As I mentioned before, I have been using a number of different linux firmware versions on my LinkSys WRT54G.
For the last few weeks I was using SveaSoft’s firmware, as the previous firmware had caused me headaches. The Sveasoft solution worked quite well, but I had some crazy routing issues which left me rather confused. It was as if certain blocks of the internet simply ceased to exist!
In any case I decided to dump SveaSoft for OpenWRT. The routing issues seem to have vanished and I can visit sites that were “banned” again!!
Hopefully the connection issues will also have been resolved, though I won’t know for sure for a few hours.
Mar 10
OpenWRT
by Michele in linksys, Linux, Open Source, Techie :: Techno ::
9 Responses to “OpenWRT”
From Anonymous:
You said you could visit sites that were “banned”. Exactly what sites were those?
From michele:
The sites weren’t “banned” it just refused to route traffic properly, which made them appear as if they were banned
OpenWRT is a hell of a lot faster and more stable than Sveasoft, so unless something crazy happens I won’t be changing back
Michele
From Conor O'Neill:
I’ve been using the DD-WRT firmware mainly because of the incoming port re-direction which the stock firmware cannot do. Whilst it is chock full of features, I find the wireless performance is dreadful compared to the standard Linksys firmware – low signal quality, constantly dropped connections, never hitting 54mbs. Can OpenWRT do port re-direction? You noticed any wireless problems?
From Conor O'Neill:
I’ve been using the DD-WRT firmware mainly because of the incoming port re-direction which the stock firmware cannot do. Whilst it is chock full of features, I find the wireless performance is dreadful compared to the standard Linksys firmware – low signal quality, constantly dropped connections, never hitting 54mbs. Can OpenWRT do port re-direction? You noticed any wireless problems?
From michele:
Conor
OpenWRT can do everything that DD-WRT does. It can actually do more
I haven’t had any issues with the wireless reported to me (I sit right beside the Linksys, so I use ethernet) and its uptime has been 100% since I installed it
Michele
From Conor O'Neill:
I must give OpenWRT a go tonight. The Linksys is a great bit of kit. I recently got a NetGear MIMO 108MBS one to replace it and (apart from wireless speed) it is junk. Needs rebooting every two days compared to the Linksys which has an uptime of months.
From Conor O'Neill:
I must give OpenWRT a go tonight. The Linksys is a great bit of kit. I recently got a NetGear MIMO 108MBS one to replace it and (apart from wireless speed) it is junk. Needs rebooting every two days compared to the Linksys which has an uptime of months.
From michele:
Conor
With DD-WRT it was being rebooted several times a day, as it used to lose DHCP settings and routing info – ie. it basically stopped routing packets for no apparent reason!
Michele
From Lal:
I’ve been using DD-WRT 4 a few yrs and very happy with it
Lal