Gargoyle - (Split from Experience with 1.0.16.98 for V1?)

[Polydactyl]

I actually tried Gargoyle on my 3700v1 last night after reading this thread. I was a little dismayed to discover the firewall was disabled by default (after I left the router running all night), and no way to turn it on in the GUI. Is this normal behavior for the Gargoyle builds?

Also, couldn't configure 5GHz with separate security settings. It was one set of settings for both radios.

The functionality covered in their GUI is pretty basic. You're really not going to be able to avoid learning OpenWRT at the command line if you want to do anything beyond the absolute basics, and (at least in my case) turn on the firewall!

[Tank_Killer]

how is the firewall turned off? it seems gargoyle reports ports as CLOSED not stealth, but firewall is still working.

[gravityz]

can anybody tell me if gargoyle has implemented resolve name for the connected devices.

with the current netgear firmware some of the connected devices are reported as unknown.
looking at the creendumps from gargoyle it is only possible to see a list of ip adresses with their associated mac adresses but no names

[KevTech]

Originally Posted by Polydactyl

You're really not going to be able to avoid learning OpenWRT at the command line if you want to do anything beyond the absolute basics, and (at least in my case) turn on the firewall!

If you install Backfire the GUI (Luci) is included and anything after that (install packages, firewall setting, etc.) can be done through the GUI so really not much need for command line.

[Polydactyl]

Originally Posted by Tank_Killer

how is the firewall turned off? it seems gargoyle reports ports as CLOSED not stealth, but firewall is still working.

True, ports were reported as closed, not stealth, when I ran an external port scanner. Is that a normal default for OpenWRT? I'm sure given the time and inclination, I could have muddled through the CLI and figured out how to turn on the stealth option.

It's been a while since I tried Backfire with Luci. Last time I did, it didn't give me any configuration options for wireless and said I had no wireless ports on my router. Maybe it's time to try again.

With all the strange issues I've had, I'm starting to think maybe something's not quite right with my 3700.

[Wolf_666]

Is there any reference table with differences between backfire/luci fw, Gargoyle fw vs stock?

[Jonny_doe]

I've got to admit, I've had gargoyle installed for 4 days now , and after playing around with it a bit to learn how to use it , I've impressed !!

[Wolf_666]

Installed v. 1.5.0. Easy to install and configure. Clean GUI.
I made some file trasfer via Wi-Fi (5Ghz), with Samba and FTP to my MediaPlayer (Popcorn Hour A-210). I did not see any improvement. So no better performances in this field.

Some cons:
No Wi-Fi ON/OFF scheduling
No Jumbo Frame support (while other OpenWrt releaes do)
No Guest Wi-Fi (at least no easy to configure).
No FTP
No Sensible improvements in 5Ghz.
No IPV6

Some Pro
Easy GUI
Easy Configuration
Excellent DDNS support
Excellent Bandwidth usage/distribution graph
Stable
Effective 20/40 Mhz band separation and configuration.
Better USB speed (Tested via Samba file transfer).

I will give it some weeks, just to make other test.

[gravityz]

Popcorn A210.

were there not issues with that mediaplayer in combination with gigabit support on the wndr3700.

is this the reason you switched to gargoyle?

Originally Posted by Wolf_666

Installed v. 1.5.0. Easy to install and configure. Clean GUI.
I made some file trasfer via Wi-Fi (5Ghz), with Samba and FTP to my MediaPlayer (Popcorn Hour A-210). I did not see any improvement. So no better performances in this field.

Some cons:
No Wi-Fi ON/OFF scheduling
No Jumbo Frame support (while other OpenWrt releaes do)
No Guest Wi-Fi (at least no easy to configure).
No FTP
No Sensible improvements in 5Ghz.
No IPV6

Some Pro
Easy GUI
Easy Configuration
Excellent DDNS support
Excellent Bandwidth usage/distribution graph
Stable
Effective 20/40 Mhz band separation and configuration.
Better USB speed (Tested via Samba file transfer).

I will give it some weeks, just to make other test.

[Wolf_666]

Originally Posted by gravityz

Popcorn A210.

were there not issues with that mediaplayer in combination with gigabit support on the wndr3700.

is this the reason you switched to gargoyle?

WNDR3700 with stock FW and A210 did never suceed to establish a GigE connection even if established a maximum 200Mbps is granted (due to sigma chipset limitation). I used always the 100Mbps ethernet connection between WNDR and A210 and no problem in streaming wi-fi to/from PC (2 laptops) 720p/1080p movie. HD TV is connected via HDMI to A210 and via Ethernet 100 to WNDR3700.

It is curious that Gargoyle 1.5.0 suceeded to establish a GigE connection, solid green LED but no better speed (11/12 MB/s) and connection drops after few minutes after accessing folders via SMB. I use a AlienWare M17R2 with Win7-64 as my main workstation.
My idea to change FW was because I was seeking for better Wi-Fi performances during file transfer, I was looking to have something more than my 11 MB/s, I assumed WNDR with poor stock FW as the root cause.
Now probabily the issue is a sort of bottleneck between WNDR and A210. It's time to add a decent NAS...I suppose.
Anyway Gargoyle is fine, I will wait for updates before switching to arokh OpenWRT or test Backfire with LUCI GUI.
Ciao