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Zaerc: Alx9r's Router Setup moved to OpenWRT Router Setup: proper naming

2008-12-08T00:16:03Z

Alx9r's Router Setup moved to OpenWRT Router Setup: proper naming

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Alx9r: /* User Friendly URLs */

2008-12-07T16:52:54Z

User Friendly URLs

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	I ended up making some changes to the router's setup to nicely accomodate the LinuxMCE system. I've described them in the sections below.		I ended up making some changes to the router's setup to nicely accomodate the LinuxMCE system. I've described them in the sections below.

	==User Friendly URLs==		==User Friendly URLs and Particular IP Addresses==
	To give the core and laptop orbiter static IP addresses (in this case 192.168.1.102 and .~~103~~), I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''dnsmasq.conf'' file:		To give the core and laptop orbiter static IP addresses (in this case 192.168.1.102 and 80.1), I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''dnsmasq.conf'' file:
	dhcp-host=192.168.1.102,orbiterlaptop		dhcp-host=192.168.1.102,orbiterlaptop
	dhcp-host=192.168.1~~.103~~,dcerouter		dhcp-host=192.168.80.1,dcerouter

	To make the IP addresses map to some user-friendlier names, I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''hosts'' file:		To make the IP addresses map to some user-friendlier names, I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''hosts'' file:
	192.168.1.102 orbiterlaptop		192.168.1.102 orbiterlaptop
	192.168.1~~.103~~ mc mediacenter mce linuxmce dcerouter		192.168.80.1 mc mediacenter mce linuxmce dcerouter

			In order to access the 192.168.80.1 address, I changed '''Network=>WAN-LAN=>Netmask''' to 255.255.0.0.

	With these entries, you can enter http://mce into the address bar of a browser and end up at the admin page. No IP address entry necessary.		With these entries, you can enter http://mce into the address bar of a browser and end up at the admin page. No IP address entry necessary.

			''Note: Some orbiters need the core to be at 192.168.80.1.''

	==Bittorrent Port Forwarding==		==Bittorrent Port Forwarding==

Alx9r at 22:13, 21 June 2008

2008-06-21T22:13:57Z

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	I ended up making some changes to the router's setup to nicely accomodate the LinuxMCE system. I've described them in the sections below.		I ended up making some changes to the router's setup to nicely accomodate the LinuxMCE system. I've described them in the sections below.

	===User Friendly URLs===		==User Friendly URLs==
	To give the core and laptop orbiter static IP addresses (in this case 192.168.1.102 and .103), I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''dnsmasq.conf'' file:		To give the core and laptop orbiter static IP addresses (in this case 192.168.1.102 and .103), I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''dnsmasq.conf'' file:
	dhcp-host=192.168.1.102,orbiterlaptop		dhcp-host=192.168.1.102,orbiterlaptop
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	With these entries, you can enter http://mce into the address bar of a browser and end up at the admin page. No IP address entry necessary.		With these entries, you can enter http://mce into the address bar of a browser and end up at the admin page. No IP address entry necessary.

	===Bittorrent Port Forwarding===		==Bittorrent Port Forwarding==
	Under '''Network->Firewall''', I created a port forwarding entry that looks like this:		Under '''Network->Firewall''', I created a port forwarding entry that looks like this:
	Match Target Port		Match Target Port
	Destination Ports: 60000 192.168.1.103 60000		Destination Ports: 60000 192.168.1.103 60000

	===QoS===		==QoS==
	Under '''Network->QoS''', I configured as follows:		Under '''Network->QoS''', I configured as follows:
	*'''QoS Service''': Enabled		*'''QoS Service''': Enabled
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	To get numbers for the two speed fields, I stopped all other internet access and ran a speed test [http://www.speedtest.net/ here], then filled in the up and down speeds. I noticed that the speeds reported seem to vary quite a bit over the course of a week. I recommend filling in the worst-case speeds which turned out to be 200/1600 upload/download for my connection. If you overstate the speeds web browsing, email, VoiP, etc will get starved by bittorrent downloads.		To get numbers for the two speed fields, I stopped all other internet access and ran a speed test [http://www.speedtest.net/ here], then filled in the up and down speeds. I noticed that the speeds reported seem to vary quite a bit over the course of a week. I recommend filling in the worst-case speeds which turned out to be 200/1600 upload/download for my connection. If you overstate the speeds web browsing, email, VoiP, etc will get starved by bittorrent downloads.

