On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 03:14:56 +0200 "Wyzbox" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:50:43 +0200 > "Genghis Khan" wrote: > >So far I use my newly born router as a wireless adapter. > >It seems to work well, except not being able to access to OpenWrt > >from the IP address I set up for it (IP is 192.168.0.1, different > >than 192.168.1.1), even though I was able to, earlier this session. > > This is something very strange, maybe you could try to reboot the > router and refresh network settings/reboot your PC. Anyway your PC > should stay in the same subnet in use by the router (192.168.0.x or > 192.168.1.x) > I think it would not help. I have unplugged the power supplier, and it did not work. I have connected the OpenWrt router to another computer machine; the other computer machine has an IP of 192.168.1.x allocated and is connected to the internet, and I am still failing to access to 192.168.0.1. I think I will turn off the main router or will go to a place where it is out of range, and then I will try again. Would it be safe to press on the physical reset button on the OpenWrt router? > >In general, OpenWrt 8.09 seems to be working as expected. > >The thing I would like to do is to use that router as a wireless > >repeater (bridge). > > That's surely working, at least try to avoid double DHCP and/or DNS > between the wireless repeater/router and the main router/appliance > where you get connected to. Some OpenWrt releases will automatically > disable DHCP if another DHCP server is met in the network (but > obviously your PC may loose the OpenWrt subnet and move to the main > router/gateway network settings). > Most pages I read, guide users with DD-WRT; do you know of a document that guides how to set a wireless repeater with OpenWrt? Are there others names that mean "wireless repeater"? > > >> Any following update, when OpenWrt is already installed, will have > >> to be executed with slightly different procedure. > > > >I did not expect that. I thought that once OpenWrt is successfully > >installed, user will be able to upgrade OpenWrt by web interface, > >too. > > Yes, you can upgrade OpenWrt from the web interface, but you cannot > use pre-built images which are made for matching the mandatory > requirements of the original firmware. You need a more generic > firmware image, which is generally available in the same download > folder, for example: From original firmware to OpenWrt > http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/brcm47xx/legacy/openwrt-15.05-brcm47xx-legacy-linksys-wrt54g-squashfs.bin > From OpenWrt to OpenWrt > http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/brcm47xx/legacy/openwrt-15.05-brcm47xx-legacy-squashfs.trx > This is good to know. Looking at these links, I wonder why the firmware image I downloaded from /kamikaze/8.09/brcm-2.4/ (not /kamikaze/8.09/brcm47xx/) fits to my router. What command procedure should I execute in order to see as much detailed specifications of my router? > > >> Please consider this as a preliminary habit: put your device in a > >> factory default status, in order to avoid any unpredictable issue > >> and reboot it before any flash update or upgrade. > > > >Does factory default status mean to downgrade to stock firmware? > > No, just removing all configured settings to avoid any unpredictable > issue. This is something generally preferred when moving from stock > firmware to OpenWrt, due to some NVRAM saved data. Sometimes a NVRAM > clear procedure is available. > Good. > > >> As per Benjamin H. and Aaron Z comments, the latest firmware > >> images could slow down the device because of the "lua web > >> interface". I would appreciate if anybody with experience on > >> WRT54G and WRT54GL could possibly offer some mode details on the > >> noted slow down of the router with any of the latest releases. > >> From my personal experience, I'm currently testing a couple of > >> WRT54GL with CC 15.05 (with LUCI enabled) and I am not able to see > >> any evidence in normal operations when compared to TL-WDR3600 with > >> the same release. > > > >I guess it occurs at the moments you use LUCI. > > Still checking my router to see some slow issues. > > >> Please consider that I speeded up my WRT54GL from 200MHz to 250MHz > >> via software config, modded RAM memory has been increased from > >> 16MB to 64MB and FLASH memory increased from 4MB to 8MB. > > > >How did you do it? > > You can find in the OpenWrt forum some very good advices and gurus, > in short I just applied their hits. Please consider to read carefully > some of those posts. > > SPEED/CLK MOD: > nvram set clkfreq=250 > nvram commit > > RAM MOD: removed 16MB ram chip and replaced with a 64MB ram chip > (from an old notebook ram module). nvram set sdram_init=0x0113 > nvram set sdram_ncdl=0x000000 > nvram commit > > FLASH MOD: saved CFE (backup bootloader data), removed 4MB (32Mbit) > flash chip and replaced with a 8MB (64Mbit) flash chip (from an old > broken Cisco 82x router), reflashed the CFE (restore bootloader data) > > In the end, all experimental mods are just for testing purposes, good > soldering skills are required. > Thank you for the explanation! _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
