Re: Installing DD-WRT -

On 20/08/10 06:38, John Aldrich wrote:

Not really... however, it may be that the developers of DD-WRT never
dreamed anyone would want more than a handful of DHCP assignments, so the
functionality just isn't there. You might try hacking the code to create
your own version of DD-WRT and submitting it back to them, or find something
else, like your Fedora box, to do your DHCP assignments (just to help bring
this thread back on-topic.<Grin>)
Seriously, I think asking a little SOHO router to handle static DHCP
assignments for 15 or 20 devices is a bit much, then again, I've never
tried this, so I don't know. I only have two PCs that I care about having
static assignments... my linux box and my wife's PC. Hell, her PC could
have a random IP for all it matters... :-)
Point is, you may be trying to use a hammer to put a screw into a wall. It
might do the job, but it's not really the right tool. In this case, you
might want to look at finding something else to handle your DHCP
assignments.

I never considered that possibility since I have been doing this
routinely over the last four years, even with the wndr3300 router
that now has DD-WRT in it! But it sure looks like that might be the
case now that you suggested it?

There is no other dhcp server in the system. About all I could do is
change a dozen dhcp devices with fixed addresses. I changed too
dhcp since there were fewer router configuration problems using it.

Some of the devices are portable and have been taken on vacation by
the users, system changes now are a major effort but I may have to
"bite the bullet." It's more likely though that I will simply trash
the router which has been nothing but grief since I bought it. I had
hoped to make something useful of it ... I have a different router
on order from a different manufacturer, I feel I got stuck with the
WNDR3300!

Thanks for your thoughts.

Bob


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