Dd wrt u verse setup

Internal ATT router is set as My first question is, will I need to make those networks a subnet off of each other so I can use a subnet mask of Or would adding the route to my computer be sufficient? Because honestly, I know what I want to do, just not quite how to get there. I struggled through the same issue today after reading this thread and about 20 others discussion how to use a secondary router with uverse.

After lots of frustration I finally got all my ports to forward correctly and not appear to be firewalled. The WRT is running in Gateway mode. That seemed to be the only thing preventing my ports from forwarding correctly. I used a free port forward checker from portforward. Posted: Mon Jan 10, Post subject:. I have a Uverse setup. In my experiment, I was trying to setup 2 dd-wrt routers as follows. Both were hardwired to the 2Wire 1.

In my case, I did not see that happening. I am not into gaming, but I am attaching my setup below. Let me know if you are trying something along these lines. Home Network Diagram - Sanitized. Posted: Tue Jan 11, Post subject:. Yes SSH will work in any mode, the router just needs to have a default route gateway IP so that it can get out to the internet. If you're going to add the route to your PC then you need to leave the router in gateway mode to do NAT for the devices behind it, otherwise the 2wire will see their You will also need to use iptables to disable NAT for traffic going from the Posted: Wed Jun 08, Post subject:.

As an update to this topic, I found the old adage of "reset to defaults" holds true for all routers. Once you start changing network settings on the ATT 2wire router, sometimes it remembers the wrong stuff. P2P applications do not give me any port problems now, and most everything else works as expected. To sum it all up: When in doubt, reset to factory defaults. Click Save. Some instructions I have seen said that this can be left blank and the firmware will automatically pick it up.

That didn't work for me. In my case I'm using " These are the username and passwords used on the PPTP client to connect to this server, and they follow a weird form: username-space-asterisk-space-password-space-asterisk.

At the bottom of the screen, pick Apply Settings. The second step is the startup script: Select the Administration tab then the Commands tab. Put this in the Commands text box, then select Save Startup :! At the top choose PPTP and give this configuration a descriptive label. For Server put in the IP address of your U-verse residential gateway. Under Encryption Level select Maximum. Select Save in the upper right hand corner. Acknowledgements The PPTP Server Configuration was much more helpful than the built in documentation for figuring out what was needed to make this work.

No reposts were found. No likes were found. No webmentions were found. Enter your search term These channels can be envisioned as the number of lanes on a highway. The more cars there are in a lane, the slower it tends to be. Finding an empty or at least the emptiest one is extremely easy, and it can help increase your range and your transfer rates.

Changing the channel, as described previously, is one of the easiest and most sure-fire ways to get a better signal. However, there are a lot of advanced settings that can be experimented with. These depend situation to situation, and some of them, such as increasing TX Power, can reduce the lifetime of your router. For this reason, you will not only need to perform some careful testing on each configuration you try, but should also bear in mind that other, more minor, consequences may result.

Before I explain how to test your bandwidth and throughput , it's imperative that I explain the difference between the two. Bandwidth is the fixed speed that you pay for and receive from your ISP: in my case, this is 30Mbps download and 3Mbps upload. Throughput is the actual amount of data that your router can handle.

Therefore, if you're only interested in using the router for accessing the internet, then I'd advise against playing around with the Advanced Settings unless you have a very fast internet connection.

However, if you are planning on using it for storage, printing, streaming movies or other internal purposes, then it might be worth it. Testing your bandwidth is the easiest of the two. Head over to TestMy. You should see speeds in the region of what you're paying for.

If this isn't the case, you might want to consider having a word with your ISP. It's a well-known fact that speeds can vary, but in many cases especially in America there have been reports of internet providers just not delivering on their promises.

Check out our guide on how to bypass throttling for some quick tips on improving your internet speeds. For testing throughput, you'll need to download the TamoSoft Throughput Test. You'll need to run the server on a computer that is hard-wired to your router with an Ethernet cable. Then on a laptop, you will need to run the client software. Enter the IP address provided by the server, then execute the router test. This will give you the throughput speeds of your router.

