Setup a static route on dlink DIR-615?

[Red Squirrel]

I'm usually not a noob when it comes to routers and I can figure out, but for some reason I can't find how to set a static route on this router, anyone know how? I hope the answer is not, that I can't, since if yes, that sucks. My 8 year old linksys even can do that...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that sucks monkey balls. Contacted their support and there is no way to setup static routes. WTF?! That's a standard router feature, why would a router not have this capability? Time to buy another router. This is brand new, guess it's something I should have checked before buying it but had no idea some routers were running pre 1999 firmware. My 8+ year old linksys (that I don't have anymore) had this feature!

 

[mxnerd]

Yeah, that sucks. Like Microsoft. They throw out old features out of "New" O.S. so you have a lot of old software won't even run. 🙁

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: mxnerd
Yeah, that sucks. Like Microsoft. They throw out old features out of "New" O.S. so you have a lot of old software won't even run. 🙁

Living in the past doesn't work well in the consumer technology market 😛

 

[Red Squirrel]

True, but there's still lot of stuff before that was better then it is now. I find they try to push too many new things or simply remove old stuff just because. Like a static route option should be a feature that every router has. That's what routers do, they route stuff, so it makes sense to be able to have control over it. 😛

I've always wanted to try and find a router size enbeded PC with multiple nics though. Would be fun to have full control over it, like you can install one of many linux router distros etc... but embeded computers are hard to come by. The closest thing I've seen is the shuttle cubes then it's to find one that has 2 nics.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I'm usually not a noob when it comes to routers and I can figure out, but for some reason I can't find how to set a static route on this router, anyone know how? I hope the answer is not, that I can't, since if yes, that sucks. My 8 year old linksys even can do that...

It is a good point.

When the Entry Level Routers "fashion" started the vendors did not know yet what the consumer wants.

As a result many early devices followed more the Network logic rather than the consumer logic. (The SMC BR7004 is still one of the best wired routers)

If the feature is missing from your current device it means that the manufacturer does not deem it important to the majority of its clients.

If these feature is important to you get a SOHO device, it might cost more, but it would do the fancy things that you need since it appears that you are more sophisticated than the average user.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah pretty much need to pay the big bucks for good network equipment. I've always wanted a pix actually, I just can't justify paying 600+ on a router. Though eventually when I have my own house and have my finances 100% I may save up for cisco equipment. Will be good for the learning experience as well.

 

[Crusty]

You can get ASA5505's for ~$300-350 with a minimal user license on it, or you can shell out $1k for one with unlimited users all depends on how many clients you have on your network if you want to go that route. Or just buy used 😉

The other option is to pick up a DD-WRT compatible router and flash that onto it. My WRT54GL has been rock solid with DD-WRT on it and those can be had for $60 or so... but I know JackMDS has some other ones that he highly recommends so it would be worthwhile to get his opinion too.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Actually when cisco says "users" what exactly do they mean? The number of sustained VPN tunnels? Since a router does not really have a concept of how many people are on a network, unless it's doing DHCP, but then static would be exempt. I would be willing to pay 300 for a good router especially if it's from a reputable company such as Cisco.

 

[drebo]

By "users", they mean the number of simultaneous PAT table entries. A 10 "user" license will allow 10 simultaneous computers to pass through the firewall's PAT or NATs. A better bet might be to pick up an 800 series Cisco router as there is no user licensing. They'll be a bit more difficult to set up, but it might come out cheaper in the end.

 

[alpinemobile]

I have found a way to bypass this restriction on DIR 615, firmware 3.11NA.
Install firebug addon for firefox.
Load the routing page in firefox. Right click on the WAN droplist (there should've also been a LAN here) and select Inspect Element.
This line will appear in the firebug window:
[+] <select style="width: 90px;" id="interface0" name="interface0">
Press the [+] so you can see this:
<option default="true" value="WAN">WAN</option></select>
Change that to this:
<option default="true" value="LAN">LAN</option></select>
Now press 'save settings' in the router page.
Done.
You can check if it worked for you by powercycling the router, loading the Routing page, right click, view page source, scroll down and look up this line:
<input type="hidden" id="static_routing_00" name="static_routing_00" value="1/xxxname/192.168.xxx.x/255.255.255.252/192.168.xxx.x/LAN/1">
As you can see there's LAN written there, not WAN.
It has worked for me and hopefully it will work for you. My OpenVPN now works.
Cheers.

 

[jgigz]

have you considered using dd-wrt? I recently bought the DIR-615 to install dd-wrt and use as a wireless bridge. There are options available for static routing; and it is well supported by the community.

just a thought.