AT: How to properly flash the router?
ABOUT: - Do not flash the router via WiFi; connect it to your computer with a network cable;
- Before and after the firmware, make a hardware reset of the router (for example, "30/30/30");
- Disable firewalls, antiviruses and ad blockers on your computer;
AT: What is "Reset 30/30/30"?
ABOUT: Press the reset button and hold it. After 30 seconds, turn off the power without releasing the Reset button. After another 30 seconds, release the Reset, turn on the power, wait until any other light on the router lights up except for the power supply, or the PC does not see the router, again we hold the Reset. Wait another 30 seconds and release the reset.
AT: How to view the system log?
ABOUT: You must first enable the syslogd service in the Services tab. (The field with the server name can be left blank.) And follow the link
http://192.168.1.1/Syslog.asp, The page can be accessed only through the address bar.
If you don’t open the System Log page, then you have an old firmware version, and the log messages are written to the file / var / log / messages, which can be viewed with the commands cat, tail, more, less, etc.
AT: How to connect telnet to the router with DD-WRT?
ABOUT: Open a session in telnet client with the address of the router (by default 192.168.1.1) and the standard port (23). When prompted for a username (login), enter the standard root name - even if you changed the username to log in to the web interface. And when prompted for a password, enter the password you set for the web interface.
AT: How to load into the router not one script, but two?
ABOUT: Put the & sign at the end of the first script and load the second one. If you later need to load the third one, put the & sign at the end of the second script, etc.
AT: The Russian language does not work. Why?
ABOUT: Most likely the problem is in the firmware, the Russian works again in all releases of 2016. Also in the old stable versions.
Q: "retracker.local" stopped working, what to do? ABOUT: It is necessary to turn off "No DNS Rebind" in the section "Services" - "Services" - "DNSMasq".
Q: Can I enable HTTPS? ABOUT: You can, but to use it you need a special browser. Also, if you uncheck HTTP and leave only HTTPS, then you will most likely have to do a reset, since you will not access the Web GUI through a regular browser. (If you uncheck both checkboxes, you won’t go to the web interface at all)
Q: Does Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) work? ABOUT: Yes, but you need to enable it manually, in the section "NAT / QoS" - "UPnP"
Q: I climbed in the settings and now I have a low rate of return or reception, why? ABOUT: Most likely you have enabled "QoS", check if it is, then disable it.
Q: I set the TX Power to 20, but shows 16 dBm, why? I know for sure that the router can work on this power! ABOUT: Perhaps the power is limited, because of the region you selected in the WiFi settings.
Change to another, for example "US". Q: TX Power has set 20 (or 21), the region is needed, but the router shows 19 dBm, why? ABOUT: Maximum power can be obtained only on channel 6.
Q: How to set up a router in repeater mode? ABOUT: Instruction Q: How to reassign a burned out WAN port to a LAN? ABOUT: We read
here .
Q: How to get the maximum WiFi speed on routers with N mode ABOUT: We read
here .
Q: It is written on the official website that I lose the warranty when installing DD-WRT. This is true? ABOUT: Theoretically, yes, but you can flash the stock, and most routers will be out of the box.
Q: I need a built-in OpenVpn, is it in this firmware? ABOUT: Yes, but only in firmware for routers with more than 4 mb. of memory. (You can find out how much flash memory in your router model, for example, in
WikiDevi )
Q: I need the router to automatically turn on and off WIFI on a schedule, DD-WRT can it? ABOUT: Yes that's
instruction Q: DD-WRT does not allow the provider’s local resources (personal account, etc.), what to do? ABOUT: You just need to remove one tick.
instruction Q: How to change the TTL value on the router? ABOUT: Here is
instruction Q: How to enable multicast on DD-WRT? ABOUT: Instruction Q: How to make the router work as a switch, but with wifi? ABOUT: Instruction Q: How to make the router automatically restart at the right time? ABOUT: Instruction Q: If you don’t see the neighboring computers on the router’s local network (for example, on Samba) ABOUT: Instruction Q: I switched the language to Russian and in some places (for example, on the tab of the MAC filter of a wireless network) there are cracks. ABOUT: Yes, this is a bug; it is very easy to overcome - by forcibly switching the page encoding in the browser to UTF-8
(for example for chrome there is an encoding menu plugin)
instructionAlso, this bug is missing in the version of r27086 and earlier.
Q: How to activate the firmware on Ubiquiti routers. ABOUT: No Only buy a license for dd-wrt on the official site. There are no working key generators.
Q: My provider has local sites in the .local zone, having trouble accessing them. How to be ?. ABOUT: Here is
instruction Q: I need to block a site on my home network, for example, youtube. How to do it? ABOUT: Here is
instruction Q: I heard that using dd-wrt, you can somehow access Pandora, HBO Now, Spotify, Amazon Video and Netflix outside the US without using vpn. How? ABOUT: Here is
instruction Q: I need to get internet via wifi and distribute it as usual, that is, connect the router with a "client". Can this be done? ABOUT: Yes that's
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