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random musings about computers, life, and everything
random musings about computers, life, and everything
2006-11-15 17:57:03 +0100
one more free box around me
during the last months we had problems with the internet connection at our
office. I decided to exchange the router in order be to able to eliminate one
possible culprit.
I went to buy a linksys
wrt54gl ('L' as in 'Linux'), connected the cables, configured the box
via the typical web interface, &: no connection to the internet via the
funny austrian adsl (i.e. pptp) connection. the router got a connection but
not a single packet went to the host at the other end of the tunnel.
time to implement my "secret" plans for the router: after reading
the docs I installed openwrt, changed
some settings (for pptp, for wpa encryption, for port forwarding), & one
ifdown/ifup wan/wifi later it worked like a charm.
now let's see if the connection becomes more stable; if not then it's not
the old router's fault, & I'll use the 'free' wrt54gl at home.
update: a few weeks later it's still running without any problems;
so the connection issues at the office are solved; & I need to buy
another wrt54gl if I want to have one at home ;-) — 2006-12-12
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