DD-WRT version with D-link 615
 

What version of dd-wrt are you currently running on your dlink? I wondered if I can/should upgrade my version. There seems to be a bug with mine were I cannot access my web server (on my LAN) using its internal IP but I can when I use my external IP or domain name. Its something to do with loopback.

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I'm currently using

DD-WRT v24-sp2 (11/21/10) std
(SVN revision 15778)

Re: DD-WRT version with D-link 615
 

Don't upgrade to the latest as it will brick your router after the first reboot.

Well, almost. The LAN ports all stop working.

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Anyone manage to work around the internal ip bug?

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what revision you got?

read this too > www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35352154-post261.html

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Wish I'd read that before bricking my router on the roof... Bit late now, have to wait till the next time somebody gets roofing repairs done for the scaffolders!

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i'm surprised you havent got your own made firmware running qas

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I do. I thought DD-WRT was just more stable than my own personal hack of OpenWRT I was working on at the time. Fat load of good that did....

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I see. Did you unbrick via wifi?

why don't they remove the firmwares/builds from the database available to download? seems pointless plus when the fixes due.. I would have thought theyd have it sorted by now seeing as how quick those builds got released one after another.

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No, I turned wifi off just before the upgrade to try and save power to ensure the upgrade worked properly. Also ironic. (The cable to the roof is a bit corroded and I'm still waiting on new plugs to arrive from Hong Kong, so the current ad-hoc tape holding it together means the router tends to reset under load as there's too much resistance in the cable)

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Anyway, back on topc, 17201 is what's currently running on my "production" router and there's nothing obviously wrong with it, though dd-wrt as a whole has been stagnating for a while now. I haven't tried anything between 18024 and 17201. No idea what the "loopback" bug it is you're talking about so can't say there. Sounds more like your network setup is wrong than a firmware bug, accessing a local IP from another local IP shouldn't be going through the router to begin with.

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your probably better off with the older builds. the newer ones suck, even the 17990 i thought was stable

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Yes, that looks to be the case. My main "service" routers have been unstable since upgrading to 18024 - having previously hit over 90 days uptime between power cuts (I really need to sort out that damn UPS already) it now loses wireless every 2-3 days.

I honestly think OpenWRT and FOSS wireless drivers have reached a stage where they're stable, reliable, and easy enough to use for the mass market now. That, and being completely FOSS means any and every problem can be fixed by yourself without needing anyone else, if you have the knowledge.

dd-wrt is really declining in relevance these days. Some manufacturers are shipping routers with factory firmware based on OpenWRT now.

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how did you load openwrt on a 615 d4

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Use any of the builds in this thread https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic....157145#p157145

(Or build it yourself)

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qas thanks but that looks shot too. think I'll try VM's version of firmware on my 615 instead. have you tried it?

ftp://ftp.dlink.co.uk/Virgin_Media/Firmware/

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No, first thing I do before even booting up these routers properly is to put them into firmware upload mode. Works fine on mine (although the most stable build is usually omgwtfbbq's rather than my own, my own code is usually way too experimental)

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:no: looks as though your having probs with openwrt too.. not comforting reading

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Only on D2's, the switch driver got broke a year or two ago and I never bothered fixing it.

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ok. is loading it the same as ddwrt.. emergency > factory > sysupgrade ?

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Yes

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Still using an older build here , happy with it so far!

DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) std - build 14929

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Sorry for the delay in replaying. I've been really busy with studies and having a break between courses.

This is the issue I'm experiencing my webserver (192.168.1.111) can only be accessed on my network when I use the ip address if I try my domain name ie www.myhome.co.uk I get page cannot be displayed. However, if I try and connect from outside my network eg. from work and I use my domain name www.myhome.co.uk the webpages are displayed.

Any idea how I can get this sorted? It was working before I swopped out my old router for the Dlink615. The only changes I've done on the network is change the ip ranges before they were using 192.168.123.* now they are using 192.168.1.* but I cant see that being the problem seeing as I can access my website from another network.

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I think I understand now. NAT loopback was a term I wasn't familiar with until recently but it looks like a lot of people are referring to it as that...

I'm not running dd-wrt on most of my routers anymore, after just about every build for the last year turned out bugged unstable or just outright broken. However I believe what you're seeing is "normal" behaviour for dd-wrt possibly as a result of its firewall or other default configuration. It can be worked around either using custom iptables or dns, or perhaps fiddling with the routing. Easiest option would be to set a manual DNS entry on the router pointing www.myhome.co.uk at 192.168.1.111 instead of its external IP.

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How do I add a manual DNS entry on the router?

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not my work, taken from ddwrt

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Thanks thenry, I 'm a bit stuck on point 4. I'm not sure what to type in the options box. Would you mind posting the link?

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2. I've set this to my webserver 192.168.1.111

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dont bother with 4 & 5. it might hamper running off the best server.. i think.

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Ok done 1 and 2+3. I'm not sure how its suppose to know www.myhome.co.uk shoudl go to 192.168.1.111 because all I did was set DNS1 to 192.168.1.111.

I rebooted machien and its still not working

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i didnt read your above post sorry. i thought you was on about opendns etc.

you sure its not IP conflict?

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Don't do that, that's wrong.

Set static DNS 1 to the IP address of the router. Make sure Use DNSMasq for DNS is ticked.

On the services page, under Additional DNSMasq Options enter:

address=/www.myhome.co.uk/192.168.1.111

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I tried that and I'm still getting page cannot be displayed.

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Whats really strange is my understanding when I'm on my local netowrk and use http://www.myhome.co.uk my request leaves my router and goes out onto the world wide web which then redirects back to my router and to my web server. Why would it not work then but does work if its another external connection/machine it works.

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When you use www.myhome.co.uk, your request does not go out onto the world wide web. It just goes to your router, and stops, as your router does not have a rule set up to forward that kind of traffic.

Can you try ping www.myhome.co.uk from a lan device to see if the DNS has been set up properly? If so, it should definitely work, so most likely a problem with the alias setup. To be honest if you have just one machine, it's even easier to just override it on the local machine but doing it on the router fixes it for all local clients.

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Well what do you know. I managed to ping it using the LAN ip and www.myhome.co.uk and it replied. So I tried accessed the website and worked.

Not sure why it didn't work before and I didn't change a thing after I sent my last post.

Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it.