Regular listeners to the PCPer Podcast should be aware of the DD-WRT project to root and take control over your router as we have mentioned it multiples of times, along with a related project called OpenWrt. If you have not looked into the process of how to flash up a router with one or the other of these new OSes/firmware packages then this article at Linux.com is something you should take a look at. They walk you through the steps of taking over a Linksys WRT1900AC router, from straight out of the box to final configuration. They also give you a look at the advantages running a router on OpenWrt gives you and ideas for taking it further. Check it out right here.
"The Linksys WRT1900AC is a top-end modern router that gets even sweeter when you unleash Linux on it and install OpenWrt. OpenWrt includes the opkg package management system giving you easy access to a great deal of additional open source software to use on your router."
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I’m typing this on a machine
I’m typing this on a machine which is behind a WRT1900AC running the CC trunk build of OpenWRT. While it does work great, anyone planning on jumping in with this particular router should be aware there is presently an unresolved periodic lock up bug. The whole router locks up (wifi and network die) and you have power cycle to bring it back. I’ve only have it happen once in the time I’ve had mine, but others report more frequent issues. There is work to try and get that resolved, but that’s probably someone wants to know up front!
The OpenWRT thread forum on the topic is probably worth reading if you’re interested: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=50173&p=204
I had a WRT1900AC for
I had a WRT1900AC for approximately 8 months (I forget the exact time), and belkin/linksys still had not opensourced the code, I was able to get a full refund due to false advertising.
I’m not saying that this particular router is not great, I’m sure it could last many people many years.
But belkin/linksys have lost my faith and my money.
I’m in the market for a new
I’m in the market for a new router, but I am exhausted from researching.
For nearly fifteen years, I’ve had nothing but Linksys WRT54Gs/Ls.
However, it is time to buy something new, because the WRT54GL that I have at the moment (with Tomato) can not handle my full download speed (I have nearly 100Mbps and the WRT54GL caps out around 34Mbps for me — when using ethernet).
Any suggestions for a solid router that can (at least via ethernet) handle a full 100Mbps, stack up solidly in a house full of several high end PCs, Netflix, Rokus, consoles, laptops, phones, and ipads all over the place and handle heavy torrenting, gaming, etc?
It has been so long since I’ve had to research routers that everything I look at just seems like an expensive scam, at best.
If you don’t need 802.11AC,
If you don’t need 802.11AC, then there are several N class routers which should do better. WNDR3700 and 3800’s were the go-to routers for the cerowrt stuff so those were what I was planning on getting before I gambled on this guy. The catch there is there are 4 or 5 versions of those routers and they’re sold as the same thing. Versions 1-4 might work great with the wrt’s but version 5 then doesn’t have support. It’s a pain.
The ASUS routers get good reviews and before this router, I was using a TP-Link Arch C7 (which was supposed to have OpenWRT support but the 5GHZ band didn’t work). However in the stock firmware, that router was really fast. It was really limited (no pretty graphs like tomato will give you) but it could move some data.
I wouldn’t buy a router without gigabit lan & wan today. I’m sure they can’t NAT at those speeds but Lan to Lan shouldn’t be restricted. SmallNetBuilder also has a huge table of charts you can use to try and figure out what will work best.