If after testing your settings you decided that you need a larger throughput, then you will likely start looking at changing the advanced wireless settings. As mentioned these are complicated and can cause issues. Since with the default settings we're seeing Mbps on our computer and Mbps on our phone which is the limit due to its hardware we don't think this is necessary and unlikely that you will either.

However, if you do wish to do this, then the best recommendation is heading over to the DD-WRT forum and asking the friendly people there. When you do so make sure you list all your devices and needs so that they can tailor the specifications to you. When discussing the extension of wireless network ranges and speeds, you'll often come across Afterburner.

Afterburner is a unique piece of technology, supported by select devices and it is recommended that you have it turned off by default. One of the quickest and easiest ways of getting better reception on your devices is by using wireless antennas. If you're using the router we've recommended then, unfortunately, you won't be able to attach an additional antenna to it.

However, you can still connect one to your desktop computer, as long as you already have a WiFi card inserted into it. While easy to do, connecting an antenna to your computer is probably the least practical and cost-effective solution as it will only help one device. Therefore, if you're still struggling with getting good wireless coverage, and you've tried the above two steps, then it's worth getting a replacement antenna for your router.

You can get these fairly cheap from Amazon. There are three things to consider if you're going to get one:. The other way you can extend your signal is by using WiFi Range Extenders. With the best WiFi range extender, you will just have to plug it into a power socket, do five minutes of setting up and you'll be done.

Many people prefer this option as it takes up very little space and is extremely quick and easy to set up. What this means, is that you can place it in a completely different location to your main router and it will relay the wireless signal. If after experimenting with all of these settings, you still haven't been able to achieve the best wireless router range that you'd like, then you can always build your own. Like with a computer, it is possible to overclock the router so that it can perform more operations per second, and give you a better performance.

However, unlike with a computer, unless you're very hands-on, you can't apply any cooling to the system. So you will need to watch out for overheating and stability. The standby temperature this way is 67C, compared to the standard 63C. This is a good stable temperature, and while it's possible to overclock even more, I didn't see a need for it.

A stable temperature of 70C and above is likely to cause problems or a reduced lifetime. Every professional in the industry swears against this, and aren't even sure why it's not implemented better or removed. Instead, follow these steps. By using a router with a USB port, or two, you can connect devices to it that allow you to make it even more useful at home, and in your office.

In essence, this means that by attaching an external hard-drive or USB stick to it, you'll be able to access all the files on it as long as your device is connected to the WiFi network. What's even better is if you set up FTP , which we demonstrate later on, then you'll be able to access it anywhere worldwide as long as you're connected to the internet. In some cases, after you've applied the settings and the router reboots, you might get the warning "Unsupported Filesystem". You'll need to make sure that your printer is USB2.

Some modern printers allow you to share them using WiFi, but I want to keep my WiFi networks as clear as possible. Some also allow for you to use it via the ethernet port, but I feel that a USB port is more convenient. If for some reason you want something more capable than your hotspot or just more functionality then you can plug your 3G USB dongle into your router.

While this will mean that you need to carry the router, and it's power source around, we've heard that contractors like to do this due to the versatility that it provides. In essence, they create a mobile WiFI router. However, since this is a very rare and complicated process, that only a few people are looking for, I won't delve into it myself. If you're interested, have a look at following links.

Unfortunately, a WebGUI does have its limitations, and sometimes you will need to get into the deeper workings of the system. To decide between which protocol to use for remote file access, I'd recommend reading this great article by CodeGuru. Hence, I've grouped the two together. Telnet is used for accessing the router locally, while SSH is suitable for remote access and more convenient for file transfers as well.

Of course, the easiest method for local file transfer is setting up a NAS, as described previously. In Windows, you can use the command prompt to access via Telnet.

You will also need to make sure that you have the Telnet Client enabled. Wait for the list to load, select 'Telnet Client' and click OK. At home, you may wish to set up some access restrictions to limit what content your family members can access, especially your children.

