TomatoUSB

So, I've been using an old version of DD-WRT since '09 and my routers have been encountering a myriad of connection dropping issues so I decided to change firmware.

Unfortunately for me, I can't get the internet working from the bridged router. I have the first router set up as an AP, to channel 11, SSID = Xbox, as 192.168.1.1. I have the 2nd router set up an a wireless bridge, to channel 11, SSID = Xbox, as 192.168.1.2. My bridged router indicates that it is connected to the network (indicated by signal strength), but I have no internet access or LAN access. The bridged router isn't able to successfully ping the original router. I'm using 2 WRT54GL routers. According to all the instructions I've read, it should work. So what gives?

So what gives?

The radios are prolly wearing out. They do not last forever. The symptoms you describe are typical for a 4 year old WRT. I've got at least 25 or 30 dead or dying radios laying around.

If you still think it is the firmware, flash both radios with Jonathan's Original version 1.28, extra red ripe. Reset both to defaults and start over. If you still have intermittent problems then shitcan the WRTs and get some asus RT-N12 radios to replace them.

I refuse to believe that, really. Compared to many routers, my routers see very light use.

Anyways, after 3 hours of ing around in the Tomato settings, I tried setting it to "Wireless Ethernet Bridge" instead of "Wireless Client" and it worked instantly. I'm pretty frustrated at this point, even having gotten it to work. I'm pretty damn sure all my settings were correct for the Wireless Client, so how come when I switch to the ethernet bridge, it worked instantly?

Question 1)

Now that I have it working, how would I set up DMZ Mode in a wireless bridge setup? In a wireless client setup, I'd set the host IP's for DMZ mode to the IP of the computer that the router was connected to. In the wireless bridge setup, if I understand it correctly, I can only set the DMZ on access point router.

I want the DMZ set so all ports are open on my network for all connected routers and computers. The reason why I switched to Tomato in the first place is because DD-WRT had errors with its DMZ mode and there were ports I could never get open despite all my efforts.

Question 2)

Are there any performance tweaks worth doing at this point? Afterburner? Frameburst? How do I overclock to 250mhz on this?

I want the DMZ set so all ports are open on my network for all connected routers and computers.

Is that what you really want, or can you re-phase the question ?

Yes, that's really what I want, unless I truly didn't phrase the question properly. I'm not under anxiety of being attacked by "hackers", I'd prefer to use a light software firewall, as the inconvenience of the router's firewall far outweighs its benefits.

You cannot set the DMZ ;

so all ports are open on my network for all connected routers and computers.

You can only have one device in the DMZ. The client bridge is transparent enough to do this. Set the DMZ in the first router to the IP address of the device connected to the second radio.

If I figured out the wireless client mode, would I be able to set a DMZ for multiple devices, or does it not work like that? Sorry that I'm not very network-savvy.

No. Lets say you were like John Mcafee.
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You just scored a big box of bath salts. You have two buddies you want to share with. One lives in New York, the other in L.A.

You pack up the salts into one box and take that one box to Fedex. When you get to Fedex you fill out two shipping tickets, one for each of your buddies. You hand the one box of salts to the chick behind the counter along with the two packing slips and ask her to send the box.

What will the chick tell you to do with your box ? I am telling you to do the same thing with your inbound data packets. DMZ can send them to only one device. Now, why the fuck do you even need DMZ ? If you don't mind me asking, since you don't seem to even know what it is used for.

How do you know so much about networking yet have no idea what people use DMZ mode for? I require DMZ mode so I can host servers of a billion different sorts, so I don't have to spend an eternity configuring the port forwarding for every single thing that someone in my household has to do. I need the functionality of DMZ mode applied to multiple devices on my network, because I have multiple devices that host servers.

How is that not obvious from the posts I've made?