.

He needs a good range boost, I have Buffalo 450 at work, does 15,000 sq feet easy, but I never tested its streaming.

The other one most likely I'll get is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320062

It has a print port, they need that... Man I just want something reliable with highest range to limit my headaches.

Thanks!

 

Amped R10000G

http://www.neowin.net/news/review-am...h-power-router

 

Anyone using DDWRT who wants to set up a guest network so you don't have to give out your password to your private SSID, here is a good walkthrough.

http://www.howtogeek.com/153827/how-...eless-network/

And from http://www.alexlaird.com/2013/03/dd-...est-wireless/-
Add this under ADMIN:COMMANDS to separate the networks fully:
iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o `get_wanface` -j SNAT --to `nvram get wan_ipaddr`
iptables -I FORWARD -i br1 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -i br1 -o br0 -m state --state NEW -j DROP

 

Stunna, you still happy with the netgear? My Linksys Wrt320N just died.

 

Just grabbed the N600. Don't say I never listen to you Daniel!

 

Don't forget to upgrade your firmware because of Heartbleed. Especially if you are running these services on your router.


http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/content/h...nline-services
In DD-WRT itself the following services are using OpenSSL with TLS:

openvpn
squid
freeradius
asterisk
curl
pound
tor
transmission

 

Thanks Doop, not running any of those services.

Now, to figure out how to reconfigure my FTP server... Grrr. I wish there was a "settings transfer from different build" in ddwrt.

 

OK, having a tough time getting my FTP server to work through the router. outside the WAN can't connect. Internal connections are fine. Works fine when I direct connect the server machine to the internet so I know its the router.

Set port forwarding:



Set range forwarding for PSV mode:



What am I missing?

 

5000? What am I missing?

 

that shit died on me about a year ago....

Switched back to a Cisco WRVS4400N I had lying around. It works but it's quirky and I'm getting tired of it's shit. My roommate likes to bit torrent shit and whenever he does I think it overloads the Cisco's processor and bring everything else to a crawl, QoS doesn't do shit.

Looking at those ASUS 802.11AC routers, seems like they do everything. Not sure if DD-WRT works on them but if the stock OS has everything then I don't really need it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320174

 

Regardless (since been changed to 50000-50050 for passive mode) the Active connection is never made on port 21...

Works fine without the router in the middle.