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DD-WRT Vudu, Laptop, and xbox 360 co-exist happily

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    DD-WRT Vudu, Laptop, and xbox 360 co-exist happily

    I just wanted to let the engineering and support teams know that I have successfully implemented DD-WRT (v23 SP2) on a Linksys WRT54GL v1.1

    WRT54GL is running in client bridge mode and talking across a WEP network with 2 printers, and 3 PC's. Additionally, this bridge also has a laptop, Xbox 360, and Vudu attached to it, and of all them co-existing peacefully and operating simultaneously. Although, it's doubtful that I will be playing Gears and watching a movie at the same time.

    While many may not be impressed by this achievement, I spent hours working with 3 different game adapter bridges (a total waste of time), browsing forums, and learning how to flash and configure a wireless router to become a network bridge.

    Other posts I've seen on this forum suggest the Vudu has to be the only device attached to the 4-port bridge due to MAC addressing in 802.11. I disagree, but maybe those people are highly paid networking consultants, while I am a lowly layperson about to blow-up $1,000 in hardware gadgets.

    You can finally stop recommending that overpriced Belkin router that is about to EOL and impossible to find in the physical realm.

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    Re: DD-WRT Vudu, Laptop, and xbox 360 co-exist happily

    Originally posted by Popeye View Post

    Other posts I've seen on this forum suggest the Vudu has to be the only device attached to the 4-port bridge due to MAC addressing in 802.11. I disagree, but maybe those people are highly paid networking consultants, while I am a lowly layperson about to blow-up $1,000 in hardware gadgets.
    Please don't consider this an insult but you are running in a grey area if you truly have configured your router for wireless bridge and are running more that one device.

    I am not a professional network consultant and have over 40 routers running on coffee and donut shops in Wisconsin. They are also running dd-wrt. I do advocate Tomato or DD-WRT since it give the functions of a $1,000 router for the cost of $60.00 plus the donation to the open source project which I suggest to be $10 per router you installed the software.

    I am not making any money off of helping VUDU folks setting up their networks, I do it because I like to. But I do stand by my posts on this forum.

    Now for what will/can happen. All you devices are now hiding behind one MAC address. Any QOS and Forwarding rules can/will malfunction at some point in time. The SPI of your root router will not be able to identify reply requests without the associated open request since they all look like they are originating from one MAC. This is a reduction in security.

    Also you can read about what wireless bridge does here:

    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Bridge

    One other point. VUDU cannot recommend using 3rd party firmware since they are not in the business of supporting wireless devices. That is why they recommend a supported commercial product that has been tested by their labs to work with the VUDU.

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      Re: DD-WRT Vudu, Laptop, and xbox 360 co-exist happily

      Originally posted by RonV View Post
      Now for what will/can happen. All you devices are now hiding behind one MAC address. Any QOS and Forwarding rules can/will malfunction at some point in time. The SPI of your root router will not be able to identify reply requests without the associated open request since they all look like they are originating from one MAC. This is a reduction in security.
      I have a question. I am using an SMC2870W in wireless bridge mode to connect my dad's house (right next door) to my Lan/ISP. On "his" side of the bridge, I have 2 Corinex AV200 coaxial ethernet adapters to create a "wired" lan segment in his house. I also have his Vudu, a Tivo, a Buffalo LinkTheater and his PC. I can look in my router and see all of the devices (both IP and MAC addresses), can access their web admin screens, and they seem to work properly as far as Internet access is concerned.

      I didn't fully understand what you were saying, but it sounds like something in that chain shouldn't have worked. Did I misunderstand?

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        Re: DD-WRT Vudu, Laptop, and xbox 360 co-exist happily

        Originally posted by redwein View Post
        I have a question. I am using an SMC2870W in wireless bridge mode to connect my dad's house (right next door) to my Lan/ISP. On "his" side of the bridge, I have 2 Corinex AV200 coaxial ethernet adapters to create a "wired" lan segment in his house. I also have his Vudu, a Tivo, a Buffalo LinkTheater and his PC. I can look in my router and see all of the devices (both IP and MAC addresses), can access their web admin screens, and they seem to work properly as far as Internet access is concerned.

        I didn't fully understand what you were saying, but it sounds like something in that chain shouldn't have worked. Did I misunderstand?
        I can only speak for DD-WRT and Tomato firmwares. But yes you can experience issues. If you read the documentation on the SMC2870W:
        An Ethernet to Wireless Bridge, providing a wireless connection via an RJ-45 connection to a single device such as Microsoft Xbox and Ethernet ready embedded devices.

        Not to say you can get away with this, but its an issue of what type of applications you are running against the internet. It's best to follow standards because if you don't then one day when you add a new application to the network something strange may happen.

        I have plugged my laptop into the bridge just to test connectivity while the VUDU or other devices are connected and then when I check the tables on my router I have multiple IP's assigned to a MAC address for multiple devices (techie stuff).

        If it works then let it work.

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          Re: DD-WRT Vudu, Laptop, and xbox 360 co-exist happily

          I must admit, when I first set this up, I only intended it to work with the LinkTheater. Then I just added stuff without checking if it was actually supported. So far, so good. The Vudu and the Tivo have been working fine since I added them. If they had problems, they should be obvious on either of them. I'm guessing that I just got lucky.

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