Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 0:57 Post subject: Non e3200 dd-wrt test build specific(off topic) discussion
Can anyone help me get a guest wifi network setup with this router? I've installed DD-WRT, and I've assigned the WAN Port to switch, to use it as a wireless access point.
Lets say work LAN is 192.168.1.1, and I want guest wifi to be on 10.0.0.1. I can get it to give out IP addresses sometimes, it just doesn't work when I try to follow the firewall settings to keep guest users off the LAN, router, and also keep them from seeing each other.
Can anyone help me get a guest wifi network setup with this router? I've installed DD-WRT, and I've assigned the WAN Port to switch, to use it as a wireless access point.
Lets say work LAN is 192.168.1.1, and I want guest wifi to be on 10.0.0.1. I can get it to give out IP addresses sometimes, it just doesn't work when I try to follow the firewall settings to keep guest users off the LAN, router, and also keep them from seeing each other.
I only want them to get the internet.
Thanks!
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I've folowed the wiki, as well as several other guides, however, I cannot get this to work. I've followed the directions completely. It just doesn't like it when I add the firewall settings.
I just wondered if anyone had this working successfully and was willing to share some settings that work for this router.
Not really. Make a new thread and provide better details as instructed.
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If you have any problems with your firewall script, then create a forum thread and be sure to describe in great detail what you're trying to do, what it is actually doing, and post your firewall script.
_________________ Read the forum announcements thoroughly! Be cautious if you're inexperienced.
Available for paid consulting. (Don't PM about complicated setups otherwise)
Looking for bricks and spare routers to expand my collection. (not interested in G spec models)
Unlikely since linksys not forthcoming with the 5ghz driver.
Development on ddwrt itself is now more concerned with commercial area.
There are major bugs that have remained since development on the v24 started about two years ago.
This shows no signs of changing rather its getting worse by the looks of things.
Serious open source development is only really happening with the tomato firmware now and a couple of others.
The creator of tomato hasn't done anything in some time but others have taken up the firmware and run with it.
So I should probably go for the e4200 then if I haven't purchased yet? _________________ Linksys E3000 - 15508M NEWD-2 K2.6 Eko MEGA 10/26/10
I was looking for a simultaneous broadcasting on 2.4 & 5ghz router with MLPPP. I guess I'll have to return my brand new e3200 then. Any hint on a replacement. Heard bad things about the e4200.
I just went out and bought the e4200. Works fine for me so far honestly! _________________ Linksys E3000 - 15508M NEWD-2 K2.6 Eko MEGA 10/26/10
From what I have heard back from hardware guys in the design and manufacturing game, Broadcom are cagey about their drivers. All of the stuff they provide to companies are kept under NDAs and licence agreements.
One complaint I got was that the linux support for a particular chip was simply supplied a binary BLOB. No room for kernel changes, fixes, etc. Very poor support and buggy too.
Getting support direct from Broadcom is going to be challenging to say the least. While they may provide info and support for developers, it will not be compatable with this projects licensing model
Anyway, I am now at a point where I can no longer source E3000s and have been recommended E3200s. I dont need 5GHz WiFi, in fact I dont "need" any WiFi fpor this project.
The client wants VLANable Gig ports and room for a USB stick. They would like to have Cisco written on the box too, but I am happy to dissapoint them on this point if I can't get the right hardware
Work is being done by the likes of fractal and a few others but this isn't directly for the 3200.
Broadcom doesn't release driver for good reason these days.
At one point they were more free with info when third party firmware was more open source free to everyone license.
Sadly there is only a couple still doing open source and the main one is tomato usb.
Ddwrt was never totally open source but recently is basically gone all commercial and is using broad-com driver illegally.
It is also breaking the open source license which is why boardcom has no desire to release anything.
There no money to be made going after ddwrt which is why its still here but expect nothing from boardcom and no support from ddwrt unless there is money to be made.
OK, so what you are saying is basic 2.4 support, no 5GHz + any development is not specific to the E3200. Just take your chance with whetever nv60 you wish
Fortunately I have found another source of E3Ks for a while. But they'll be out within a month.
Re Tomato, thanks for the heads up. I'll need to look at the feature set. How do you find it ? Comments ?
I must admit, I do like DD for its commercial look and feel, yet they do give you access to all their source code. Its their binaries that are locked up somewhat, but that is to prevent someone else comming in, rebranding and taking all the glory
From what I understand, the commercial releases are not for K26 broadcom systems, but for x86 and older open source Broadcom.
At least with access to source, at least you can jump in and contribute. The worst the project can do is tell you to go and fork yourself
Cheers again for the heads up. Please let me know if you come across anything else E3200 related
Tomato usb is developing rapidly with lots of feed back from the large group involed.
I use it on my wrt400n and its rock stable.
There is no 3200 support by tomato due to the 5ghz being a usb based wireless but its got 3000 and 4200 support.
Ddwrt has gotten itself in trouble with the general users simply due to a total lack of feedback.
The only reason it could go commercial was because the users made it popular.
Add to that mass bug post deletion/long term bugs and no firmware since June and it gotten a bad reputation these days.
There a large lack of respect for the users and they feel it.
Hopefully the people behind it and recapture the feel it once had and make people passionate about it again.
Tomato usb is developing rapidly with lots of feed back from the large group involed.
I use it on my wrt400n and its rock stable.
There is no 3200 support by tomato due to the 5ghz being a usb based wireless but its got 3000 and 4200 support.
Ddwrt has gotten itself in trouble with the general users simply due to a total lack of feedback.
The only reason it could go commercial was because the users made it popular.
Add to that mass bug post deletion/long term bugs and no firmware since June and it gotten a bad reputation these days.
There a large lack of respect for the users and they feel it.
I think they are working hard on getting things implimented for the newer routers and alot of effort has been going on for ath9k and new kernel for that. I have been working on fixing the bugs with the broadcom builds 1 build at a time.. I can build all broadcom builds from v24 - nv60k and nv64k
As far as 5ghz go, what is taking so long is that broadcom had driver support for the radio in its firmware which is running 2.4kernel all the new progress broadcom is doing is SDK, I have requested drivers from them, they push most of their drivers upstream in the kernel but dd-wrt needs to update broadcoms kernel from 2.6 to 3.1x and we will see major improvements in interoperability of the router.. I can assure you as soon as I get it working I will post the build up so everyone can download it.
I have noticed some things changing so hopefully its a sign of better things too come.
Long term bugs seem to be getting addressed (seriously long term like Qos).
Bug reports aren't getting deleted left right and center like they were without getting resolved (think sash got shit for that).
Still a lot of confusion about bugs in the firmware with people working on it unaware of bugs that have been around for ages.
Read in the bug section that sash though 5ghz site survey was only a issue on broad-com but its never worked period on any router.
One contributors wasn't aware qos didn't work so a lot of confusion was going on.
They need to clean up the mess and actually give the users feedback ever now and then.
It use to be like that but somewhere it got lost.
Major props to you fractal you stepped in and given the guys updated firmware.
If they were smart they have you as spokesmen for what going on every few months or so to keep people informed and feeling appreciated .
Maybe too many egos or it got to convoluted and lost its way.
Thanks for the update fractal and look forward to the good work
