Re: Wireless-N routers that don't suck

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Carl Karsten <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Larry Garfield <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Can anyone recommend a combo N/router/switch these days that doesn't suck, and
>>>> actually offers such features?  Or am I stuck trying to flash the firmware to
>>>> get a useful piece of hardware out of it?  Are any more flash-friendly than
>>>> others?  (My preference is to not have to flash if I don't have to, for
>>>> simplicity.)
>>>
>>> Bingo, I have evaluated Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N (comes with factory
>>> installed DD-WRT firmware) and I will be installing a few of them at a
>>
>> DD-WRT is not factory installed.  My engineer had flashed the DD-WRT
>> firmware before I got my hands on them :)
>>
>> The DD-WRT firmware is available on the CD and it can be flashed
>> directly from the factory installed firmware.
>
> CD = included with the product, thus supported?

I would think so.   Otherwise why would they include it in the CD?
Besides, the DD-WRT firmware + docs are also available from the
Buffalo web site.  The theme is customized with Buffalo logo etc.

> What is the difference between DD-WRT and OpenWRT?

openWRT comes with a build environment so one can build customized
firmware.   The community DD-WRT for x86 does not include drivers for
Wi-Fi.  chipsets, firmware with Wi-Fi chip drivers require activation,
about 10 euros.

-- Arun Khan
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