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  1. #16
    I just did the update. Went as smooth as it could go. Took about 15 minutes total. I REALLLLLLLLLLLY like DD-WRT's options and interface. Finally, I feel like I can actually use things inside my router. You really seem to have a lot of control of things and they are explained well from what I can see.

    Thanks for the tips, I'll take DD-WRT for a test drive from now until Monday morning and see how it does.

    Thanks again!
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    Just an update on this. The router is running great, no issues of slow downs at all after installing the DD-WRT software on it. I'm really impressed with it so far.

    One thing I did note, I'm getting much higher upload speeds than download speeds. I'm getting a ping of 7, and 25Mbps download and 45Mbps upload. I don't think I've ever seen that be reversed like that, but it's been like that since I did the install. Nothing to complain about, 25Mbps is fast and we don't do a lot of uploading, so the 45Mbps is just wasted, I guess.

    I wish I knew about this earlier. I'm really impressed with the controls you have, and the ability to actually make your wireless signal stronger. That's something I could have used many times in the past. Who knew you could do that to your signal? I certainly didn't.

    Thanks again for the tip to use it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Shepherd View Post
    I'm really impressed with the controls you have, and the ability to actually make your wireless signal stronger. That's something I could have used many times in the past.
    Don't go overboard on the signal boost. It can lead to premature hardware failure, I believe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Thien View Post
    Don't go overboard on the signal boost. It can lead to premature hardware failure, I believe.
    Uh huh, heat related. There's been more than 1 router running 3rd party firmware with a hole cut over the radio circuitry and a heat sink kludged on. Not much different than overclocking a P.C.

  5. #20
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Thien View Post
    Don't go overboard on the signal boost. It can lead to premature hardware failure, I believe.
    No problem. I have no need to do it, we don't use the wireless part, but I thought it was pretty cool to be able to really tweak the router like that. I did read about frying it by cranking up that, but I would imagine there are lots of people out there that could use just a wee bit more from their signal and this would let them do it.

    Still pretty cool stuff compared to the factory stuff you get.
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    This thread has inspired me to try to turn an old router into a wireless access point for my shop. My shop sits about 120' down a hill from the house. Wireless from the house does reach down there, but the signal is very weak, if fact it is pretty much unusable. However, I did run one Ethernet wire down there in a buried conduit when I built the shop. I have thought it would be nice if I could get wireless setup down there. I really don't have anything that I actually "need" it for, I just thought it might come in handy some day. With that said, I have never been willing to spend any actual money on this project. I have an old Linksys wrt160n V3 that I replaced with a new gigabit router a few years ago just sitting in the closet. I really had forgotten that I even had it. This thread got me to reading up on dd-wrt and I discoverd that indeed this router could be flashed with dd-wrt and that there were also instructions on how to set it up as a wireless access point.
    Cool! this sounds like fun for a nerdy guy like me! All this met my primary requirement of spending zeros dollars. SWMBO was out of town, so I needed something to occupy my time that would not get me in trouble.
    This past Saturday I took it on and I had SOOO much fun doing it. Not only did I get it working exactly as I had envisioned, It now works as a WAP and a 4 port switch. The signal is extremely strong. It occurred to me that my iphone has Pandora installed on it. I also found an RCA to 3.5mm jack laying around. I was able to get my iphone to connect to the WAP and play Pandora thru the shop stereo easy peasy. How cool is that! Who knows, I might even install a wireless web cam down there just for kicks.

    Anyway, I just wanted to share this with someone who might appreciate it. SWMBO just thinks I'm weird for getting such a kick out of doing this.
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    Good stuff! Now all you have to do is install asterisk on it. Then you will be a real computer geek. Oh and you'll get a cool compact pbx in the deal as well.
    glad it worked so well for you.....
    Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by paul cottingham View Post
    Good stuff! Now all you have to do is install asterisk on it. Then you will be a real computer geek. Oh and you'll get a cool compact pbx in the deal as well.
    glad it worked so well for you.....
    I am almost afraid to ask... asterisk????? What's that?
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    Sorry. It's an open source pbx (phone) system that is extremely scalable. I have installed it on a linksys router along with wrt.
    I get totally carried away by the coolness factor.
    Paul

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