Replacement Router Firmware

[der.hans]

Am 28. Dec, 2006 schwätzte David Bendit so:

> On Dec 28, 2006, at 2:05 AM, der.hans wrote:
>
>> Am 28. Dec, 2006 schwätzte David Bendit so:
>>
>>> I've been using DD-WRT on my routers for over a year now, and I just
>>> love it. It's full-featured, easy to set up and use, and very stable.
>>> From what I can tell (I haven't worked much with HyperWRT, OpenWRT,
>>> etc.), it seems the easiest to use of them all. It's meant to be able
>>> to be used without touching a command line, and the browser
>>> interface, which was overhauled a few months back, is really
>>> intuitive and well-documented. If you want to get into the command
>>> line, though, the option's there, and every setting available from
>>> the web interface can be set through the CLI, plus many other
>>> settings, installable programs, etc.
>>
>> Can each of the ports on the WRT be on a different network?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here. Through the web administration, you
> can set VLAN's per port, but port-by-port configuration (via
> ifconfig, for example) is hindered by the use of bridging. If VLAN's
> are what you're looking for, though, 0-15 are available, plus a
> "tagged" VLAN.
>
> (I just looked through the forums, and by assigning each port to its
> own VLAN, you can do port-by-port config. See http://forum.bsr-
> clan.de/ftopic6127-15.html for reference.)

Looks promising.

> Routing options are also available (the router can operate in
> Gateway, BGP, RIP2 Router, and OSPF Router modes).
>
>>
>> If so, can that be adminned via the web interface?
>
> Some of it, anyway.
>
>>
>> Can the uplink have multiple IPs? Can that be adminned via the web
>> interface?
>
> AFAIK, the uplink can have more than one IP. I've not tried it, but

Cool.

> it looks like it can. I'm pretty certain that can't be controlled
> through the web interface.

I think I can handle command line and scripting :).

danke,

der.hans
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