Have any purchasers tried installing DD-WRT on this router? I noticed that there is a build available for it, but can't find any information on it.
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I have been using buffalo routers for 5 years. I loved my old air station. Just purchased the wzr1660 and am not as pleased with the signal. Apparently I'm going to have to use a bridge. The user interface has drastically improved but the signal is weaker.
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Yes, under the default DD-WRT firmware you can setup a guest network pretty easily. Their support is pretty good at helping if you need it, although sometimes you get someone who is clueless, so you need to hang-up and call back.
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The bad news is that there is a problem with DHCP on this router, requiring frequent power cycling. The good news is that the opensource dd-wrt firmware completely solves this problem, and adds a bunch of new features to the router. You won't need to, but with the dd-wrt firmware installed you could configure the router to auto-reboot. For more info, see my review:
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Well I tried connecting a drive to the router. Works fine. You'll need the PDF manual found online (not in my box or CD) to set it up. You'll probably not figure it out without it. I connected a WD320 as well as a WD500 through a 5-port passive stick hub. The router sees both drives and labels them Drive 1 and Drive 2. You have plenty of options to customize directories as well as protect who gets access to them. You can also indidually assign passwords to users and assign access to guests. The drives I plugged in already have data on them. There is an option to format the drive when you plug it in. Make sure you do NOT do this because you will lose any/all information on the drive itself. Transfer speed is fairly consistent to other NAS out there. The Linksys E3000 does keep a listing of the master directory and can peruse it on an user inputted basis to keep the directory updated. When you access the drive of course you will have the lag associated with the drive itself starting up. Watching movies streamed from either drive via wireless N was pretty good with only a hiccup or two over an hour show. I'm sure YMMV over distance you are from the router. My router is downstairs at the front of my house. Unbelievably, I get 5 bars upstairs at the rear of the residence - not like that WRT110 or WRT600N. On a side note, I can only acquire 130mbps, not the 300 advertised on the box. I was getting 300 through my WRT600N and WRT110N routers. Perhaps thats an issue to take up with Linksys Tech Support (oh boy..) Other than that good router overall. I paid $194.38 at Staples last week. They may see it returned shortly. The same router is a much better deal here on Amazon than here. If you need networked attached storage, this is a good router to purchase.
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Due to the small memory size, DD-WRT will only allow the "mini" version of their firmware on it. I'd go with the RT-N16 if you want OpenVPN. I set it up on that once, it wasn't the easiest thing in the world but there was help from the DD-WRT forums. Still wasn't quite enough NVRAM, though, but I augmented with a USB thumb drive in the back of the router. Hope this helps!
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As JC said there are a lot of variables here. In a general sense mine seemed to handle 5-10 devices fairly well and was probably the best performing home router I owned. Ultimately I switched due to the difficulty of putting this router into bridge mode. It would probably be an awesome router if flashed with DD-WRT, which didn't occur to me at the time.
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I believe it allows you to specific dhcp server and disable wan with the stock firmware. Personally I flashed ddwrt onto the router, let's you do all of that. Quality of the product is high I recommend it.
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I haven't tried it yet. I'm using the August 2013 firmware. I don't have any problems with the router, but my use is pretty simple.
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I am currently with an Asus router and don't seem to have issues. I've got with a Linksys router issues, but have no idea what to do. Didn't have issues with Trendnet router as well
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Hi. I used DD-WRT and Tomato, and they both work seamlessly with the Belkin. Tomato has less features I wasn't impressed with the GUI layout. I was able to compile some USB drivers and get additional devices working on DD WRT. I was also able to solder some internal pins to get the serial/RS232 to connect. These are great routers for the money!
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I just got mine today, and it worked immediate on v2.0.1, but I upgraded to the latest version on the website as of 3/8/2015 (2.0.7) and it would no longer connect to my router.... it would say it was trying to connect but never would. I downloaded 2.0.1 which was what mine came to me on, and it worked correctly again on that version. I would say generally to anyone looking at this product, try it out of the box, and if it does everything you need it to do, then don't upgrade the firmware.
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The RT-AC56U router is supported. Ref; ( www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database ). Also read posts related to this router in the dd-wrt forum. Third party firmware supported: Asuswrt-Merlin, DD-WRT - ref;( wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-AC56U )
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Well, it is the last day of June and this is still showing as unavailable and I cannot find it for sale anywhere. I am wondering why D-Link is having so much trouble with this product. Linksys has had their dual band router out since the fall.
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Not true. All it does is listen for 802.11g a signals and rebroadcasts it. However, a better option would be to buy a Linksys WRT54GL and install the DD-WRT firmware on it. You can then configure it to operate in bridge, repeater, or router mode. See http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge. The result will cost less, but do more. :-)
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There are tunnel protocols that may not function. These are able to pick up and configure to "extend" an existing link. I have a single unit working as an access point off a DLINK wrt and hadn't seen any problems.
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DD-WRT and Tomato are linux based (I'm guessing pfSense must be BSD based). 802.11AC chipset drivers are still in development for both, so until the developers finish the drivers, you can't use any of the alternate firmwares with the hardware.
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There is discussion at: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=170851&view=next&sid=970164f48f9bce92f137fccdfb92dcf7 https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_JNR3210 The answer would seem to be "NO".