On 2016-05-10 14:16, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 05/09/2016 02:13 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
But in this case, the 4 mouths on that thing (client bridge) are not acting as switch. They are all "routing", isolated from one another. I had no idea this could be possible.
With software, anything is possible.
Absolutely. But I thought that the switches ran in hardware for speed. Lower level, not really tcp/ip. Obviously I was wrong, they run in firmware, aka software, thus modifiable. ...
The router, sdm says, is running DD-WRT. If that's not a few steps above the idiot simple software shipped on home-grade routers I don't know what is! {Thinks: I need to flash my own router with that someday}
I did, on one of mine. An ADSL router provided by an ISP. I repurposed it as a new wifi access point. Good news: it works, and I hear no complains. Bad news: it was hell setting it up. The web configuration part crashed often, apparently for lack of memory. I had to use an old version, because the new one failed to load at all the web. At least the old one worked somewhat, horribly slow (half an hour for a command, say), provided I did not try to use certain pages. I had to do the rest of the configuration by telnet or ssh, and it is a very complex command set unless you have a good guide. The web is far easier, but if failed. The notes for my router did not warn that the new firmware needed more memory than whatever the router has. I had to ask for help on a forum or mail list, and they were not very helpful. Thus I hesitate to try another device that I use for similar purpose (AP), but with the original buggy firmware. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)