dd-wrt How do I connect after joining a network?

I just put dd-wrt on my router and I've found several sources
including my local library, but when I connect to one of the networks
I still get no connectivity. What settings and information do I need
to use one of these sites as an ap. People make it sound like it's an
instant thing if you can actually find a local source with the survey
tool.

fryluck wrote:
> I just put dd-wrt on my router and I've found several sources
> including my local library, but when I connect to one of the networks
> I still get no connectivity. What settings and information do I need
> to use one of these sites as an ap. People make it sound like it's an
> instant thing if you can actually find a local source with the survey
> tool.
>

We can start by finding out how you're actually going about connecting
in the first place. I seem to have no problem when clicking "Join" next
to the details of a specific access point under Status > Wireless >
Survey pop-up window. It will turn the Wireless > Basic Settings tab
"Wireless Mode" drop down box to "Client", and you should be able to
plug your wired network interface card into the router to access the
network. You can alternatively do this all manually under that same
Wireless tab if you like. If that's not working, more troubleshooting
questions may need to be asked. Such as what your firmware version
number is, what other settings are in place in Setup > Basic Setup
(specifically the DHCP settings), etc.

duald

On Oct 8, 4:14 am, dualdflipflop <dualdflipf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> fryluck wrote:
> > I just put dd-wrt on my router and I've found several sources
> > including my local library, but when I connect to one of the networks
> > I still get no connectivity. What settings and information do I need
> > to use one of these sites as an ap. People make it sound like it's an
> > instant thing if you can actually find a local source with the survey
> > tool.
>
> We can start by finding out how you're actually going about connecting
> in the first place. I seem to have no problem when clicking "Join" next
> to the details of a specific access point under Status > Wireless >
> Survey pop-up window. It will turn the Wireless > Basic Settings tab
> "Wireless Mode" drop down box to "Client", and you should be able to
> plug your wired network interface card into the router to access the
> network. You can alternatively do this all manually under that same
> Wireless tab if you like. If that's not working, more troubleshooting
> questions may need to be asked. Such as what your firmware version
> number is, what other settings are in place in Setup > Basic Setup
> (specifically the DHCP settings), etc.
>
> duald

I'm using the micro version of dd-wrt v.23 sp final. In the connection
status tab in the control panel I see everything has been assigned
something. The DCHP server is 192.168.1.1. The remote connection has
even gave me a 24 hr lease. It's boggling my mind how I could get all
this info wirelessly but can't connect.

Also, do wifi sniffing programs like netstumbler work with dd-wrt
routers by themselves or are they only capable of working with
wireless adapters only?

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:47:17 -0700, fryluck <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm using the micro version of dd-wrt v.23 sp final.

What exact router do you have? Maker, model, and hardware version?

There's no such thing as v.23 sp final. On the main router config
page, in the upper right corner, will be the exact version. For
example, my office is running:
Firmware: DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/13/06) std
and at home:
Firmware: DD-WRT v23 SP3 (07/21/07) std
Hmmm... It's suppose to say that it's the NoKaid version and doesn't.

Feature list:
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT%3F#File_Versions>

>In the connection
>status tab in the control panel I see everything has been assigned
>something. The DCHP server is 192.168.1.1. The remote connection has
>even gave me a 24 hr lease. It's boggling my mind how I could get all
>this info wirelessly but can't connect.

I assure you that you mind will be un-boggled immediately after you
disclose whether those numbers are correct. Can you connect to the
router web config at 192.168.1.1 via CAT5 ethernet wire? Via
wireless? If you can connect via CAT5, but not via wireless, you have
something screwed up in your wireless settings.

>Also, do wifi sniffing programs like netstumbler work with dd-wrt
>routers by themselves or are they only capable of working with
>wireless adapters only?

Netstumbler runs under Windoze and has nothing to do with the router.
Kismet runs under Linux and has little to do with the router. There
is a version that will run on the router called Kismet Drone, but your
router probably doesn't have enough RAM to run it.

You can do some crude sniffing using DD-WRT this way:
telnet 192.168.1.1
login: root
password: **********
cd /sbin
/sbin # site_survey
buflen=[480] version=[107] count=[3]
[ 0] SSID[ NETGEAR] BSSID[00:1B:2F:4F:60:AC] channel[11]
rssi[-89] noise[-98] beacon[100] cap[421] dtim[0] rate[12] enc[Open]
[ 1] SSID[ default] BSSID[00:15:E9:68:28:A2] channel[ 6]
rssi[-81] noise[-89] beacon[100] cap[431] dtim[0] rate[12] enc[WEP]
[ 2] SSID[ moo] BSSID[00:13:10:EA:0B:97] channel[ 6]
rssi[-93] noise[-89] beacon[100] cap[401] dtim[0] rate[12] enc[Open]

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