I'd like to put #RJ45 jacks in each room of my house, and run them to the patch panel in my #server #cabinetbupstairs, but that would be a significant (and expensive) #PITA.
Failing that, I'd like to have an #Ethernet #appliance into which I could plug things like a printer's hardline, which appliance would function as a #wireless cable back to another appliance in the cabinet.
Bugger, hit "toot!" instead of "newline."
#WiFi and #DHCP are starting to frost my pumpkins. The 2.4GHz band in my #neighbourhood is *very* busy, and a lot of my devices are having trouble #associating to the #router by #SSID. I don't necessarily *want* them to use DHCP. My single foray into #OpenWRT bricked a #DLink DIR-645 despite my following the instructions meticulously. ☹️
I really *don't* want a cable gang appearing out of the floor in my office upstairs, but..
Le sigh.
@GenghisKen years of working in commercial wifi and most of my intuition now is to run ethernet.
2.4Ghz also has the real fun attribute of fuzzing Bluetooth at 2.45Ghz if it's close enough.
Short range repeaters are probably the best bet to avoid noise.
@baweaver
I'm a software guy, and my knowledge of #networking #hardware and wire[less] #protocols is virtually nil.
At least pretty much every room I'd want to wire is on the ground floor, and I think there's a #conduit I can use to get a bundle upstairs to the office. I just need to get another spool or so of #Cat6 #plenum cable and I could conceivably run things through the #crawlspace.
@baweaver
I'm disappointed that my first foray into #OpenWRT came a cropper; the #DLink DIR-645 I #bricked with it was my main #Wifi #router before I moved up to the #Linksys #Nighthawk #R8000 2.4GHz/5GHz one I'm using now. (Which is having difficulty handling all my normal and #IoT devices, hence looking for alternatives. 😔)
Some #infrastructure-type things (like printers, #Raspi devices, and #PlayStation #consoles 🤣) really *need* to be #hardwired. 🙄😁🤪. #DHCP is giving me the red-arse..
@stepheneb @baweaver
Yup, the #DLink DIR-645 is #bricked by my attempt to install #OpenWRT. I tried plugging it into my #Windows #laptop and saw the same behaviour: up for an #augenblick, then down. Repeat about every 15 seconds.
Last chance: do the #hardreset the D-Link manual describes. AFAIK, though, that *doesn't* reset to the "#factory" #firmware from some #ROM, but just clears any config #SRAM or the like. So it'll still be broken #OpenWRT.
Or am I wrong?
@GenghisKen
I used to have one of those, and it had a surprisingly stable signal across several rooms!
check the "Debricking" section here, maybe some procedures are accessible enough:
https://openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-645
maybe what bricked yours is related to the first item in the "Issues" list?
ps: make sure to doublecheck the hardware revision version on the hardware and on the instructions, before flashing any alternative firmwares to any routers... this is often overlooked with dire consequences
D-Link DIR-645 Issues v22.03.0 IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING: Forum post: <https://forum.openwrt.org/t/v22-03-0-release-does-not-work-on-d-link-dir-645/136435> GitHub issue: <https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/10634> Latest working version is 21.02.3: Firmware OpenWrt install: <https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.3/targets/ramips/rt3883/openwrt-21.02.3-ramips-rt3883-dlink_dir-645-squashfs-factory.bin> Firmware OpenWrt upgrade: <https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.3/targe…
@pacasvi
I did check the hardware rev. 😞
I'll check those issues, thanks!
@pacasvi
Totally awesome! I didn't know #DLink had a #lastresort #firmware loader; that made all the difference. And backing down to the earlier version of #OpenWRT mentioned in the issue.
Now the #DIR645 is basically set up; I just need to connect it to the #upstream #network #router, check the #signal strength, and #reconfigure my #IoT devices. Then figure out how to allow #service #announcements (#mDNS?) like #printers to pass between the subnets.
You saved my bacon🥓! 😁
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