R7000 XWRT-VORTEX Bandwidth Control for Guest Network?
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Do you think anyone knows the commands? I've been searching online but haven't been lucky. I'm not too familiar with tomato but I can give that a go if I'm unable to do this.
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microchip
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I found this. Not sure how up-to-date it is https://nwgat.ninja/limit-bandwith-for-ssid-on-asuswrt-merlin/
and this on here http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt...work-for-the-guest-network.22103/#post-161153
and this on here http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt...work-for-the-guest-network.22103/#post-161153
Thank you! The first link I actually tried but did not work as that is exclusive to MerlinWRT and not Vortex
The command was accepted however, the speeds were exactly the same. I will try the second link when I get home
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octopus
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Netgear R7000 isn't supported by RMerlin only ASUS routers. Try to get help of that made that fork.Has anyone got any commands for this?
I'm surprised nobody has tried to limit the bandwidth on a guest network via SSH using XWRT-vortex with an R7000..
As i told you:
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/li...-network-on-asuswrt-merlin.27804/#post-280941
For the first link, the command was accepted however, it didn't do anything (I think because that's for MerlinWRT and I am on XWRT-Vortex).
For the second link, upon posting the command I receive this:
I don't understand what you mean by the sentence: 'Try to get help of that made that fork.'.
So I can see that they have the actual MerlinWRT firmware for the R7000 and from my understanding, this is NOT vortex, correct? That would mean if I were to run that firmware, then the command from https://nwgat.ninja/limit-bandwith-for-ssid-on-asuswrt-merlin/ would work?
Thanks.
microchip
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it's best to ask here, which is the official thread for XWRT http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/asuswrt-merlin-on-netgear-r7000.71108/
Thank you.
I've actually decided to give tomato firmware a go as I can not receive the help I am looking for with vortex.
Is there a certain procedure to get to tomato from vortex? I assume I need to go back to the stock firmware first?
microchip
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- go back to stock
- flash the initial Tomato firmware
- if all successful, flash the real all-in-one (AIO) firmware. During that flash, make sure to enable "erase NVRAM" option
Do you have the links? I really don't want to download the wrong firmware and brick my device lol. I also have an N66U flashed with MerlinWRT which would be the same procedure?
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microchip
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Get it from my mirror https://ngmirror.teambelgium.net/
Get the initial and 138-MultiWAN AIO files. If you need to go from Tomato to stock again, also get the "back to original" file
I think with ASUS routers, you need to put it in recovery mode, then flash it with Tomato. I've never done that so I can't help on the N66U
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microchip
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If you are wondering how to set up a Guest network with bandwidth limiting, below are the steps as Tomato by default doesn't offer Guest setting.
1) Go to Basic -> Network and under LAN, add a second bridge (br1) with IP 10.0.0.1 (for example)
2) Go to Advanced -> VLAN and add an entry which has *only* LAN1 (br1) enabled in the Bridge option. Do not tick any other ports, leave them empty
3) Go to Advanced -> Virtual Wireless and set up your wl0.1 and wl1.1 guest interfaces
4) Go back to Advanced -> VLAN and below the VLAN setting, there's Wireless setting. Set both "Bridge wl0.1" and "Bridge wl1.1" to LAN1 (br1)
5) Go to Bandwidth Limiter and enable it. Set at the top for Max available download/upload to 999999 and enable below limiting on Default Class for LAN1 (br1) interface. This is where you set the Guest bandwidth limit
The above will give you an isolated, separate Guest network with bandwidth limiting
1) Go to Basic -> Network and under LAN, add a second bridge (br1) with IP 10.0.0.1 (for example)
2) Go to Advanced -> VLAN and add an entry which has *only* LAN1 (br1) enabled in the Bridge option. Do not tick any other ports, leave them empty
3) Go to Advanced -> Virtual Wireless and set up your wl0.1 and wl1.1 guest interfaces
4) Go back to Advanced -> VLAN and below the VLAN setting, there's Wireless setting. Set both "Bridge wl0.1" and "Bridge wl1.1" to LAN1 (br1)
5) Go to Bandwidth Limiter and enable it. Set at the top for Max available download/upload to 999999 and enable below limiting on Default Class for LAN1 (br1) interface. This is where you set the Guest bandwidth limit
The above will give you an isolated, separate Guest network with bandwidth limiting
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Thank you so much. I think tomato will be a better alternative for me.
I'm using the N66U as an AP. If I get tomato loaded on the N66U, is it easy to setup as an AP with the same SSID and passwords? I want my devices to automatically connect to the strongest signal.
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From my understanding, I need to use the XWRT-VORTEX back_to_original file ftp://ngmirror.teambelgium.net/routers/NETGEAR/R7000/XWRT_Vortex/back_to_original/ to get back on Netgears firmware? After that I would just update the router to the 138 tomato file?
What about the NVRAM? Should I do a 30-30-30 reset or whatever?
I'm still trying to grasp all of this as I haven't had much experience with this stuff.
Thanks!
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microchip
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Yes, use the Vortex back to original file. It will bring you back to stock NG firmware and from there, flash the Tomato initial file. After that, flash the Tomato AIO firmware. To login into first time Tomato, use admin as user and password
The NVRAM you can reset when you flash the AIO. In the initial firmware, there's an option to clear NVRAM, just check it. 30-30-30 procedure has no effect on ARM-based routers
So...
1) use Vortex back to original
2) flash the Tomato initial file
3) Flash the real Tomato AIO firmware and during the flashing check erase NVRAM option
The NVRAM you can reset when you flash the AIO. In the initial firmware, there's an option to clear NVRAM, just check it. 30-30-30 procedure has no effect on ARM-based routers
So...
1) use Vortex back to original
2) flash the Tomato initial file
3) Flash the real Tomato AIO firmware and during the flashing check erase NVRAM option
microchip
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I've never ran Tomato in AP mode so I honestly don't know. But you can ask on the LinkSysInfo forum http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?forums/tomato-firmware.33/
Thanks again for all your help.
I'm just curious as to what would happen with the guest network and the AP. I wonder if I can set the AP to only use the main network br0?
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