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Router problem: DHCP works for WLAN, but not LAN?

i couldnt reserve IP addresses, or setup shaping rules to IP ranges, and needed to jump massive hoops for shaping to specific IP's.



sure it does a few things better, but overall it was not fun.
 
I have all my IP address reserved by mac address. IP range 100-105 is reserved for every PC and device i have in the house. the rest is in the IP address pool. Its a more complex setup and also allows for cisco commands on routers like my WRT54G Linksys.
 
Mussels said:
why does everyone love DD-WRT? its dogshit compared to the stock firmware of my TP link router... harder to use, and less features (not more!)
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I originally bought my Asus router for DD-WRT, but the stock firmware wasn't that bad so I never loaded it :laugh:

I just like knowing that the capability is there if I can't stand the stock firmware for some reason.
brandonwh64 said:
I have all my IP address reserved by mac address. IP range 100-105 is reserved for every PC and device i have in the house. the rest is in the IP address pool. Its a more complex setup and also allows for cisco commands on routers like my WRT54G Linksys.
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Really? Is it enough that it would be worth picking up a couple for a dirt-cheap CCNA lab? lol
 
theJesus said:
I originally bought my Asus router for DD-WRT, but the stock firmware wasn't that bad so I never loaded it :laugh:

I just like knowing that the capability is there if I can't stand the stock firmware for some reason.

Really? Is it enough that it would be worth picking up a couple for a dirt-cheap CCNA lab? lol
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IT only allows for certain commands. You will NOT be able to use all of the commands you would like say on a cisco 3750E switch.
 
brandonwh64 said:
IT only allows for certain commands. You will NOT be able to use all of the commands you would like say on a cisco 3750E switch.
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Ah, didn't think so.
 
theJesus said:
Ah, didn't think so.
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Your best bet is to find someone with a older 2900 series rack mounted managed cisco switch to do your cert on. I have a full linksys (cisco firmware) rack mounted switch fully managed that I practice on when im bored. I have a bunch of VLANs setup.
 
There are virtual labs as well. I've used those.
 
brandonwh64 said:
Your best bet is to find someone with a older 2900 series rack mounted managed cisco switch to do your cert on. I have a full linksys (cisco firmware) rack mounted switch fully managed that I practice on when im bored. I have a bunch of VLANs setup.
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Do you have any idea what a good price on one would be? I'm thinking of picking up one of those and either a 2500 or 2600 series router. Actually, if I had the cash, I'd buy two or three of each :laugh:
 
Mussels said:
why does everyone love DD-WRT? its dogshit compared to the stock firmware of my TP link router... harder to use, and less features (not more!)
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I doubt your TP-Link had more features, and if it did have more feature then it was an extremely high end one that probably costs a bundle, but I will agree with the harder to use part. But the reason it is harder to use is because it has far more options. Kind of a paradox. The extra features are why people like it, and having access to those features on relatively inexpensive routers, as well as the better stability in some cases too. The stock firmware is fine for normal users, I will say, but for someone like me a 3rd party firmware is a blessing. Personally, I don't like DD-WRT all that much, mainly because it can be over complicated and god forbid I have to walk someone through something over the phone that has no clue what they are doing. I prefer tomato actually.

Mussels said:
i couldnt reserve IP addresses, or setup shaping rules to IP ranges, and needed to jump massive hoops for shaping to specific IP's.



sure it does a few things better, but overall it was not fun.
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DD-WRT allows for all of that, you just have to know how to configure it(which can be a pain in the ass, and why I prefer Tomato). Does your TP-Link allow you to adjust the radio power? Does it allow you to adjust the CPU clock speed? Show you realtime RAM and CPU usage?
 
remixedcat said:
There are virtual labs as well. I've used those.
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Like packet-tracer? I've got that and used it a bunch in class, but I'd really like to setup my own physical labs. We had physical equipment in class, but my group was a bunch of lazy douche-nuts that just cheated on everything so I didn't get as much experience as I wanted.
 
Mussels said:
why does everyone love DD-WRT? its dogshit compared to the stock firmware of my TP link router... harder to use, and less features (not more!)
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DDWRT is better than a lot of stock firmwares. It's got it's issues but it's nice to have a standard interface for any number of different routers. Not all stock firmwares are inferior to DDWRT/Tomato/OpenWRT/etc, and some of the companies out there are really stepping up to the plate in the firmware department. It'd be nice to see a time when DDWRT is almost nonexistant and rather user optimized builds of the native firmware, along with a more user-friendly version of OpenWRT and the other 3rd party firmwares are available.

That said... Did a moderator just pull this thread offtopic? :roll:

I guess I really shouldn't talk. I'm guilty of it as often as not.

EDIT - ROFL! I just quoted a post from the first page. How did I not notice an entire page more of posts? D'oh!
 
Mussels said:
i couldnt reserve IP addresses, or setup shaping rules to IP ranges, and needed to jump massive hoops for shaping to specific IP's.



sure it does a few things better, but overall it was not fun.
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thats probably because you where either limited to a micro build or where using a very very old build
 
OneMoar said:
follow this for getting ddwrt flashed to this unit http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Asus_RT-N16
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As has already been determined, the LAN ports are messed up, so I can't install DD-WRT, because it needs to be done over a wired connection.

In any case, I got a reply from Asus
Asus said:
if you restored the router and the lan ports still fail. then i would return the unit to place of purchase.
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K, that's great except Newegg's standard return policy is only 30 days and it's been almost a year. I mentioned that and asked if I could just send it to Asus so now I'm waiting for that reply.
 
as long as you have a local ip 192.168.x.x you can flash ddwrt
 
OneMoar said:
as long as you have a local ip 192.168.x.x you can flash ddwrt
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No, I tried static IP and I was still unable to access the router at all.
 
theJesus said:
K, that's great except Newegg's standard return policy is only 30 days and it's been almost a year. I mentioned that and asked if I could just send it to Asus so now I'm waiting for that reply.
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Yeah, that is ASUS' standard reply. I've had to deal with them a few times with motherboards, they will handle the RMA once you tell them newegg won't take the item back.
 
newtekie1 said:
Yeah, that is ASUS' standard reply. I've had to deal with them a few times with motherboards, they will handle the RMA once you tell them newegg won't take the item back.
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Yeah, they said I could RMA to them, I just have to go fill out the form now.
 
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