OK replying to myself, there's been a change in the way DHCP options are sent. The previous version sent DHCP options like this: Magic cookie: DHCP Option: (53) DHCP Message Type (Discover) Option: (55) Parameter Request List Option: (12) Host Name Option: (61) Client identifier Option: (255) End Pa...

I've hit a problem with the dhcp client when used against my cable ISP (Virgin Media). Up to and including firmware 7.2.3 it worked as always, giving an IP within a few seconds. Since 7.3.0 it just sits there saying 'searching...' From what I can tell it has the packet has changed such that the othe...

This release is a bust for me.. the router (RB5009) has locked up requiring a power cycle multiple times since I installed it. Even after the power cycle it's taking 3-4 minutes to be pingable, which is way too long.

Back to rc6..

这是旧的,但这是我得到的最好的打击我ssue. Ipsec was freezing every 2-3 days and requiring a reboot. Based loosely on the docs + stuff written here I've added a couple of lines. /ip firewall raw add action=notrack chain=prerouting ipsec-policy=in,ipsec add action=notrack chain=output ip...

DHCPv6 is useful to push v6 DNS server addresses to Windows servers that don't support RDNSS. I'm not sure the addressing part is so useful.. but companies may want to keep their old v4 practices and translate them to v6.

ROS v5 is ok too, the main cause is my version is a test version... :) And I am testing the pppv6 function now. For IPv6 on PPP, does Rosv5 support both SLAAC and DHCP mode? I know a few people that have tested ipv6.. only major problem was that none of the interfaces get link local addresses (they...

Depletion of IPv4 is at the moment Oct 1st, 2011. Well.. depends on which forecast. The earliest IANA depletion forecast is currently forecast at less than a year away. The last RIR being being depleted something like 18 months after that. In theory as the time gets closer the predicitons should co...

The web config is locked out for some reason but Telnet access works.

(already posted this but it didn't make it through for some reason).

Telnet works but webbox just bombs out with 'std failure: not allowed (9)'