Re: Replacement Router Firmware

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Author: David Bendit
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Replacement Router Firmware

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.)

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