No internet connection due to missing routings

[trybowski]

Hello all,
I've just flashed Gargoyle on my router (TL-WR1043NDv2), only to find out that internet connection doesn't work out of the box. I've searched this forum, but while many posts relate to “internet not working”, none solved my issue.

The background of the problem:

• I connect to my ISP via DHCP. That works, and I get a WAP IP same as I get on original firmware.
• Client machine receives an IP from a router, and I can connect to web interface.
• The “active routes” page reveals that there is only one routing active — the one to my lan (10.0.18.0/255.255.255.0 to br-lan, gateway *)

Default route table on Gargoyle

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Now, that last point is different than what I get on original firmware, where I have four entries in a route table.

Route table form original firmware

original firmware8 -routing table.png (10.82 KiB) Viewed 2683 times

After filling in the missing routes by hand, I got the internet connection to work:

Route table on Gargoyle after adding entries manually

g-adding routes - result.png (29.94 KiB) Viewed 2683 times

This is not a solution, but a workaround, as this should work automatically. Do you have any idea why this problem occurs?

I have one possible hint. As you see, the gateway IP is from the internal, non-routable range 192.168. The WAN IP of the router is from a public range (195.x.x.x). This setup works out of the box on original firmware.

Please help!

[chaseme5]

I do not think that is the problem. A lot of times when setting up this new firmware you have to reboot the router and the modem. It is missing routing because it is not receiving information from your modem. Disconnect power from modem and router, then reapply power. See if that fixes your situation.

When I set mine up the first time I had similar issues but a power cycle
fixed the problem.

On other routers firmware there is a feature called live update. Where after you make network changes the router will save the changes and perform a complete power cycle and connection test. The gargoyle firmware does not have that capability yet. So on some network changes a manual reboot or power cycle is needed.