wrt54gl advanced routing.....help plz

[headstrong]

Hi

my wrt54gl usining dd-wrt v23sp2 has 4 operating mode options under the "advanced routing" tab:

1) gateway - used if wrt54gl is hosting internet
2) BGP - ????
3) RIP2 router - ????
4) OSPF router -???

What do the last three do?

Thanks

 

[ghalied]

gateway - functions as a means to access the net
rip2 - routing protocol
ospf - routing protocol

 

[headstrong]

does it matter which routing protocol I use?

 

[krycor]

Those routing protocols aren't really used unless you attached to a big lan besides Telkom uses ATM.

 

[skydog]

Hi

my wrt54gl usining dd-wrt v23sp2 has 4 operating mode options under the "advanced routing" tab:

1) gateway - used if wrt54gl is hosting internet
2) BGP - ????
3) RIP2 router - ????
4) OSPF router -???

What do the last three do?

Thanks

BGP = Border Gateway Protocol - main dynamic routing protocol used on the internet - eg used for BIG networks
RIP2 - used for small WANs but OSPF is tending to be the preferred option
OSPF - Open Shortest Path First - dynamic routing protocol used on bigger WANs.

bottomline - they are Dynamic routing protocol....if you dont know what they are chances is you wont need them

 

[headstrong]

Thanks skydog!

So it wont make any difference for a small network if I have 5 pc's?

 

[skydog]

nope... wont need it at all.. all that other stuff is for WANs

 

[LakisFM1]

Hello
i need some help with my router a WRT54GS with DD-WRT.

I have a dsl modem-gateway for the internet which's address is 192.168.100.1

I also have a WRT54GS as a 2nd gateway for the town-wireless network ,
which range is 10.xx.xx.xx , and the lan address is 192.168.100.2.

I want to setup a rule in the DDWRT to pass all 10.xxx packets from itself (is already doing that) ,
and a 2nd rule to send 0.0.0.0 to 192.168.100.1 (eg not pass through the WRT54 internal router).

I already solved the problem by route commands in the LAN pc's , but when i connect my PDA to the WRT54 AP , i cannot setup it to have seperate routes for the internet and the town-wifi.

I tried to add routes in the WRT54 , it didnt get the 0.0.0.0 rule, it didnt store it.

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[skydog]

2nd rule to send 0.0.0.0 to 192.168.100.1 (eg not pass through the WRT54 internal router).
...

Any ideas? Thanks

Welcome

ip route add default gw 192.168.100.1
is the command you can use to add a default gateway. i'm guessing it is the same as openwrt

the route will disappear if you just add it at the command line. add it to a startup file if you want to make persistent