Fab
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| [Tomato] Recommended settings for WRT54GL with Tomato 1.13
Just replaced a DI-624 (I was fed up with the constant rebooting) with a WRT54GL.
I would appreciate some help with some of the settings.
First rather than using the actual DNS server addresses in the ethernet adpaters TCP/IP properties, I would like to use the WRT54GL ip instead.
But if I use the WRT54GL address I loose the internet connection.
Is there a setting I need to change in Tomato?
Second what settings do you recommend for the wireless?
I understand it possible to boost the signal strength a bit, with the DI-624 the signal has always be inconsistent.
Security wise is there any default settings that needs to be modified?
I am using static DHCP and Wireless filter to only accept the laptop mac address. |
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noping
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| First rather than using the actual DNS server addresses in the ethernet adpaters TCP/IP properties, I would like to use the WRT54GL ip instead.
But if I use the WRT54GL address I loose the internet connection.
Is there a setting I need to change in Tomato? Set your ethernet adapters to "obtain DNS automatically" and your machines should use the router as its DNS server. You can check to see that it is by opening a command prompt and typing "nslookup google.com".
Security wise is there any default settings that needs to be modified? WPA2-PSK, or the highest grade of encryption available on your wireless devices. MAC address filtering is a bad security practice (virtually useless). |
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Fab
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| reply to Fab
Thanks noping, I was using WEP but I will move to WPA2-PSK.
I had originally setup the ethernet adapters to obtain IP and DNS automatically, but while the local network worked fine I wasn't able to connect to internet without entering the actual DNS servers.
Also I have a problem with the wireless settings, my laptop DWL-G650 use 80% cpu when the WRT54GL wireless is set to 802.11g or mixed. Using no security, WEP or WPA makes no difference.
Updating the DWL-G650 to the latest atheros driver also made no difference.
If I set the WRT54GL wireless to 802.11b cpu usage then comes back to normal.
Note that this is only occurring with the WRT54GL, the DI-624 was set to 802.11g and I never add any issue with the DWL-G650. |
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Fab
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| reply to Fab
Not sure what was wrong with the Tomato firmware but upgrading to dd-wrt.v23 SP2 solved most my issues.
DHCP is now working and the DWL-G650 cpu load decreased to 15% in 802.11g using WPA2-PSK.
Any idea what settings I could change to further decrease the cpu load?
Also do I need to set up static ip for port forwarding? |
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Fab
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| reply to Fab
Resolved the DWL-G650 issue when I realized the cpu load was linked to the wireless channel used.
Channel 11 - 80% Cpu load
Channel 6 - 40% Cpu load
Channel 1 - 3% Cpu load
Is that a normal behavior for PCMCIA Wifi cards or is it specific to this card?
Back yo my originals questions, what settings should I change to improve the wireless signal quality and is there any Firewall or security settings I should change? |
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Mountaineer1
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| said by Fab :
Back yo my originals questions, what settings should I change to improve the wireless signal quality and is there any Firewall or security settings I should change?
Try increasing the transmit power,to 56mW.
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