Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Budapest, Hungary
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 19:32 Post subject: Feature Requests
Here are some feature requests.
1, option to set the country for the WLAN card, to be able to use channel 12 and 13. Now i do this from my startup script with wl country command. When the router boots up, the default country is US I think.
2, option to set the uplink interface to WAN or WLAN. I use the router to connect to a wireless ISP, so I establish a pppoe connection over the WLAN interface to my ISP.
3, option to set some extra pppoe parameters. For example a textbox in advanced options to enter some additional pppoe parameters, for example "mppe required". Something like editing options.pppoe file.
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Budapest, Hungary
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 19:54 Post subject:
WaS wrote:
Huh
1. Channels 1...14 can be selected -- always.
2. Change wireless mode to "client".
Re:
1. I couldn't connect to the AP on channel 12, it was not evel listed in the survey. Changing the country from US to some european country solved the problem. In client mode you have to specify only the SSID of the AP, and the router isn't looking for that ssid on channels 12 and 13.
2. I'm already in "client mode". I'm not sure about this, but changing to "client" mode is not enough for setting up a working internet connection in my case. After connectiog to the AP, i have to set up a pppoe connection, but by default the pppoe connection is set up through the WAN interface, which is not even connected in my case.
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 731 Location: Erlangen, Germany
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 20:29 Post subject:
olinka wrote:
Changing the country from US to some european country solved the problem.
Which version of DD-WRT are you using?
Where do you select the country? I've never seen that in DD-WRT.
olinka wrote:
2. I'm already in "client mode". [...]
After connectiog to the AP, i have to set up a pppoe connection,
but by default the pppoe connection is set up through the WAN interface,
which is not even connected in my case.
In client mode, the radio (rather than an ethernet port) constitutes
the WAN interface. Thus, the WAN settings should refer to the radio.
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 731 Location: Erlangen, Germany
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 21:01 Post subject:
My private WLAN is on channel 13. When I select client mode,
set the channel to "auto", and enter the appropriate SSID and
encryption mode, DD-WRT would always find the AP. I've never
touched the "country selection".
Reset to factory defaults and try again, without any sort of
"country selection"! I'd be surprised if it doesn't work.
Also keep in mind that the wireless NIC in your computer that you are connecting to the router WITH must also support these extras channels.
For example, if you purchased a wireless card in/from the US, you will never be able to use any channel above 11, no matter how you configure the router (unless the WNIC also has hacked/open source drivers/firmware).
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Budapest, Hungary
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 13:52 Post subject:
No problem with that! :)
So it seems, that it only remains one feature request:
1, The ability to set some extra rp pppoe options, via a textbox. Maybe these options should be directly appended to the options.pppoe file. The default value for this textbox should be the options that are in the options.pppoe file, except those options that are configured on the basic setup page like pppoe username and password.
