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Ask HN: What's the best (recent) router for DD-WRT?

2 points by newman314 16y ago

I woke up this morning to discover that my router has apparently decided to give up the ghost. Hoping to leverage the wisdom of HN as to what is a good, inexpensive router that is able to run DD-WRT.

pasbesoin 16y ago
I don't have one, but I've seen recent positive comments about some of the ASUS line. Decent horsepower and memory, and a USB connector that can be turned into a network drive (keep in mind, USB 2 isn't the fastest).
- newman314 16y ago
  I spent several hours looking at various boards and reviews and it's turned into a chaotic mess since I last bought a router. My requirements/would like to haves are: * DD-WRT capable (this is a must have) * a/b/g at least, n would be nice * dual band n even nicer * gigE ports that support jumbo frames At this point, I'm looking at the Netgear WNDR3700 and the Asus RT-N16. FWIW, the router that just died was an Asus WL500G Deluxe and it worked fine until it croaked. PS. There also seems to be factions that are variously for Broadcom, Atheros etc.
  - pasbesoin 16y ago
    I've generally found the comments on NewEgg (newegg.com) quite useful, when averaged and weighted by the apparent competence of the commentor. I learn details from them that I don't find elsewhere. I'll also look at Amazon and some other places, e.g. anandtech and some of the PC Magazine reviews remain informative. Off topic, but recently I was trying to learn details of the then new or upcoming Intel mobile Core processors. Googling around, the one place that had specifics was a German site. You never know...
jeebusroxors 16y ago
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Supported_Devices http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Suppo... The Linksys (listed under Cisco) should be available, however you must note the REV when buying. I know some net gears switched to vxworks within the same model - but carried a different REV.

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Ask HN: What's the best (recent) router for DD-WRT?

2 points by newman314 16y ago

I woke up this morning to discover that my router has apparently decided to give up the ghost. Hoping to leverage the wisdom of HN as to what is a good, inexpensive router that is able to run DD-WRT.

pasbesoin 16y ago
I don't have one, but I've seen recent positive comments about some of the ASUS line. Decent horsepower and memory, and a USB connector that can be turned into a network drive (keep in mind, USB 2 isn't the fastest).
- newman314 16y ago
  I spent several hours looking at various boards and reviews and it's turned into a chaotic mess since I last bought a router. My requirements/would like to haves are: * DD-WRT capable (this is a must have) * a/b/g at least, n would be nice * dual band n even nicer * gigE ports that support jumbo frames At this point, I'm looking at the Netgear WNDR3700 and the Asus RT-N16. FWIW, the router that just died was an Asus WL500G Deluxe and it worked fine until it croaked. PS. There also seems to be factions that are variously for Broadcom, Atheros etc.
  - pasbesoin 16y ago
    I've generally found the comments on NewEgg (newegg.com) quite useful, when averaged and weighted by the apparent competence of the commentor. I learn details from them that I don't find elsewhere. I'll also look at Amazon and some other places, e.g. anandtech and some of the PC Magazine reviews remain informative. Off topic, but recently I was trying to learn details of the then new or upcoming Intel mobile Core processors. Googling around, the one place that had specifics was a German site. You never know...
jeebusroxors 16y ago
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Supported_Devices http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Suppo... The Linksys (listed under Cisco) should be available, however you must note the REV when buying. I know some net gears switched to vxworks within the same model - but carried a different REV.