Need Simplicity
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:35 pm
I came to Gargoyle because I spent 5 days on the DD-WRT site trying to figure out EXACTLY how to load files on my PAIR of Linksys WRT300N V1.1 routers. The mess was so complicated I found it easier to find information by using Google.
I was hopeful that this product would be better. It may be easier to use, but I am not sure exactly WHAT I can load or HOW to load it.
What ever happened to:
For Product XYZ use ABC in that order.
For Product UVW use DEF in that order
Once files are aquired load the with THIS proceedure.
I am under the impression that I need to go to OPEN WRT and download their files first as most references in FAQ indicate Gargoyle is a front end interface to use that program and is not the control firmware itself. Or am I reading this wrong?
I bought the 300N routers as my dad needs to connect two satellite receivers to a B router. The catch is one of those receivers is in an outbuilding 200 feet away. My HP wireless B laptop gets a signal from the DSL/Router combo from that building only if the I stand on my right foot, stick my tongue out and wait for the wind to blow west. That is about 10% of the time on Wednesday and 5% on other days.
I thought the additional range of the N router might get me a consistent signal. I didn't know I could increase the power of B so I spent the extra on the N.
So now I need to use one of the 300 Ns as a bridge, the other as a bridge AND a repeater - as there is no way to increase the output of the B signal coming from my dad's DSL/B router combo. [I am sure the combo would see the 300n's boosted signal but the 300N would never see the combo].
I used to work in computers, so I told my dad this would be a cinch.
I was wrong.
I know what DD-WRT files to use now, and I know WRT can do the job. Not sure if Gargoyle can do the job and not sure what files to download if it can.
A simple, plain-English answer would be appreciated.
Thanks
Steve
I was hopeful that this product would be better. It may be easier to use, but I am not sure exactly WHAT I can load or HOW to load it.
What ever happened to:
For Product XYZ use ABC in that order.
For Product UVW use DEF in that order
Once files are aquired load the with THIS proceedure.
I am under the impression that I need to go to OPEN WRT and download their files first as most references in FAQ indicate Gargoyle is a front end interface to use that program and is not the control firmware itself. Or am I reading this wrong?
I bought the 300N routers as my dad needs to connect two satellite receivers to a B router. The catch is one of those receivers is in an outbuilding 200 feet away. My HP wireless B laptop gets a signal from the DSL/Router combo from that building only if the I stand on my right foot, stick my tongue out and wait for the wind to blow west. That is about 10% of the time on Wednesday and 5% on other days.
I thought the additional range of the N router might get me a consistent signal. I didn't know I could increase the power of B so I spent the extra on the N.
So now I need to use one of the 300 Ns as a bridge, the other as a bridge AND a repeater - as there is no way to increase the output of the B signal coming from my dad's DSL/B router combo. [I am sure the combo would see the 300n's boosted signal but the 300N would never see the combo].
I used to work in computers, so I told my dad this would be a cinch.
I was wrong.
I know what DD-WRT files to use now, and I know WRT can do the job. Not sure if Gargoyle can do the job and not sure what files to download if it can.
A simple, plain-English answer would be appreciated.
Thanks
Steve