Click here [dd-wrt.com] for a guide on installing DD-WRT
Download the latest DD-WRT builds from here [dd-wrt.com]
If you are not interested in using custom firmware yet, these routers support mesh with the stock firmware, but the USB port is disabled.
The stock firmware is relatively new, but is speculated to not receive many, if any, updates, so it may be best to wait until custom firmware support is merged and more mature before messing with installing custom firmware.
How to enable mesh:
- Setup your Main router completely.
- Plug your child node using the wan port to the main router lan port, wait for a solid purple light on the child node before proceeding.
- Log into your main router web admin.
- Click on CA at the bottom right.
- Click on Connectivity and CA Router setup.
- Click on both Add Wired and Add Wireless nodes buttons. Wait for the Add wireless button to re-enable.
- Click Done adding Child Nodes and then Apply.
- Now the child node light should start flashing purple and turn into a mesh mode when it turns blue.
- Disconnect Ethernet and wait for blue light again.
- Move node to desired location.
How to set up as access point:
- Disable DHCP (optional).
- Set the device to Bridge Mode under Connectivity tab.
- Connect cable from your router to a LAN port.
- Get some nail polish and a round sticker to cover the annoying flashing right light.
- Click the 'CA' at the bottom of the page to see the detailed configurations of wifi.
to unbrick and flash new firmware
run flashimg
run flashimg2
rename stock firmware to tortuga.img
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Mind you that I only have 100Mbps Spectrum internet but I do stream/direct play 4k videos from a Plex media server to several Amazon Firestick 4k devices without issue. Overall IMO you would be hard pressed to find such relatively decent hardware for so cheap; especially a Mesh network.
It wasn't all smooth at first mind you. I kept getting disconnects; especially with the streaming IP cameras. But I discovered by disabling Express Forwarding all my streaming issues went away. (CA>Connectivity>Administration>Express Forwarding)
I'm guessing that Cisco's/Linksys' proprietary Express Forwarding routing protocol was causing havoc with the IP cams streaming capabilities. Also, disabling Node Steering seemed to make things more stable as well; mesh nodes no longer disconnect from the router when Node Steering is disabled. (CA>Wi-Fi Settings>Advanced>Node Steering)
Of course, user experience can vary so feel free to experiment. if the routers are giving you problems, try turning these features off and see if it works
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I set the additional mesh APs up from the website/CA section.
All that said, did you try power cycling the mesh nodes to see if that reset the backhaul?
But as you said my next step is to reset each not, currently not connecting as wired and try to set it up again in the topology it's currently in.
If that doesn't work I'll try adding through the mobile app.
Could be the IP reservations I have made for each node is using the wifi MAC address.
But as you said my next step is to reset each not, currently not connecting as wired and try to set it up again in the topology it's currently in.
If that doesn't work I'll try adding through the mobile app.
Could be the IP reservations I have made for each node is using the wifi MAC address.
Tried adding it back from its current location without any luck, using the app and from the browser unsuccessfully.
I basically had to take the node and connect it directly to the router and add it back from the browser. After this once the new node was moved to another room and connected to the network using Ethernet connection through a switch back to main node, it's not connecting back as wired, but making a hop from another mesh node with wifi backhaul
Has anyone had success using NTFS filesystems on an external USB? I can get EXT4 and FAT32 filesystem to automatically mount, but cannot get NTFS to work, even manually. The DD-WRT v3.0-r58389 distribution includes the "ntfs3.ko" module, and can recognize that the partition has an NTFS filesytem (as seen in the /tmp/disk/sda text files), but just gives a "No such device" error when mounting. The device is there--I can read it with a "dd"--it just will not mount.
Anyone have luck with DD-WRT & USB & NTFS?
Edit: This is fixed in later releases (at least by r59171).
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192.168.x.x/ca
Internet is full of instructions to unbrick linksys routers.
you can use any tftp server
try renaming the firmware to tortuga.img
also to flash firmware use command
run flashimg
and
run flashimg2
run both to flash both partitions.
this command was hard to find, i spend a sleepless night to find the right command.
update_both_images/flash_pri_image do not work on this.
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I have tried all methods, including "Connectivity - Internet Settings - Type .. -Static IP" before
switching to Bridge mode, yet AP (works but) _always_ gets some other dynamic IP.
I know I can assign some static IP to LN1301 MAC address on a main router,
but prefer to set it on LN1301 itself. Is it possible?
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