SOLVED! Wireless bridge network issue (tomato & DD-WRT)
edit: problem solved. see post 8.
My original network was this:
DSL Modem -> WRT54GL running tomato (192.168.0.1) -> internal network (192.168.0.1xx)
I'm adding a "stoker" (www.rocksbarbque.com/index.html) for my barbecue (a big green egg) and want it hooked up to the network so I can access it from work during long cooks. That thing comes with an ethernet port but since it's used outside the house, I need to hook it up to a wireless bridge which will talk to my main router (the WRT54GL). I've selected an ASUS WL-520GC for the wireless bridge and I've installed DD-WRT on it to be able to do it (disabled its firewall). My network going to the "stoker" is now like this:
DSL Modem -> WRT54GL running tomato (192.168.0.1) ---wireless--> WL-520GC running DD-WRT (192.168.0.2) -> Stoker (192.168.0.50, static)
I've set-up the WRT54GL to forward incoming traffic from port 80 to the 192.168.0.50 IP. From a computer on the network that is hooked up to that same router, I can access the stoker web server perfectly by either using the internal IP (192.168.0.50) or the IP assigned to me by the ISP.
PROBLEM: it doesn't work from a computer outside the network. I know that my WRT54GL lets the traffic through (saw it in the logs) but it never reaches the stoker. If I change my port forwarding in the WRT54GL to forward traffic to 192.168.0.2 which is the wireless bridge hooked up to the stoker, I can see the DD-WRT configuration server.. basically: internal traffic can reach the stoker but external traffic stops at the wireless bridge even though its firewall is disabled. I've set the asus wireless bridge to forward traffic from port 80 to 192.168.0.50 but still no luck. It runs a mini version of DD-WRT so no traffic logs.
is there anything I'm missing or should look for? I can't seem to find why traffic would be blocked at the 2nd router.
Thanks
My original network was this:
DSL Modem -> WRT54GL running tomato (192.168.0.1) -> internal network (192.168.0.1xx)
I'm adding a "stoker" (www.rocksbarbque.com/index.html) for my barbecue (a big green egg) and want it hooked up to the network so I can access it from work during long cooks. That thing comes with an ethernet port but since it's used outside the house, I need to hook it up to a wireless bridge which will talk to my main router (the WRT54GL). I've selected an ASUS WL-520GC for the wireless bridge and I've installed DD-WRT on it to be able to do it (disabled its firewall). My network going to the "stoker" is now like this:
DSL Modem -> WRT54GL running tomato (192.168.0.1) ---wireless--> WL-520GC running DD-WRT (192.168.0.2) -> Stoker (192.168.0.50, static)
I've set-up the WRT54GL to forward incoming traffic from port 80 to the 192.168.0.50 IP. From a computer on the network that is hooked up to that same router, I can access the stoker web server perfectly by either using the internal IP (192.168.0.50) or the IP assigned to me by the ISP.
PROBLEM: it doesn't work from a computer outside the network. I know that my WRT54GL lets the traffic through (saw it in the logs) but it never reaches the stoker. If I change my port forwarding in the WRT54GL to forward traffic to 192.168.0.2 which is the wireless bridge hooked up to the stoker, I can see the DD-WRT configuration server.. basically: internal traffic can reach the stoker but external traffic stops at the wireless bridge even though its firewall is disabled. I've set the asus wireless bridge to forward traffic from port 80 to 192.168.0.50 but still no luck. It runs a mini version of DD-WRT so no traffic logs.
is there anything I'm missing or should look for? I can't seem to find why traffic would be blocked at the 2nd router.
Thanks