Turns out the native firmware uses 'hardware NAT' which works much better.. (Wire speed, 95/38 on speedtest.net). Unfortunately the native firmware is full of bugs..

This hardware NAT is a part of broadcoms binary blob, is a hack, and it's unlikely you'll get it to work on any open firmwares. I suspect you may have trouble with NBN on any router running open firmware, unless the CPU is ridiculously over powered.

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:

cory seligman <coryms.luv@gmail.com>
writes:

> I'll be getting my NBN connected in a few weeks and it seems like a good
> time to retire my old WRT54G routers.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a router that is:
>
> cheap
> reliable
> 802.11n dual band
> easy to put OpenWRT on
>
> Also, does anyone have any good advice about getting OpenWRT working with
> the NBN? Maybe it's trivial - I don't know...

What comes out of the NBN CPE?
A point-to-point IP link over cat5/8p8c ethernet?
If so, any old device will do.

For OpenWRT I recommend the Netgear WNDR 3700/3800 & the TP-Link 1043ND.
Check http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start to ensure your SKU is supported.

The WNDR is more expensive, has more RAM, and can be reflashed by TFTP
(the 1043ND can, if you open it up). The 1043ND has external aerials.

Price check at MSY yields:
57 TP-Link TL-WR1043ND
95 Netgear WNDR3700

* * *

Hackett was suggesting a dead simple CPE modem that had fibre on one end
and ethernet on the other. Are they still doing that monstrosity with
fibre, four 8P8C, two 6P2C and a built-in UPS?

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