I'm about to get a new internet connection to our house. At the moment I don't have any router that i own myself.
The only router in the house is Technicolor TG582n which was provided by the ISP.
So i wanted a new router that would be compatible with DD-WRT. I know their website has a list of all routers that
support this open source firmware but there are so many of them i don't know which one to pick.
The router should handle 4 wireless and 2 wired devices. Also it should have gigabit LAN ports.
My budget is ~£250
EDIT: Also wanted to ask what are the differences between Open-WRT and DD-WRT.
Linksys WRT1900AC
It's Open Source Ready
In the US it's about $200 or so
Not sure what the price convergence will be for you
Hope that helps some
Thanks, there are 2 versions. one is AC and second one is ACS, are there any differences between them?
Apart from the fact that ACS has faster CPU.
Some of the features are different
Probably the bandwidth and some hardware features.
Just compare the two and see what will fit you best
I know this is a older model, but the Linksys WRT 54TGS series were really good as well if your wanting something to play with on a budget I would use the wireless though it's "G" lol, but it sounds like that your connection would be to much for it. Yeah like @Walter has stated above that is a good model for Open Source. From what I can remember off the top of my head DD-WRT is a fork of Open-WRT. I think the one of the differences is Open has a actual package manager versus not with other features that I can't recall without looking it up. Performance, then it really all depends on the hardware that your installing the firmware onto whether its the cpu, AP asic, and the switching asic's as well. Hope this helps out, and if you have success feel free to let us know how it went.
I ended up buying the WRT1900 ACS for £170
Build quality is very good but I had some problems setting it up. I didn't even try to flash the firmware because the DD-WRT for this router is still in BETA stage.
Ah yeah just flash it when ever your ready, and when you feel that you can do it. Don't want to brick your new network gear. There should be some users on the forum that could help with the process or maybe @DeusQain might have information about how to install new firmware on the new linksys's. I would try to help you, but I do not have actual hands on experience with that particular model so I wouldn't be that big of a help. If you are still having trouble with flashing it, you might not feel like buying more hardware, Buffalo sell routers that have DD-WRT installed right out of the box. I own one of there dualband wireless N models, and it holds up pretty good as the main AP in my home network both 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz
if and when you do decide to flash new firmware on the device follow their help threads and perform a 30/30/30 reset.
Install OpenWRT on it with the GUI. It's literally as easy as get firmware. Upload firmware, wait. The 30/30/30 reset is not needed. These routers were designed around doing this. also the OpenWRT Dev works with Linksys.
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I haven't used DD-WRT but I have used openWRT. The difference as I understand it is that openwrt is more modular, you can install packages for different functionality. DD-WRT seems like regular router +, whereas openwrt is a platform that you can use to do whatever you like, more or less.
There Gargoyle as well based off Open WRT
https://www.gargoyle-router.com/
Not really Open Source but... you can have a look at Mikrotik that could run OpenWRT in a "meta router".
I know Mikrotik hardware is stuck between beta and stable build versions.
Mikrotik hardware for the price ain't that bad tho.
http://routerboard.com/
I know its over a year later but has anyone tried one of these guys?
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Amazon says it’s frequently bought with
Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO Access Point (UAP-AC-PRO-US)
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