Once flashed with DD-WRT, can the wireless be disabled? (I just want to use this as a VPN accelerator in front of an existing Apple Airport network)
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With DD-WRT, you have nearly complete control over the capabilities of your router. Any further questions or issues should be referenced at the DD-WRT forums (http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/) or wiki (http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page).
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Yes, it can be disabled quite easily... If you had the router, you'd log into it, choose the "Wireless" tab at the top of the page, then the "Basic Settings" tab that appears beneath it: on that page, you'd then see "Wireless Network Mode" second from the top and set it to "Disabled."You might also look into the Tomato community's firmwares to see if any of them suits you better. I've used DD-WRT for 4 years, but I'm going to try Tomato (probably "Tomato by Shibby") as I've seen it recommended over DD-WRT quite a few times recently and it's more actively developed. Hopefully either one of them or DD-WRT does what you need them to! :) Yes, it can be disabled quite easily... If you had the router, you'd log into it, choose the "Wireless" tab at the top of the page, then the "Basic Settings" tab that appears beneath it: on that page, you'd then see "Wireless Network Mode" second from the top and set it to "Disabled."You might also look into the Tomato community's firmwares to see if any of them suits you better. I've used DD-WRT for 4 years, but I'm going to try Tomato (probably "Tomato by Shibby") as I've seen it recommended over DD-WRT quite a few times... » Read More Yes, it can be disabled quite easily... If you had the router, you'd log into it, choose the "Wireless" tab at the top of the page, then the "Basic Settings" tab that appears beneath it: on that page, you'd then see "Wireless Network Mode" second from the top and set it to "Disabled."You might also look into the Tomato community's firmwares to see if any of them suits you better. I've used DD-WRT for 4 years, but I'm going to try Tomato (probably "Tomato by Shibby") as I've seen it recommended over DD-WRT quite a few times recently and it's more actively developed. Hopefully either one of them or DD-WRT does what you need them to! :) « Show Less
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Yes, it can be disabled quite easily... If you had the router, you'd log into it, choose the "Wireless" tab at the top of the page, then the "Basic Settings" tab that appears beneath it: on that page, you'd then see "Wireless Network Mode" second from the top and set it to "Disabled." You might also look into the Tomato community's firmwares to see if any of them suits you better. I've used DD-WRT for 4 years, but I'm going to try Tomato (probably "Tomato by Shibby") as I've seen it recommended over DD-WRT quite a few times recently and it's more actively developed. Hopefully either one of them or DD-WRT does what you need them to! :)
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how do you set up dd-wrt to vpn accelerate ? i'm told much depends on the cpu speed of your router, for example , what is the speed of cpu on this router ? looks like tomato might support dual radios, ddwrt does not on my e3200 ......
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Could you please let me know if this worked out for you?I am considering the same solution to tunnel all my internet traffic through VPN:one VPN-router between the router of my Internet Service Provider and the Apple Airport.It would be nice to know if you could let me know if you got your connection working!
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yes. That's exactly how mine is set up, as an access point plugged into my main router via an Ethernet cable. One of the choices in the setup menu is "access point". I then use my same radio SSID and password in the D-link as my main wireless router. When I move away from the main router toward the D-link, the wifi locks into the D-link and I get full strength bars. It works great.
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I am sorry but I don't have an apple router. So I am unable to speak on that. I do have a NetGear router that it connected automatically with. I set it up as an access point and it works great. Since I have a kind of long house and the router is at one end. This has greatly extended our wireless signal in our home. A access point is the best way to go, since it connects to our router by a Cat 6 internet cable so you don't lose part of your bandwidth when you set it up as a WiFi range extender.
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Yes. According to the product manual (http://www.manualowl.com/m/ZyXEL/MWR102/Manual/352155?page=40) you can disable broadcast SSID, which would make the wireless network invisible to most ordinary connections.
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I recieved mine today and unfortunately I got a v2 so no dd-wrt for me. Luckily I sold it to a friend that doesnt want to use dd-wrt.
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Yes, it's actually pretty easy with one caveat: when you change the IP or mask on the LAN settings tab for the router, you need to be sure everything else is where it needs to be. For all the other settings tabs, you can click Save and it'll tell you that you need to reboot to apply settings. But change the IP or mask on the LAN settings tab and you'll be forced to reboot. Also, if you're just setting this up like I did as the wireless component of an existing wired network (I have a D-link handling primary router duties and am using this for the wireless functionality alone), you'll want to just ignore the WAN setup (and the WAN port on the back). Just plug into one of the 4 main LAN ports and connect that to your existing router, disable DHCP and set the IP address under the LAN settings for the router with the appropriate mask. Once you're forced to reboot the device, you'll just connect via your browser to that IP address you set. In my setup I picked an IP and set it up as a reserved IP for that device in my existing router to avoid conflicts (say after a power outage). After that you can set up anything else (wireless, etc.) unless you already did that before the reboot. Found this documentation: http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?faqid=417 Also if you want to use it to extend an existing wireless network via WDS: http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?faqid=440
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It might have when it was supported but it will not now as Cisco does not provide any further updates on this hardware. It does support DD-WRT quite well however.
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well ..for me it didn't worked at all. I couldn't setup that damn thing at all and couldn't get support from ubiquity either.came bricked. But from specs i don't think it's designed to be used this way (repeater). If you wire-daisy-ching with another router it shouldn't be a problem having the same SSID. For complete wireless repeating purposes i've used Netgear WNR3500v2/U/L (with dd-wrt)
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This should work - instructions are available here: http://wiki.hidemyass.com/DD-WRT_OpenVPN_Setup_No.2
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I just received mine this morning and I got a V3. I was worried that I would end up getting a V2 since DD-WRT can't work with it but I am going to install it tommorrow and give you the results :-D
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Only with a wired connection, which actually makes it an AP rather than a bridge or repeater. It doesn't support that function natively. Also, the third-party firmware dd-wrt that would allow that function does not support this router. There may be another third party firmware that could allow it to work the way you want, but you're looking at some work getting it done. You would need good knowledge of networking most likely. If you require that feature then you would be better off looking into something that already has it built in, or that is supported by dd-wrt firmware.
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I don't know; however, i owned this router for approximately 1 1/2 years. It worked great until one year, then, i had to reboot it constantly. Tech support was also not much help. I finally bought a new router. Apple Airport Extreme. No problems since. Obviously i don't recommend this router.
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I don't now, i don't have a Apple computer. I never use mine Netgear WG111US. :-)
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The bad news is that there is a problem with DHCP on this router, requiring frequent power cycling. The good news is that the opensource dd-wrt firmware completely solves this problem, and adds a bunch of new features to the router. You won't need to, but with the dd-wrt firmware installed you could configure the router to auto-reboot. For more info, see my review:
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DD-WRT and Tomato are linux based (I'm guessing pfSense must be BSD based). 802.11AC chipset drivers are still in development for both, so until the developers finish the drivers, you can't use any of the alternate firmwares with the hardware.
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The bad news is that there is a problem with DHCP on this router, requiring frequent power cycling. The good news is that the opensource dd-wrt firmware completely solves this problem, and adds a bunch of new features to the router. You won't need to, but with the dd-wrt firmware installed you could configure the router to auto-reboot. For more info, see my review:http://www.amazon.com/review/R1GNF11WAIUPJS/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
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Yes, in fact i prefer it that way, It didn't work well when I used it as a router on my old dsl connection. Just bypass the wan and give it an IP in your range and turn off DHCP.