System7 » netstumbler http://www.system7.org Spread the word, information is free. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:24:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 DD-WRT and wireless observations http://www.system7.org/2009/06/03/dd-wrt-and-wireless-observations/ http://www.system7.org/2009/06/03/dd-wrt-and-wireless-observations/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:18:36 +0000 . http://www.system7.org/?p=184 Continue reading →]]> I installed DD-WRT over the weekend following this tutorial.  This is something I wish I would have done a lot sooner because of the additional features DD provides.  Unfortunately I have a v8 WRT54g which only has 2mb of flash memory.  This limited me to only being able to run the stripped down “micro” version. DD supports syslog but the micro version does not log firewall events.  I was hoping to pass these to my IDS.  Hopefully I can figure out a way to use iptables to replicate a span or tap port.

I tweaked the TX Power using DD.  Be warned you can overheat your router if you try to crank this up too high.  The biggest signal boost I was raising my access point 2′.  Try to keep your AP elevated as much as possible.  See my image below….

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