While I believe that educating them is more important, there are inherently a good number of topics which no lecturing can stop someone from stumbling upon. In an office, you may wish to setup filtering so that employees aren't using work time to access Facebook, Twitter, and other social media unless it is their job to do so. Personally, I have access restrictions set up as a method of self-censorship. I know that there are some websites that I visit, such as 9GAG, that aren't productive, and I shouldn't access them during the day.

If you often have friends, visitors or business partners visiting then most likely you'll want to provide them with WiFi access. The advantage of creating a guest network is that you can tailor it to suit your needs.

For example, you can have different access restrictions and privacy settings. Since the two networks are separate, you'll also be more secure, and you can even tailor the bandwidth usage so your friends don't start hogging all your download speeds.

Apply Settings. Apply settings. If you would like the guest network to have a fixed bandwidth, for example, you need to have a baseline when testing a product, then you can do so in the following way after you've done the above:. DD-WRT allows you to use four different hub-spots which are extremely convenient and useful for commercial environments. I will go into a bit of detail for each one of these, however, I will only go into the setup of HotSpot System as I found this one the easiest to use and implement.

Sputnik i, like HotSpot system, and in some cases Chilispot work as a paid management provider. This means that they will handle your splash screen, different locations, and more for a monthly or per purchase fee. We found Sputnik to be somewhat annoying to setup, but it does provide you with some good settings and will limit all WiFi use to the Sputnik splash screen.

I found HotSpot system to be the easiest to setup and use. The service allows you to charge customers for WiFi in which case the company takes a small percentage of the payment.

You can also provide users with free WiFi connection and have a splash screen which asks them to follow you on your social networks, you have to pay a small monthly price for this. Wifidog and Chilispot are both open source, which means that if you wish, you can set up the server for this yourself, meaning you don't even need an internet connection. Wifidog is the most complicated, and the least talked about option, so I'd recommend avoiding it and choosing Chilispot instead.

Firstly, you can use services such as Wi-Fiplanet and EngageHotspot to have a web-based splash page and system. These work similar to HotSpot system, but they are less commercial and hence it will take a bit more work to get it set up nicely, and to your needs. It also means that these services are a lot cheaper than HotSpot System. You can learn more about setting up, by watching this YouTube video.

Secondly, you can set up Chilispot with your own Debian server, thereby keeping everything within your control as well. This setup does require a lot of technical experience, and goes outside the scope of this guide as well. If you want, you can also limit access to your network by device. All modern devices have something called a MAC Media Access Control address, which is like a house address and is unique to each device. Once you know a device's MAC address, you can restrict its access to your network.

First, you need to find the MAC address of the device you wish to allow or block. Now that you have determined the MAC address of a device, you can block it or allow it.

For example, I'm going to block the Android device shown in the previous image. As stated at the start of this guide, one of the biggest advantages of DD-WRT is the additional settings and setups they allow you to do.

While I have explained most options previously, this section is dedicated to some more unique setups. As our branding might have given it away already, we love VPNs. However, I will not be covering this. Before starting, you will, of course, need a VPN account.

I must mention, that an OpenVPN router can be set up in some ways, so consult your VPN provider before starting as their instructions might vary, and it that case you should follow those.

If running a VPN client on your router is one of your primary concerns, then I'd recommend getting something more powerful as the best VPN router will need a lot of processing power.

If you'd like to, it's possible to set up your router as a Dual Gateway. This uses policy-based routing, and it allows some of your devices to use the VPN connection, while others use your normal connection. This can be really useful if you want to unblock Hulu , changing Netflix region or watching BBC iPlayer outside the UK on your media device as these are now blocking VPNs and want to access local services at the same time.

We do, however, recommend that you connect to a VPN as often as possible to ensure your connection is encrypted.

Despite the fact that it doesn't work with Netflix that well anymore, there is still plenty of restricted websites it allows you to access. I recommend Blockless as it has a great price, and provides a well-rounded overall service. Unfortunately, at the moment, I'm not aware of any free Smart DNS services that are legitimate and will not sell your data. There are, however, some free VPN services that have good privacy policies and will keep your data secure. If you're a fan of torrenting, then you can install a torrent client called Transmission on your router.