TomatoUSB

First let me say I am very pleased with this build. I have had no problems with it. I am certain my problem is user error or lack of knowledge so I am hoping someone out here has a solution.

I started out just wanting to monitor total bandwidth usage. Both bandwidth real time and 24 hour is working fine, I can see bandwidth usage from vlan0 tab or vlan1 (I can not see daily, monthly or yearly etc). Now I would like to monitor by ip address and also setup some QOS. I am currently using the router as a pass through point. Every device on the network gets an ip from the dhcp server(I can see all devices on the dhcp server wired, wireless etc). The network goes from the DSL router - tomato router- switches/dhcp server. IP monitoring is not currently working. I can see some IP's under QOS - Transfer rates (anyone wired on the network but not wireless) Unfortunately I can not sign into the DSL Router (or I probably would not have needed an extra router to do bandwidth monitoring or QOS), when I started here no one knew the password for the DSL router and we have not tried resetting it. It can be done but would be a hassle and I am not Cisco certified (I don't want to break it). Maybe it would be better to install wireshark on the DHCP server?

Anyway if anyone has any ideas on how to get ip traffic monitoring to work I would appreciate the help. If you need more information I will try to provide it for you. Thanks in advance. Also go easy on me I am new to networking at this level and trying to learn.

CURRENT TOMATO ROUTER SETTINGS: Static IP 192.168.10.226 Gateway 192.168.10.1 (DSL ROUTER)

I have Bridge WAN port to primary LAN (br0) and type set to disabled.

The overview is below:

Name TomatoUSB
Model Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL
Chipset Broadcom BCM5352 chip rev 0 pkg 2
CPU Freq 200MHz
Flash Size 4MB

Time Not Available
Uptime 159 days, 22:48:25
CPU Load (1 / 5 / 15 mins) 0.04 / 0.02 / 0.00
Total / Free Memory 14.04 MB / 4,024.00 KB (28.00%)
Total / Free NVRAM 32.00 KB / 15.26 KB (47.69%)
Ethernet Ports State

WAN = 100M Full

LAN 1 = Unplugged

LAN 2 = Unplugged

LAN 3 = Unplugged

LAN 4 = 100M Full

» Configure
LAN (hide)
Router MAC Address (Deleted for online Post)
Router IP Addresses br0 (LAN) - 192.168.10.226/24
Gateway 192.168.10.1
DNS
DHCP br0 (LAN) - Disabled
Wireless (2.4 GHz / eth1) (hide)
MAC Address (Deleted for online Post)
Wireless Mode Access Point
Wireless Network Mode Auto
Interface Status Up (LAN)
Radio Disabled
SSID Tomato24
Broadcast Enabled
Security -
Channel Auto
Rate

Oh I forgot to mention, when I enable IP traffic monitoring, I see nothing under any of the ip monitoring sections. I have it set to save to the CIFS 1 location which is working with the bandwidth monitoring portion.

I have Bridge WAN port to primary LAN (br0) and type set to disabled.

To see IP traffic and impose QOS you must enable the WAN port and perform double NAT. This will also solve your need for a DHCP server.

I had a feeling that a disabled wan port might be the problem. The DHCP server is also the active directory so we may update it but likely will not get rid of it. Thank you for the quick response.

I guess my question now is: can I enable the wan port (what would be the best type pppoe?) and somehow not cause any conflicts with any of the devices on the network including the shore tel VOIP system. I will do some research but if anyone has a quick answer that would be swell, thanks.

Double NAT commonly causes issues for many VOIP systems. You would need to test it to see.

Your Tomato WAN port setting will be ;

Type : Static
Address : 192.168.10.226
Subnet Mask : Current subnet mask of modem LAN. Probably 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.10.1

Tomato LAN IP needs to be in a different subnet. You can use 10.0.0.1 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0

The DHCP server available in Tomato can be turned off. Your active directory DHCP server needs to be updated to hand out 10.0.0.1 as the new gateway. You can give the active directory DHCP server a static IP of 10.0.0.2 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0

Thank you GeeTek. I appreciate the help. Now I need to find time on a weekend to do this…