Yeah, but once the price of the good stuff came down it doesn't make any sense to invest much time into tricking out that junk. I can put less than a hundred bucks into a Routerboard or a Ubiquiti radio that will do 10x what the hacked retail router can do.
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:30 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT Bob - have you ever tried the solder trick on the old linkys - amazing how much more ram you can get on those suckers On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:50 PM, Robert West wrote: > Just the stripped down v24 that's been out forever. All of the > Broadcom based WRT54G versions are stable as can be, as far I've seen, > but the newer versions, (like the past 5 years!!!) suck. DD-WRT is > cool on Broadcom but all the Atheros chips seem to throw it into crazy > land. Love those older WRT54G routers with the big as hell flash. Still going strong. > > Bob- > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] > On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:15 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT > > Which package were you running? There's a number of different > variations which have more or less features. If one doesn't need the > full blown packages it's better to run a minimalist version, and turn > off what ever services you don't need. It's a lot of setup. If you > need the just basic functionality try the Tomato firmware. It's basic > and solid. The QOS is decent (works better for me than the dd-wrt). > The versions that have everything including the kitchen sink scare me > (the chances of problems and errors rise exponentially as the code bloats). > > Greg > > On Jul 12, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Robert West wrote: > >> My problem with the latest DD-WRT is that the firmware seems to >> overheat or lockup. At least on the Linksys hardware. Not as good > anymore. >> >> Bob- >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] >> On Behalf Of Dennis Burgess >> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 12:14 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT >> >> got me. We simply use MT. Guess sometimes its cheaper to use a >> consumer grade hardware and put some other software on them, but >> sounds like more work than it needs to be. >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc -- >> Mikrotik & WISP Support Services >> Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line >> Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] >> On Behalf Of Steve Barnes >> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:16 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: [WISPA] DD-WRT >> >> Ok I have heard from lots of threads on this list that DD-WRT is the >> only way to go on a SOHO routers. 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