<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Harry Devine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lifter89@comcast.net">lifter89@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I have a Linksys WRT54G router, and the firmware on
it doesn't support DHCP reservation by MAC, which I'd like to do to give
my original HDHR and HDHR Prime static IP addresses. I was reading up
on dd-wrt and was wondering if anyone is running it. Will I be able to do
this with dd-wrt? Was it hard to install/setup?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks,</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Harry</font></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><div>I use DD-WRT. I even used to have the WRT54G (L version, my parents still use it).</div><div>I can't vouch for the stock firmware, as I didn't have it on there long enough (I specifically bought that router to flash it), however DD-WRT definitely has support for static leases based on MAC address.</div>
<div>Alternatively, you can do the MMC hack and install an SD card and configure Bind.</div><div><br></div><div>I upgraded to a WRT600n a few years ago (the one with external antennas), and that has a USB port, which I have an old flash drive plugged into (256MB). With this I installed Optware (google: "Optware, the Right Way"). Now I have a full DNS server on my router.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Overkill? Probably.</div><div>Worth it? Totally.</div><div><br></div><div>It's not terribly difficult to set up (make sure you have the boot wait configured, and you reset properly!).</div><div>Just verify you have the correct firmware size AND revision. Don't trust the "Router database", double check on the forums and wiki.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Daniel</div>