Modern OpenWRT / ddwrt compatible router?
Does anyone have recommendations for a modern wifi-router that is compatible with OpenWRT or ddwrt? I've had it with one particular WRT54-GL that I've been maintaining. There's a bug in the b43 driver which causes the wifi to die whenever there's high load, and the suggested workaround[1] doesn't seem to work. Furthermore, the next release of OpenWRT isn't going to work on devices with 16Mb of RAM or less, anyway. Basically, I'm after some sort of wifi router with at least four ethernet ports + one uplink port, that is well supported by OpenWRT, doesn't use b43 for its wifi interface, 64Mb RAM, preferably a lot of flash and is readily available in Australia. Cheers, Paul [1] https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/7552 -- Paul Dwerryhouse | PGP Key ID: 0x6B91B584 http://weblog.leapster.org/
On 2012-10-10 16:26, Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
Does anyone have recommendations for a modern wifi-router that is compatible with OpenWRT or ddwrt?
I've had it with one particular WRT54-GL that I've been maintaining. There's a bug in the b43 driver which causes the wifi to die whenever there's high load, and the suggested workaround[1] doesn't seem to work. Furthermore, the next release of OpenWRT isn't going to work on devices with 16Mb of RAM or less, anyway.
Basically, I'm after some sort of wifi router with at least four ethernet ports + one uplink port, that is well supported by OpenWRT, doesn't use b43 for its wifi interface, 64Mb RAM, preferably a lot of flash and is readily available in Australia.
I highly recomment the Netgear WNDR3800 if it's within your price range: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3800 If you're looking for something a bit cheaper, at work we've also had some experience using the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd. The downside of this is that it doesn't support TFTP flashing, so if you brick it, you'll have to pull it apart and do some JTAG-y stuff to fix it probably. For other suggestions, see http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start. -- Regards, Matthew Cengia
I have a Netgear wnr2000 and am very impressed, its like they really tried with the software side rather than just doing enough like on other models. I havent pushed the wifi very hard so cant comment on that, but i did also have a netgear ADSL modem which would die under load and require physical intervention, so they arent good at everything. Glenn
Glenn McGrath <glenn.l.mcgrath@gmail.com> writes:
I have a Netgear wnr2000 and am very impressed, its like they really tried with the software side rather than just doing enough like on other models.
"compatible with OpenWRT / ddwrt" suggests the OP isn't intending to use the vendor's software.
On 10/10/12 17:27, Glenn McGrath wrote:
I havent pushed the wifi very hard so cant comment on that
In this case, the bug appears to be in the driver - you don't need to push the wifi hard, you just need to push *anything* hard (eg, big download, even only via the wired interfaces; anything that causes a high load on the CPU) and it will cause the wifi to die. Cheers, Paul
On 10/10/12 16:32, Matthew Cengia wrote:> I highly recomment the Netgear WNDR3800 if it's within your price range:
I took your advice and picked up one today. Nice little device; OpenWRT was a breeze to get up and running. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Cheers, Paul
On 10/10/12 16:26, Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
Does anyone have recommendations for a modern wifi-router that is compatible with OpenWRT or ddwrt?
I've had it with one particular WRT54-GL that I've been maintaining. There's a bug in the b43 driver which causes the wifi to die whenever there's high load, and the suggested workaround[1] doesn't seem to work. Furthermore, the next release of OpenWRT isn't going to work on devices with 16Mb of RAM or less, anyway.
Basically, I'm after some sort of wifi router with at least four ethernet ports + one uplink port, that is well supported by OpenWRT, doesn't use b43 for its wifi interface, 64Mb RAM, preferably a lot of flash and is readily available in Australia.
Linksys E3200 (dual band) may meet your need - I can't tell at first glance if it uses the b43 variant though. They were going for around the $100 mark when I got mine. Haven't tried OpenWrt on it yet, but would be tempted if there were enough hours in the day.
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