			==Links==
			*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series Wikipedia - Linksys WRT54G series]
			*http://openwrt.org/
			*http://x-wrt.org/

	{{Alx9rSampleSetupNavbox}}		{{Alx9rSampleSetupNavbox}}

Alx9r: /* QoS */

2008-06-03T14:35:31Z

QoS

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	*'''Wan Upload Speed''' and '''Wan Download Speed''' see below		*'''Wan Upload Speed''' and '''Wan Download Speed''' see below

	To get numbers for the two speed fields, I stopped all other internet access and ran a speed test [http://www.speedtest.net/ here], then filled in the up and down speeds. I noticed that the speeds reported seem to vary quite a bit over the course of a week. I recommend filling in the worst-case speeds which turned out to be 200/1600 upload/download. If you overstate the speeds web browsing, email, VoiP, etc will get starved by bittorrent downloads.		To get numbers for the two speed fields, I stopped all other internet access and ran a speed test [http://www.speedtest.net/ here], then filled in the up and down speeds. I noticed that the speeds reported seem to vary quite a bit over the course of a week. I recommend filling in the worst-case speeds which turned out to be 200/1600 upload/download for my connection. If you overstate the speeds web browsing, email, VoiP, etc will get starved by bittorrent downloads.

	{{Alx9rSampleSetupNavbox}}		{{Alx9rSampleSetupNavbox}}

Alx9r at 14:34, 3 June 2008

2008-06-03T14:34:46Z

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	Match Target Port		Match Target Port
	Destination Ports: 60000 192.168.1.103 60000		Destination Ports: 60000 192.168.1.103 60000

			===QoS===
			Under '''Network->QoS''', I configured as follows:
			*'''QoS Service''': Enabled
			*'''QoS Overhead Calculation''': Enabled
			*'''Wan Upload Speed''' and '''Wan Download Speed''' see below

			To get numbers for the two speed fields, I stopped all other internet access and ran a speed test [http://www.speedtest.net/ here], then filled in the up and down speeds. I noticed that the speeds reported seem to vary quite a bit over the course of a week. I recommend filling in the worst-case speeds which turned out to be 200/1600 upload/download. If you overstate the speeds web browsing, email, VoiP, etc will get starved by bittorrent downloads.

	{{Alx9rSampleSetupNavbox}}		{{Alx9rSampleSetupNavbox}}

Alx9r at 04:22, 31 May 2008

2008-05-31T04:22:53Z

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	Match Target Port		Match Target Port
	Destination Ports: 60000 192.168.1.103 60000		Destination Ports: 60000 192.168.1.103 60000

			{{Alx9rSampleSetupNavbox}}

Alx9r at 06:03, 28 May 2008

2008-05-28T06:03:53Z

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	My internet connection is DSL provided by Telus. That connection is protected by a hardware router/firewall. The "EXTERNAL" network card in the LinuxMCE Core/Hybrid is plugged into that router/firewall. Other media directors will be connected to the "INTERNAL" network.		My internet connection is DSL provided by Telus. That connection is protected by a hardware router/firewall. The "EXTERNAL" network card in the LinuxMCE Core/Hybrid is plugged into that router/firewall. Other media directors will be connected to the "INTERNAL" network.

	The [[~~image~~:~~System Diagram~~.png\|system diagram]] provides a decent overview of the network topology.		The [[Media:System_diagram.png\|system diagram]] provides a decent overview of the network topology.

	I am using a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router v1.1 running [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt OpenWrt]/X-WRT.		I am using a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router v1.1 running [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt OpenWrt]/X-WRT.

Alx9r: New page: Category:Alx9r's Sample Setup {{Alx9rSampleSetup}} My internet connection is DSL provided by Telus. That connection is protected by a hardware router/firewall. The "EXTERNAL" network...

2008-05-28T06:01:25Z

New page: Category:Alx9r's Sample Setup {{Alx9rSampleSetup}} My internet connection is DSL provided by Telus. That connection is protected by a hardware router/firewall. The "EXTERNAL" network...

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[[Category:Alx9r's Sample Setup]]
{{Alx9rSampleSetup}}
My internet connection is DSL provided by Telus. That connection is protected by a hardware router/firewall. The "EXTERNAL" network card in the LinuxMCE Core/Hybrid is plugged into that router/firewall. Other media directors will be connected to the "INTERNAL" network.

The [[image:System Diagram.png|system diagram]] provides a decent overview of the network topology.

I am using a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router v1.1 running [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt OpenWrt]/X-WRT.

I ended up making some changes to the router's setup to nicely accomodate the LinuxMCE system. I've described them in the sections below.

===User Friendly URLs===
To give the core and laptop orbiter static IP addresses (in this case 192.168.1.102 and .103), I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''dnsmasq.conf'' file:
dhcp-host=192.168.1.102,orbiterlaptop
dhcp-host=192.168.1.103,dcerouter

To make the IP addresses map to some user-friendlier names, I added the following line to the WRT54GL's ''hosts'' file:
192.168.1.102 orbiterlaptop
192.168.1.103 mc mediacenter mce linuxmce dcerouter

With these entries, you can enter http://mce into the address bar of a browser and end up at the admin page. No IP address entry necessary.

===Bittorrent Port Forwarding===
Under '''Network->Firewall''', I created a port forwarding entry that looks like this:
Match Target Port
Destination Ports: 60000 192.168.1.103 60000