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--- basic-network [2022/03/18 16:01] – rs232
+++ basic-network [2022/05/27 19:52] – [Wireless Band Steering] m_ars
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 **Number of WAN ports**: This lets you select the number of WAN ports to be used on the device. On routers with only one physical WAN interface, options with WAN ports larger than one will be greyed out. This allows you to select only “1 WAN” on such devices.
 **Tune route cache**: for multiwan in load balancing mode - This is a suggested settings if two or more of your WANs have a weight higher than 0. Basically to improve the worload sharing some kernel tweaks are needed. Enabling this option you specifically affect the following:
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 **Check Connections Every: **This is a quick way to make FreshTomato automatically test the reliability of your WAN connection. (Default: Disabled). Choosing any setting other than [Disabled] will execute the Watchdog script. The Watchdog script uses ping or traceroute to test WAN connection status.
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 **Target 1: **Address of first host you want FreshTomato to ping regularly (Default: Google.com)\\ **Target 2:** Address of second host you want FreshTomato to ping regularly (Default: Microsoft.com)  \\   \\
 ===== WAN Settings =====
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 \\   \\  For more details, see: \\ [[https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-howto/32653-asus-rt-ac3200-smart-connect-the-missing-manual?start=0|https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-howto/32653-asus-rt-ac3200-smart-connect-the-missing-manual?start=0]]
-Wireless Band Steering is available starting with release 2020.8 .
+Wireless Band Steering is available starting with release 2020.8 (only for ARM hardware).
 ===== Wireless (2.4 GHz / interface eth1) =====
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 |  \\ Access Point WDS  | \\ Sets the router in "repeater mode", allowing clients to connect via wireless while simultaneously acting as a \\ WDS [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System|Wireless Distribution System]] base station. \\ \\ |
 |  \\ Wireless Client  | \\ The router connects to another router/access point as any other wireless client device would. \\ \\ -  Wireless Client mode works for:\\    MIPS devices (SDK5: RT and RT-N images)\\    ARM devices (SDK6 & SDK7) starting with release 2021.5 \\ -  This mode is not working yet on SDK6 MIPS RT-AC images.\\ -  Only one wireless radio can be used in this mode. Other radio modules, (if present), can be used in Access Point mode. \\ -  Disable wireless band steering when using this mode (at least for the default setup. Advanced users could adjust nvram values for band steering).\\ -  The recommended security setup for wireless connections is WPA2 Personal with AES. \\ -  If no connection is possible using the above, please try WPA / WPA2 Personal + AES. \\ -  This is the recommended security setup for MIPS SDK5 (RT and RT-N) wireless client mode). \\ \\ |
-|  \\ Wireless Ethernet Bridge  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router. All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  As of version 1.19, this mode must have security set to WPA2 to work properly. \\ -  IPv4 communication works for MIPS and ARM builds. \\ -  IPv6 communication will only work for FreshTomato 2021.1 SDK6 ARM Dual-Core and newer\\ -  SDK7 not working/possible\\ \\ |
+|  \\ Wireless Ethernet Bridge  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router. All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  As of version 1.19, this mode must have security set to WPA2 to work properly. \\ -  IPv4 communication works for MIPS and ARM builds. \\ -  IPv6 communication will only work for FreshTomato 2021.1 SDK6 ARM Dual-Core and newer\\ -  SDK7 not working/possible. \\ -  Do not enable wireless band steering (BSD) while this mode is enabled. \\ -  Recommendation: Use Wireless Ethernet Bridge interface only to connect to your main AP (no virtual interfaces). Other radio modules (if present) can be used, for example, in Access Point mode. \\ \\ |
-|  \\ Media Bridge Mode  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router/access point. \\ All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  This new operation mode is similar to Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for SDK6 and up (only for MIPS RT-AC images and all ARM images). \\ -  Recommendations: Use Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for MIPS RT and RT-N images (like the RT-N16, E4200v1)\\ -  This Mode is not supported with SDK5 (RT / RT-N) builds\\ -  Both IPv4 and IPv6 communication are functioning.  You do not need to enable IPv6 via the web interface. IPv6 traffic will work.\\ -  Do not enable wireless band steering (BSD) while this mode is enabled.\\ -  Use Media Bridge interface only to connect to your main AP (no virtual interfaces). Other radio modules (if present) can be used, for example, in Access Point mode.\\ -  Support for this mode is available starting with release 2021.6. \\ \\ |
