Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Posts: 66 Location: Calgary, AB Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 3:58 Post subject:
at first i had some issues with loosing connection to router, kinda like little hickups, but after doing a full router reboot triggered from dd-wrt firmware it seems that has cleared up.
Managed 100mbit behind AES-256 CBC with 512 encrypt (ExpressVPN).
Im am very very pleased with that!!
Now I just need to figure out how to make it so that I can choose which mac addresses/devices are behind the vpn and what are not and be able to edit dns servers for each device. Kinda a newb with this stuff
Joined: 05 Apr 2017 Posts: 981 Location: Louisiana, USA
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:16 Post subject:
That's great! I'm glad you got it working.
I'm curious as to why it didn't work for me, but I'll save that for another time. I have my WRT32X running very well on OpenWRT and I'm about to flash my WRT1900AC v1 with the same firmware so I can set up WDS.
I'm still very interested in getting Brainslayer a WRT32X even though it's going much slower than I thought.
FIRMWARE:OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r8217-2cc821e / LuCI Master (git-18.276.41146-280dd33) MODEM:ARRIS SURFBoard SB8200 ROUTER:Linksys WRT32X USB NAS:Western Digital BLACK 1 TB Hardrive + Startech USB 3.0 External SATA III Enclosure
Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Posts: 66 Location: Calgary, AB Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:46 Post subject:
Only downside is it seams that while the openvpn is working, policy based routing is broken at least on build 36104.
Heard I can split the vpn using iptables, still not sure how to assign custom dns to specific ips/mac addresses at the router level in dd-wrt yet though.
Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Posts: 66 Location: Calgary, AB Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:50 Post subject:
Another thought I had is now that I have DD-WRT on here, I can potentially flash anything I want (with some risk).
Have strongly considered flashing:
expressvpn-linksys-wrt3200acm-v1.5.3.img
with the DD-WRT firmware, I don't see why it wouldn't work. The Hardware in the WRT32x and the WRT3200ACM are identical. In fact the FCC ID of the WRT32x is Q87-WRT3200ACM...
Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Posts: 66 Location: Calgary, AB Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:30 Post subject:
Ok, do not do what I just did and flash the expressvpn firmware for wrt3200acm with dd-wrt.
I just bricked my new WRT32x. Thankfully I purchased it through amazon who does exchanges no questions asked. I'll have replacement likely be end of this week.
But just wanted to warn people who are stupid as I am because they can't figure out how to properly split a vpn and assign custom dns to individual devices through iptables. Dont flash firmware that is not intended for the wrt32x even if the hardware does match
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:09 Post subject: Amazon UK OFFER
spuriousoffspring wrote:
That's great! I'm glad you got it working.
I'm curious as to why it didn't work for me, but I'll save that for another time. I have my WRT32X running very well on OpenWRT and I'm about to flash my WRT1900AC v1 with the same firmware so I can set up WDS.
I'm still very interested in getting Brainslayer a WRT32X even though it's going much slower than I thought.
Joined: 05 Apr 2017 Posts: 981 Location: Louisiana, USA
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:36 Post subject:
Power switch: turn off then right back on
As soon as the power led comes on, turn off
Turn right back on
As soon as power led comes on, turn off
Turn back on and leave on
Should boot into opposite partition unless it's soft-bricked. Then you would need a serial cable. _________________ DD-WRT Installation & Setup TUTORIAL http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=311117
FIRMWARE:OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r8217-2cc821e / LuCI Master (git-18.276.41146-280dd33) MODEM:ARRIS SURFBoard SB8200 ROUTER:Linksys WRT32X USB NAS:Western Digital BLACK 1 TB Hardrive + Startech USB 3.0 External SATA III Enclosure
Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Posts: 66 Location: Calgary, AB Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 13:40 Post subject:
Wow, amazingly my router unbricked itself and reverted back to the DD-WRT simply by being unplugged for a few hours.
Anyhow so I got my DD-WRT settings and OpenVPN client all back to working great.
I made one unfortunate discovery. Policy Based Routing is broken. So I really need some help from you guys if your willing.
I need to find a way to split my vpn and assign custom dns servers to a few devices.
I can do either by specifying a set static ip for device to be behind vpn or not behind vpn, whichever is easier. I need 3 devices to operate outside of the vpn, and those same 3 devices to have custom dns which is not configurable on the devices themselves thus the dns needs to be specified/controlled by the router.
My network has 22 devices total, all can be behind vpn except 3, and those same 3 need special dns.
If I can manage this then everything is done and perfect and I need not mess with my network anymore, but I really need some help with this. Since Policy Based Routing does not work, I cannot simply add 192.168.0.100/32 to the Policy Based Routing field under OpenVPN to set that ip to be behind the vpn. When putting even just that one line/ip into there it prevents any internet access for that ip.
I know there are other ways to achieve what I need to do, but they are much more complicated. I have been told I can do this all with iptables but I am a complete and total newb here in regards to all this stuff. It is sheere and total luck that I did not hard brick my router earlier as I had thought I did.
I have PuTTy ready to go if needed. You all have my utmost gratitude and thanks for the patience.
Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Posts: 66 Location: Calgary, AB Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 15:17 Post subject: Re: What method did you use?
true_devil wrote:
Skoda Zek wrote:
Holy shit I did it and it worked!
Thought i bricked my router but now I got Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r36104 std (06/10/1 running on my WRT32x.
Althought the front lights are messed up. the Wifi lights dont turn on at all, the Esata light is solid, and the internet light doesnt turn on.
Solid power, Solid esata, and active Wired lights.
Update: Wifi lights working now, but Internet light still inactive, and Esata light still solid (nothing in esata port)
Hey, been reading so many posts but can't figure out best way to get DD-WRT on my WRT32x. What method did you use?
I followed the method in the first post of this thread. Except instead of scp I used wget to grab the latest firmware.img for WRT32x from Beta dd-wrt downloads, I also fw_setenv boot_part 2 before doing the sysupgrade.
Keep in mind that at first I thought I had bricked my router as it took a good 5 mins and then I think I power cycled a couple times and hit the reset button once. But in the end it worked.
Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Posts: 66 Location: Calgary, AB Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 15:31 Post subject:
to make it real simple and easy to follow this is EXACTLY what I did, just so you have lowest chances of bricking.
Used PuTTy to SSH to 192.168.1.1
this is exactly the commands I used and in exact order
root@OpenWrt:~# cd
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_printenv silent
silent=1
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_setenv silent
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_printenv silent
## Error: "silent" not defined
root@OpenWrt:~# wget https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2018/06-10-2018-r36104/linksys-wrt32x/FW_WRT32X_1.0.666_DDWRT.img
<Wait for Wget Download to complete 100%>
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_printenv boot_part
boot_part=1
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_setenv boot_part 2
root@OpenWrt:~# sysupgrade -i -n -v FW_WRT32X_1.0.666_DDWRT.img
Keep config files over reflash (y/N): N
A number of verboise terminal output will display such as killall etc, wait for it to say: "sysupgrade successful" and you can flip the power switch on the back of your WRT32x off and back on. (NOTE: I waited several minutes after the sysupgrade successful message came up before I did anything). At first I thought I had bricked it cause it took a long time to boot up and finally assign an ip to my PC. I power cycled the router several times and hit the reset button once before I just decided to let it boot up for several minutes and when I came back I was able to get a dd-wrt gui at 192.168.1.1
NOTE: The Internet LED and the ESATA Led are swapped for some reason. So the Internet LED Will not light up but the ESATA LED will when there is a WAN ip registered.
running on my WRT32x.
