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Topic: advice for a simple configuration

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Hello,
I should soon receive the Asus 500gp and I can't wait to run Kamikaze on it. I think I have a quite common network configuration but still I have some questions. I am currently using a Speedtouch 585 as an AP/router/xDSL Modem and I will keep it to use it just as xDSL modem with my 500gp.

The network configuration will then look like this:

Internet  ----  SpeedTouch ----  Asus ---- My network

The SpeedTouch has some firewall / NAT functions but I think I will not use them since I want all the configuration to be centralized on the Asus (openwrt). There are 2 possibilities how I cant set the network:

1- Possibility
I enable the NAT on the SpeedTouch and I translate all the ports to the Asus WAN iface:

Internet  ----  (public IP)SpeedTouch --------- (192.168.1.0/24) ---------  Asus  --------- (192.168.2.0/24) --------- My PC

2- Possibility
The Speedtouch has a function "    Assign the public IP address of a connection to a device" so I can use only the xDSL modem function of the SpeedTouch and  assign the public IP directly to the Asus' WAN iface.

Internet  ----  SpeedTouch --------------(public IP)  Asus  --------- (192.168.2.0/24) --------- My PC

Which configuration would you choose ?
Thanks for your advices.

Tex

Hi again,
so I received my AP and installed openwrt / webif² without problem. I set up the second configuration cos I dont really trust the SpeedTouch forwnarding capabilities.


I have now some troubles with the Firewall/port forwarding in openwrt.

I would like to forward the 2099 port to my PC so I set up the following rule in the /etc/config/firewall:

forward:proto=tcp dport=2099:192.168.2.2

but my port is not visible on the internet. It appears as stealth ....

any ideas ?

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