+|  \\ Media Bridge Mode  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router/access point. \\ All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  This new operation mode is similar to Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for SDK6 and up (only for MIPS RT-AC images and all ARM images). \\ -  Recommendations: Use Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for MIPS RT and RT-N images (like the RT-N16, E4200v1)\\ -  This Mode is not supported with SDK5 (RT / RT-N) builds\\ -  Both IPv4 and IPv6 communication are functioning.  You do not need to enable IPv6 via the web interface. IPv6 traffic will work. \\ -  Support for this mode is available starting with release 2021.6. \\ -  Do not enable wireless band steering (BSD) while this mode is enabled. \\ -  Recommendation: Use Media Bridge interface only to connect to your main AP (no virtual interfaces). Other radio modules (if present) can be used, for example, in Access Point mode. \\ \\ |
 |  \\ WDS  | \\ Serve as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System|Wireless Distribution System (WDS)]] base station only. \\ \\ |
 | //Table derived from (Creative Commons) Wikibooks - “Tomato Firmware/Menu Reference” Wireless Mode Selections//  ||
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 |  \\ Access Point WDS  | \\ Sets the router in "repeater mode", allowing clients to connect via wireless while simultaneously acting as a \\ WDS [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System|Wireless Distribution System]] base station. \\ \\ |
 |  \\ Wireless Client  | \\ The router connects to another router/access point as any other wireless client device would. \\ \\ -  Wireless Client mode works for:\\ MIPS devices (SDK5: RT and RT-N images)\\ ARM devices (SDK6 & SDK7) starting with release 2021.5 \\ -  This mode is not working yet on SDK6 MIPS RT-AC images.\\ -  Only one wireless radio can be used in this mode. Other radio modules, (if present), can be used in Access Point mode. \\ -  Disable wireless band steering when using this mode (at least for the default setup; Advanced user can or could adjust nvram values for band steering).\\ -  The recommended security setup for wireless connections is WPA2 Personal with AES. \\ -  If no connection is possible using the above, please try WPA / WPA2 Personal + AES. \\ -  This is the recommended security setup for MIPS SDK5 (RT and RT-N) wireless client mode). \\ \\ |
-|  \\ Wireless Ethernet Bridge  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router. All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  As of version 1.19, this mode must have security set to WPA2 to work properly. \\ -  IPv4 communication works for MIPS and ARM builds. \\ -  IPv6 communication will only work for FreshTomato 2021.1 SDK6 ARM Dual-Core and newer\\ -  SDK7 not working/possible\\ \\ |
+|  \\ Wireless Ethernet Bridge  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router. All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  As of version 1.19, this mode must have security set to WPA2 to work properly. \\ -  IPv4 communication works for MIPS and ARM builds. \\ -  IPv6 communication will only work for FreshTomato 2021.1 SDK6 ARM Dual-Core and newer\\ -  SDK7 not working/possible. \\ -  Do not enable wireless band steering (BSD) while this mode is enabled. \\ -  Recommendation: Use Wireless Ethernet Bridge interface only to connect to your main AP (no virtual interfaces). Other radio modules (if present) can be used, for example, in Access Point mode. \\ \\ |
-|  \\ Media Bridge Mode  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router/access point. \\ All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  This new operation mode is similar to Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for SDK6 and up (only for MIPS RT-AC images and all ARM images). \\ -  Recommendations: Use Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for MIPS RT and RT-N images (like the RT-N16, E4200v1)\\ -  This Mode is not supported with SDK5 (RT / RT-N) builds\\ -  Both IPv4 and IPv6 communication are functioning.  You do not need to enable IPv6 via the web interface. IPv6 traffic will work.\\ -  Do not enable wireless band steering (BSD) while this mode is enabled.\\ -  Use Media Bridge interface only to connect to your main AP (no virtual interfaces). Other radio modules (if present) can be used, for example, in Access Point mode.\\ -  Support for this mode is available starting with release 2021.6. \\ \\ |
+|  \\ Media Bridge Mode  | \\ Configures FreshTomato to connect to another router/access point. \\ All clients connected to both routers remain in the same subnet. \\ \\ -  This new operation mode is similar to Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for SDK6 and up (only for MIPS RT-AC images and all ARM images). \\ -  Recommendations: Use Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode for MIPS RT and RT-N images (like the RT-N16, E4200v1)\\ -  This Mode is not supported with SDK5 (RT / RT-N) builds\\ -  Both IPv4 and IPv6 communication are functioning.  You do not need to enable IPv6 via the web interface. IPv6 traffic will work. \\ -  Support for this mode is available starting with release 2021.6. \\ -  Do not enable wireless band steering (BSD) while this mode is enabled. \\ -  Recommendation: Use Media Bridge interface only to connect to your main AP (no virtual interfaces). Other radio modules (if present) can be used, for example, in Access Point mode. \\ \\ |
 |  \\ WDS  | \\ Serve as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System|Wireless Distribution System (WDS)]] base station only. \\ \\ |
 | //Table derived from (Creative Commons) Wikibooks - “Tomato Firmware/Menu Reference” Wireless Mode Selections//  ||

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