Recommend a router with flashing capability (openwrt, dd-wrt, etc.)

krotish2011-01-11 21:19:32

network hardware

krotish, 2011-01-11 21:19:32

Greetings!
Interested in a wi-fi router for the home, always with the ability to flash custom firmware.
I looked closely at the d-link dir-320, but. the absence of 802.11 n and the fact that it is a d-link are embarrassed.

Who has any thoughts on this? what do you advise?

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Elufimov, 2011-01-11
@krotish

tp-link wr841/941/1043nd very good pieces of iron

noway, 2011-01-11
@noway

It seems to me that any Asus is sewn on ddwrt

xRay, 2011-01-11
@xRay

Before the new year, I took D-link DIR-825. I tried to use the updated native firmware, it worked well, but IPTV did not work with it via Wi-fi (although there were no problems on LAN ports). I also tried DD-WRT, it turned out to be a slow web muzzle and something else on trifles strained. Now I've flashed OpenWRT (you can flash the finished firmware from the trunk, or you can assemble it yourself from the source of the trunk) and I'm happy to plow around the clock and stably, including IPTV over Wi-fi. The web face of OpenWRT is also notable for the fact that all settings changes (+ there is an option to refuse the changes made to the settings, there is also a preview of the changed settings) are applied without rebooting the device. Now I'm trying to raise and bring to mind on OpenWRT Multi-WAN with two providers at the entrance.

ShadowMaster, 2011-01-12
@ShadowMaster

D-Link has normal hardware, but the worst software. If you put dd-wrt / openwrt, it will work no worse than asus

1nd1go, 2011-01-11
@1nd1go

I myself look towards dlink-825. But there is also netgear, which is positioned as an opensource router. Here is another article about the last one: habrahabr.ru/blogs/hardware/111312/

mihaildemidoff, 2011-01-11
@mihaildemidoff

Now it's d-link dir-320 with firmware from Oleg. Feels good on 3 wireless devices + 2 wired. Doesn't get hot, doesn't stress the processor.

volanddt, 2011-01-11
@volanddt

now stands ASUS RT-N16. It's just happiness, but it's three times more expensive than an average d-link like dir-300, but it's worth it. VPN, 2xUSB, gigabit ports, 802.11n and a bunch of other goodies, and most importantly, for the first time I saw an adequate native firmware on the asus. Before that, there was asus 520GU, but there was a constant war with this piece of iron, it was because of it that I recognized such wonderful people as "Oleg" and the ddwrt team. Why didn’t I just sew it, but I refused to keep VPN over L2TP.

uafz, 2011-01-11
@uafz

D-Link DIR-615, inexpensive, supports alternative firmware, but no USB

shadowalone, 2011-01-11
@shadowalone

I have linksys WRT160Nv3 with firmware DD-WRT v24-sp2 (04/23/10) vpn-small
4-5 devices via wi-fi intermittently, 2 constantly, and one device via ethernet.
True, without USB,
the ceiling pulled up to 20 Mbps.
Everyone is happy.

timo4ey, 2011-01-12
@timo4ey

I have a dlink dir615 for dd-wrt very satisfied, but there is no usb in it

ChemAli, 2011-01-12
@ChemAli

In my opinion, all supported routers are listed on the x-wrt sites, look and choose.
ps I don't know if it works, but in my dir-300 settings there is an option Auto 802.11(b/g/ n ). Firmware native, 2.05.

zobov, 2011-01-12
@zobov

dlink dir-400 flashes very easily to dd-wrt and back to native.
I say right away that dd-wrt on dir-400 is less stable than native. But there are more functions.

v0rtex, 2011-01-12
@v0rtex

NetGear WNR3500L
1) n
2) USB
3) is positioned as an open source router

iSlava, 2011-01-12
@iSlava

802.11n is available in dir-300/NRU - this is a new modification of dir-300 (design, revision). The old version of dir-300 without N seems to have been sold for a long time.
I have just one, enough for the house - 50 Mbps keeps calm exactly on dd-wrt, current status: up 9:53, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00. he, I think, will master a much greater uptime - but I turn it off for the night.
flashed by uploading the firmware file in the standard (factory) web interface. does not heat up. in general, no complaints, with dir-320 one difference is that there is no usb port. I took the router for 1100.
Internal pieces of iron - Ralink SoC 384 MHz, 32MB RAM.

MNU, 2011-01-14
@MNU

D-Link DIR-655 is the main reason for choosing a gig switch. I looked closely at TP-Link, but for now I was choosing and they disappeared from the sale :(. The firmware is standard for home use above the roof. I was upset by the lack of VPN support, not connecting to the Internet, but how to organize a tunnel over the Internet.