There are ways around "all or nothing for dhcp" you can always hard assign an ip address & either limit the dhcp range or if that is not possible w your software assign an ip addr at the far end of the dhcp range that would never be reached.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Leslie Satenstein <[email protected]>wrote: > > > --- On *Mon, 11/9/09, Jeremy <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Jeremy <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] what router would you recommend > To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:38 PM > > Leslie Satenstein wrote: > > Denis, will wait t'il am, as modem is in the office. > > > > I need to restore it to the out-of-the box settings and then will ask > > you guys about dd-wrt.com and what to do with it. > > > > Actually, I wish it allowed me to accept some device id's as static > > addresses (back-end). > > > > I have a server, and with dynamic addressing, the router likes to > > change IP addresses every whim it gets. So my backend device wanders > > from *.101 to *.106. > > > > Now it locks up every few hours. So either I replace it, or I revert > > it and follow the dd-wrt.com instructions for upgrading. > > > > It drives a wireless/wired print server that did not have to be > > wireless, but that is what I inherited. > > > > Thanks to Slav, who I will contact if fixing the linksys fails, I have > > a fallback. > > > > Leslie > > > > *------------------ > > > > * > > > > Regards > > > > * > > Mr. Leslie > > * > > *Leslie Satenstein > > * > > > You only need to unbrick it if it is actually a brick, ie totally > unresponsive. It is easy (if it works), just short a jumper and then use > tftp boot method. > > However, if you can get to Linksys firmware you just need to upload a > .bin of the new firmware through the admin/upgrade interface. dd-wrt has > docs on all this as well as how to find the right firmware for your router. > > I actually use Tomato now on wrt54g. > > Jeremy > > PS: You can set static dhcp in dd-wrt leslie so no more wandering IPs > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]> > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > Hi Guys > > I was using the wrg54g bin file for the upgrade and it failed bitterly with > a lockup occurring every few hours. With the recommendation of visiting > www.dd-wrt.com, I downloaded the recommended bin file (3.54megs), > installed it, setup the wireless and we are running. Now to see if it will > survive (to eliminate hardware problems). > > Regarding Tomato, I would like to learn more about it. Even with this > software version that I installed, there is functionality that I know little > about. > > For one thing, I have a requirement to use dhcp backend, except for one > local server. There, I want the address fixed. With the linksys software, > it appeared to be all-or-nothing for dhcp. > > So, for now, the linksys appears stable. I will google the tomato software > to learn more about it, and if I can, I will take a Sunday AM to experiment > with it. > > Thanks to all for the advice and leads. > > Leslie > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > -- ___..____._..___._..___. ...|...|___/..|..|......|..|___| ...|...|.....\..|..|___.|..|.....| "I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it." -Vincent Van Gogh
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