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28-09-2007, 11:00 AM
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Stuck in IKEA. Send help.
Group: Administrators
Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Linksys WRT54G/L Hacks
Anyone here using a WRT54G or the WRT54GL with a hacked firmware? Which one are you using?
I'm probably going to buy the WRT54GL and want to know out of the firmwares, which one is best  |
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28-09-2007, 11:57 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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We are!
Screenshot here..
Neil has more info.. I'll get him to post how he did it  |
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28-09-2007, 12:13 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Yeah, I use DD-WRT too, though as it turns out not for any of it's good features anymore.
Still, it's way more powerful and gives you heaps more info than the linksys interface ever did.
running it on a WRT-54G v2.
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28-09-2007, 12:58 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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DD-WRT too. When I was looking into it (over a year ago,) it was the best available, not so sure now (as per Mikey D.)
May look into it again... now if only I had the time...
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28-09-2007, 01:05 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide
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DD-WRT on a WRT-54G v2 as well,
far more stable than standard linksys firmware, only really use the firewall/ppoe/dhcp
find all router/accesspoint combos get unstable when running wireless and routing so i run a separate access point (AEB)
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28-09-2007, 01:24 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mac_man_luke
find all router/accesspoint combos get unstable when running wireless and routing so i run a separate access point (AEB)
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I found the linksys firmware solid, didn't go down once, I only installed DD-WRT for SSH and other features...
Overall mine is solid, the only time it ever goes down is when one of the cats bump it... |
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28-09-2007, 01:27 PM
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Stuck in IKEA. Send help.
Group: Administrators
Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Excellent, I just bought one - DD-WRT seems to be the popular choice. I might try some others out too |
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28-09-2007, 01:39 PM
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I'm crackin' skulls
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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Would using DD-WRT fix the issue I sometimes get with slowness/connection loss after downloading torrent files? It'll download the torrent just fine, but after it's finished I have to reboot the router to get web pages to load.
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28-09-2007, 02:03 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by decryption
Anyone here using a WRT54G or the WRT54GL with a hacked firmware? Which one are you using?
I'm probably going to buy the WRT54GL and want to know out of the firmwares, which one is best |
Not so much hacked firmware, but we're running OpenWRT Kamikaze as part of a wireless intrusion detection project. Here's a helpful book that you may like, too.
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28-09-2007, 03:32 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tcn33
Would using DD-WRT fix the issue I sometimes get with slowness/connection loss after downloading torrent files? It'll download the torrent just fine, but after it's finished I have to reboot the router to get web pages to load.
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Yes, it should, and merely installing the latest linksys firmware should fix that (they fixed a fair few BT and other P2P network issues a few revisions back.) |
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28-09-2007, 04:21 PM
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I'm crackin' skulls
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sendai
Yes, it should, and merely installing the latest linksys firmware should fix that (they fixed a fair few BT and other P2P network issues a few revisions back.)
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Yeah, I installed that one and it helped, but by no means did it eliminate the problem. I'll try DD-WRT when I have a spare afternoon to reconfigure everything on my network :P |
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28-09-2007, 09:41 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tcn33
Would using DD-WRT fix the issue I sometimes get with slowness/connection loss after downloading torrent files? It'll download the torrent just fine, but after it's finished I have to reboot the router to get web pages to load.
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I used to have similar problems on the standard Linksys firmware. I upgraded to DD-WRT firmware and changed some values to make P2P better.
Read this article
http://www.gadgetophile.com/linksys-wrt54gl-router/
But basically. Install DD-WRT using these instructions
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...RT54G/GL/GS/GX
Then in the Administration->Management tabs. Go to IP Filter Settings and change
Maximum Ports -> 4096
TCP Timeout ->90
UDP Timeout ->90
Been using these settings now for a few months. Rock solid. No more time-outs and P2P very fast.
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28-09-2007, 10:13 PM
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Group: Regulars
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i am using dd-wrt also, though only for the wds network features, it is setup to bridge a netork between myself and a mate over the road,
it has proven to be very reliable and has yet to require a restart
it has been up for 2 months
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28-09-2007, 10:49 PM
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Group: Regulars
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I stayed away from DD-WRT when I began my WRT hacking year ago because it was based on the sveasoft alchemy sources and that project was in turmoil/poorly supported/legally dubious/crap etc..
I've been very happy with www.openWRT.org to this point and I was confident they were still the #1 custom firmware.
Until recently (12months) openWRT hasn't had a web interface as part of the standard distro, so I understand why DD-WRT is favoured by this community.
DD-WRT is now openWRT based too, so I'm gonna check it out myself, now that it's been brought to my attention again.
I'm expecting DD-WRT is perfect for beginners & stable enough for all users; so it's safe to recommend to everyone.
openWRT may lend itself more to hardware hackers, experimenters and commandline gurus or anybody else who would want strange configurations or to use the parallel port (on some supported routers) to control pumps, filters, relays, lighting etc etc etc etc etc.... (I expect DD-WRT will do this too, but I'm not sure if it has a 'micro'/minimal install to give you more space for custom packages)
PS: pay careful attention to the hardware revision of your WRT router. I think it was v5 when they moved away from the linux based firmware and later units require more care to flash to alternate firmware.
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Last edited by House; 28-09-2007 at 10:56 PM.
Reason: added the version warning
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28-09-2007, 11:30 PM
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Group: Regulars
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the wrt54gl has the extra ram in it and is marketed at "hackers" the newer wrt54g has less ram which as far as i know runs but supports less features
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