Subject: Re: [44net] Unable to Receive rip44d Datagram From: "Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty" bobtenty@gmail.com Date: 06/06/2016 08:23 PM

To: AMPRNet working group 44net@hamradio.ucsd.edu

He can check or dd-wrt or OpenWrt firmware is available for his router as these can forward ipip or can can be set in bridge mode (dd-wrt and OpenWrt are linux based) and much more.

Well, dd-wrt is available for some commercial ethernet/wifi routers but I don't think it exists for any combo-modem-router as is normally used by cable or dsl providers. The dd-wrt people don't have the drivers/software for the modem chips used in those modem-routers. So in this case (a DOCSIS cable provider) it can only be done when he is already using a separate modem and router.

Some firmwares in these consumer routers even don't allow to be put in bridge mode at all. The tabs for it are just missing or they don't have an option for it in their menu.

Sometimes the ISP can switch the modem-router into modem mode (bridge) from their central management system on user request. It will probably have some strings attached like "no helpdesk support for network problems".

After the switchover, the internal ethernet interface will be plain ethernet or PPPoE or PPTP. So you will need an extra router that indeed can be running dd-wrt.

However, with today's internet speeds on cable and dsl you also have to consider the router performance. The typical WRT54 routers from the days dd-wrt was created cannot keep up with the internet speeds of today.

Rob