FiOS, Actiontec, and DHCP/DNS.

[strredwolf]

I had enough.  Somehow Verizon screwed with the rented Actiontec router and broke my static DHCP setup.  I couldn't get to my laptop with SSH at it's usual 192.168.1.4 address, and going sandra.local or even sandra.home would ask me to verify that the laptop was where I wanted to go... BECAUSE IT WAS AT A DIFFERENT IP ADDRESS EACH AND EVERY STINKING TIME!

I still had my Linksys WRT54G v3.  You can't find them now.  The best you can do is a WRT54GL.  Both run Linux, and there's at least three firmware replacements out there:  OpenWRT, DD-WRT, and Tomato.  I knew the native Linksys firmware wasn't going to cut it, so it was time.

I flashed Tomato onto the WRT54G, and configured it to only do the wireless and DHCP.  I then took it away from the Actiontec, so it only did the NAT and port forwarding work.

Sandra's back on the .4 (.5 on wireless), and I'm happy.

Comments

[kazriko.livejournal.com]

The WRT54GL theoretically is exactly the same as the WRT54G early revisions, down to the same memory.

The WRT54GS is no longer made though in a form that you can use for openwrt/ddwrt. The best you can do with that is the WRTSL54GS. It also has a usb port, which is a bonus.