[wsfii-discuss] Strange issues with partially functioning wifi hardware

Wed Mar 26 16:46:37 UTC 2014

Hi

Am facing some strange issues with our broadband internet. Served by BSNL
India.

First a range of the DSL / ADSl modems have partially functioning ports.

Second one of the devices allows only some sites to work (like all google
sites)

I have two adsl routers
The first a ZTE ZXDSL 531B 4 ethernet port and wifi router - this allows
only some sites to be accessed. It seems like a known problem.

The second a Dlink -DSL- 2520U has a malfunctioning (single) ethernet port
but its usb port continues to work.

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Its a Catch 22 situation - the ZXDSL routers allows wifi and limited
internet - but many folks (4 of us) can use it to access gmail , google
news, some banking sites, some government sites and some others _- there is
no pattern, _ ihave changed dns' both on the modem as well on local
machines but it does not help.

The Dlink router allows only one person - sitting really close to a short
usb cable to use the net.

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It is possible to get a replacement but our location is such that the
replacement modem will take atleast 10 days to reach.

So temporarily was wondering if the following is a workable solution

A laptop running Linux (Linux mint 15) is connected to the Dlink 2520U via
the usb cable.
The internet connection is shared (how is what i aim to ask) and via a
ethernet cable i feed a linksys wrt54gl wifi router.

If this is a workable solution may i request the following
1. If yes, How to i get a laptop that is accessing the internet via the usb
connection to pass on the internet via an ethernet cable to the linksys
router

If its not possible - would you have any suggestions

Would be grateful for your suggestions

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Its possible that tomorrow I may sit next to the dlink router and download
the openwrt version for the zte zxdsl router - but that will take some
time. and a lot more time to install and configure the device with i guess
a chance of bricking the device all together.

However if someone can google drive the said files and instructions maybe i
can try and install them. I think the firmware upgrade is in two phases -
first to install some cfe file and then install the openwrt firmware

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I have another router that seems to not work
which is also a Dlink GLB-502T-V2

I don't think there is any openwrt firmware for this - if there is,  then
am willing to give this one a full go because as of now its just a piece of
junk.

Again if there is , may i request, that the firmware (and instructions) be
google drived (as it seems i can access that)

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thanks and looking forward to your suggestions and advice

Ram
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