Help with Access point / WAN connection etc

[flipper321]

Need a little help please.

ADSL in my village is woeful, so I've just got countybroadband (a local WiMax broadband provider) installed:

This means I now have a Ubiquiti Nanostation Loco M5 installed on my roof. I have no access to the management page for that device (locked down by the provider).

Internally they have installed a Trendnet TEW-733GR. It is set up in Access Point mode, connecting to the external Nanostation via the wan port. I have no control over port forwarding, IP reservation etc although port forwarding I can resolve using uPnP and IP reservation I'll deal with with static IPs.

Now, because my new package is now limited bandwidth I'm trying to tie down where I'm using my bandwidth so want to track per-IP bandwidth usage. I've ordered a cheap router (Tenda N60) capable of running Tomato. I was planning on using one of the IP monitoring mods however I've just realised that it only monitors bandwidth between the LAN and the WAN which means if I set it up in access point mode only I don't think the IP monitoring mode will work.

Can any of the experts here
a) confirm I'm not talking gibberish above and that this all makes sense!
b) Suggest how I could/should set up (if possible) the new router to monitor bandwidth and either connect directly to the external antenna or via the Trendnet that is already installed?

Someone suggested a Double NAT setup but on the trendnet (or any other router) I don't know what WAN settings I should be using - as soon as I turn off access point mode I lose all connection to the web.

Thanks

Flipper.

flipper321

 

[kevnich2]

Did the provider give you a public IP address and if so is it static or dhcp? You should be able to disconnect the cable going into your wan port and connect it to your computer and see if you get internet. If so, just connect another wireless router and your good to go. Or contact your ISP and see what the settings are for the WAN as you'd like to use your own router. They won't give you access the ubiquiti as that's on their network but they shouldn't have an issue with you using a different router or giving you the settings to use for your own.

 

[razel]

DD-WRT also has bandwidth monitoring, I have not gone in it's command line to modify it, but out of the box it was not per IP. But it did have monitoring for WAN-LAN, LAN overall and Wireless LAN all separated.

In your case you have several options:

1) Simplist. Replace the Trendnet TEW-733GR with your Tenda or any other DD-WRT/Open-WRT router
2) More WiFi radios to handle more WiFi devices... attach your Tenda as a bridged AP to your Trendnet. At least you'll have two or three radios to handle WiFi devices.
3) The freak-nerd, tin foil hat way... Double NAT! Tenda attached to your Trendnet via WAN for a chained double firewall... very useless and unnecessary, but fun to accomplish.