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| 729421 | 2008-12-16 04:32:00 | Give them both the same ssid, same channel, and if you're using encryption set it identical on both the physical and virtual interfaces .. any client will just choose the one with greatest signal strength automatically :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 729422 | 2008-12-16 06:28:00 | Give them both the same ssid Check. Both have same SSID and same encryption key. , same channel How do I set this up on DD-WRT? Upstairs router is set on Auto for channel setting and if you're using encryption set it identical on both the physical and virtual interfaces Could you walk me through this please - I'm a bit out of my depth with the DD-WRT firmware... |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 729423 | 2008-12-16 07:45:00 | OK, pick a channel upstairs, any channel should do, just remember it. Now there's a few different options (For home use): WEP WPA Personal using either TKIP, AES or TKIP + AES WPA2 Personal using either TKIP, AES or both ... Just to clarify, my SSID is "asus" all in lower case, remember that capitalization matters... Now lets say upstairs you've gone and used WPA Personal (Ive opted for it because two of the cards here only support WPA TKIP) with TKIP (Which one you use most probably doesnt make much diff) You'll load up your DD-WRT Router and go Wireless --> Wireless Security Under Physical Interface wl0 SSID [asus] I have: Security Mode: WPA Personal Security Algorithm: TKIP WPA Shared Key: *exactly the same as your main router* Then under: Virtual Interfaces wl0.1 SSID [asus] I have exactly the same thing :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 729424 | 2008-12-16 07:45:00 | OK, pick a channel upstairs, any channel should do, just remember it. Now there's a few different options (For home use): WEP WPA Personal using either TKIP, AES or TKIP + AES WPA2 Personal using either TKIP, AES or both ... Just to clarify, my SSID is "asus" all in lower case, remember that capitalization matters... Now lets say upstairs you've gone and used WPA Personal (Ive opted for it because two of the cards here only support WPA TKIP) with TKIP (Which one you use most probably doesnt make much diff) You'll load up your DD-WRT Router and go Wireless --> Wireless Security Under Physical Interface wl0 SSID [asus] I have: Security Mode: WPA Personal Security Algorithm: TKIP WPA Shared Key: *exactly the same as your main router* Then under: Virtual Interfaces wl0.1 SSID [asus] I have exactly the same thing :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 729425 | 2008-12-16 09:14:00 | Thanks for that Chill, works like a charm now! :thumbs: | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 729426 | 2008-12-16 09:16:00 | ...and would like to connect an external HD to it.... After having tried it myself tonight, Ive learned its not quite as easy as "just doing" it ... Am fluffing around tonight with it. Got it picking up my 2GB Thumbdrive, but thats not terribly much use, it needs to be shared. To do that you need samba which is installable via ipkg-opt, which you need an Ext2/3 partition mounted at /opt to install. Next problem being trying to format Ext3 from windows ... my linux box (headless) is down in the garage, Ive sold an EeePC and the other is at my fiances ... Downloading gparted live cd now, to save myself a lot of running back and forth. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 729427 | 2008-12-16 09:41:00 | Thanks for that Chill, works like a charm now! :thumbs: Excellent! :) Good to hear! So you can now seamlessly roam between the two and have the routers hand-off between each other with no difference to your machine? Try running a ping test like: ping -t 208.67.222.222 And then get a download started ... then go for a walk around the house ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 729428 | 2008-12-16 19:38:00 | Well that was certainly interesting. Quite a mission, reminded me of the first time I ever tried flashing DD-WRT onto the -gU :p Anyways, looking back, now, its surprisingly not terribly hard to do. Have setup samba sharing 1.5GB worth of a 2GB Thumbdrive, the other is used for /opt for installing ipkg-opt files into Speeds not super, took approx 18 seconds to do 10.2MB Attached file: Transferring_to_Asus_Router.png (www.imagef1.net.nz) (30 KB) It seems to begin copying, then wait as the CPU catches up ... then burst a little more ... Was a bit of a pain initially formatting the thumbdrive correctly, needed to use gparted live cd and make it ext2. I actually formatted the first 350MB partition ext2, for optware packages, the second 100MB partition for SWAP, and the last fat32 for sharing Except it doesnt like sharing Fat32? Complains of permissions etc .. oh well, too bad, in-future I'll just make everything Ext3 Aside from the speed though, it seems pretty good. I'd like to try and stream a video off it and see if it holds up, or if it crumbles under the load. All in all, I could see it working out quite well for home-use, but not for anything more than that. The speeds just arent good enough unfortunately, probably because the CPU is so slow, and the USB chipset is offloading all the work to the CPU *because* its such a budget router. That said, Im impressed it works, and will try and write some doco of my experiences shortly so others can try. Looking back now, it wont be too difficult to replicate now I have all the right files and knowledge :) Chill. |
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