[Eug-lug] Wireless router follow-up

Thu Dec 7 12:16:59 PST 2006

Looks like there are some identified problems with bridging on dd-wrt and
also the wrt54gl:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3D68
check out the whole thread...  here is a blurb:

> I really do like and use DD-WRT "client bridge" radio configurations. I
> just suggest that anybody using this bridge mode have a grasp on potential
> issues.
> If the remote network behind your remote DD-WRT "client bridge" radio is
> simple, you may not ever encounter a problem.
>

MAC/UDP and some other protocols are reported to break down.

   Ben

On 12/7/06, Brian Gallagher <baggab at pacinfo.com> wrote:
>
> Its Greek to me, but I'm cataloging our dialog as a starting point for,
> what looks like, a long Winter!
>
> Brian
>
> LinuxRocks! wrote:
> > Dude... wanna get WET?
> > Wireless Ethernet Bridge (WET): Similar to client mode, it allows wired
> > computers to connect wirelessly. This mode however allows computers to
> > be on the same subnet as the access point.
> >
> > Jamie
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 11:20:33AM -0800, Brian Gallagher wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:20:33 -0800
> >> From: Brian Gallagher <baggab at pacinfo.com>
> >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug at euglug.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Wireless router follow-up
> >>
> >> Jamie
> >>
> >> Thanks for getting back, thought I burned everyone's ears off
> >> yesterday.  Funny you should mention the car, now I will be looking to
> >> see if birds are flying by.  I talked to my house mate and we are going
> >> to start with the antenna, Garl suggested.  I will pass along the
> update
> >> info.  We may end up at the bridge that, Ben talked about.
> >>
> >> Computing can be an expensive hobby!
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> LinuxRocks! wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 08:06:14AM -0800, Brian Gallagher wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:06:14 -0800
> >>>> From: Brian Gallagher <baggab at pacinfo.com>
> >>>> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug at euglug.org>
> >>>> Subject: [Eug-lug] Wireless router follow-up
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't think the wired solution, as Bob suggested, is going to
> happen
> >>>> (just my gut feeling.)  A wired solution is what I had in mind from
> the
> >>>> beginning (over a year ago.)  I say this because (A) I didn't want
> >>>> people to think I'm not using my head here and (B) liability issues
> make
> >>>> that solution non-viable.  As it turns out the wired/wireless
> solutions
> >>>> are about the same cost when I start to factor in all the little
> parts I
> >>>> would need on top of the cable, with a finger on the scale for
> liability
> >>>> issues.  I acknowledge that a wired solution would be very simple and
> >>>> secure, but it looks like I have to go out on the limb, not down to
> the
> >>>> ground.
> >>>>
> >>>> As I have said before, here is what I know about wireless...not much!
> >>>> So I am looking for some advice about wireless in general.
> >>>>
> >>>> Background: this wireless setup worked for most of the year, or so,
> of
> >>>> use.  In my gyrations of attempting to learn about wireless I have
> been
> >>>> testing various cards, OS's, computers, and locations, so I hadn't
> >>>> noticed why my connectivity was faltering.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Funny thing about wireless networking, theres lots of stuff that can
> >>> interfere with it that you simply cannot see. It can be working fine,
> >>> then your neighbor buys a new car, parks it in the garage (instead of
> >>> the street) and poof, network disapears! you can have a great signal,
> >>> then take 2 steps, and have none. You can have a perfect signal one
> day,
> >>> the next its all crazy.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Present: at my preferred location (P) I get a signal strength of no
> more
> >>>> then 25% and at the garage location (G) I get a signal of 75%.  I
> have
> >>>> noted that I get dropped from G and my house mate says the he has
> been
> >>>> experiencing drop recently.  The router looks very similar to the
> >>>> WRT54GL, probably an earlier version.  I note that I can get on late
> /
> >>>> early with no problem, with business hours being the problem.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> can you check the router out, on the bottom of it, it will says what
> it
> >>> is (wrt54g/wrt54gs/wrt54gl, and version number) also check the first 4
> >>> letters of its serial number, and check that wikipedia link to confirm
> >>> what version it is... If you can upgrade the router to dd-wrt, or even
> >>> hyperwrt, then you can turn up the xmitter, and that might be just
> >>> enough to do what you need w/out buying anything new.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Question: is it reasonable that under normal conditions of three
> users,
> >>>> heavy usage, and good signal I should not be getting dropped?  That
> is,
> >>>> can a router of this type handle three simultaneous sessions
> >>>> indefinitely?  It has been suggested that the router is getting
> "tired"
> >>>> after being on for years.  I am going to offer to replace the router
> >>>> with the WRT54GL (65.74 @ mwave.com) and I don't want to find that
> the
> >>>> problem is something down the Comcast stream that I can't do anything
> >>>> about.  Oh, and did I mention that Xbox live is in the mix?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> That doesnt sound resonable to me... You should be albe to handle
> dozens
> >>> of users w/out issue.
> >>>
> >>> Jamie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Sorry for the long winded email, but my objective is to turn another
> >>>> corner in my OSS quest.
> >>>>
> >>>> Brian
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