Aozora
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1 edit | said by crf250r :
ddwrt is kinda risky.. you could brick your router.. but as long as you dont have a power surge and ur connection doesnt go out your fine...
How is it risky? The chances of a router bricking are about .00001% if you know what you are doing. To flash it with a new firmware including deleting the old firmware is less than 10 mins probably.
If your electricity is not stable for 10 mins I would be more worried about the safety of myself, family, etc than trying to put firmware in a router. |
iansltx
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| I've heard (but not experienced...I needed the traffic counter that DD-WRT provides) that the stock firmware on the WRT310N isn't good at all, but YMMV. Everyone using DD_WRT seems to be perfectly happy with it.
As to bricking the router, as long as you're upgrading using a wired connection, and the power doesn't go out, you should be good to go. If you want to switch firmware, do so whe you receive the router or soon after; I bricked mine within the return window and was able to get a replacement. My bricking was actually trying to restore the stock firmware. At any rate, my new 310N absolutely flies, and DD-WRT is rock-solid.
Not sure about Tomato, as I have never had a router capable of loading it; the WRT54GL supports Tomato, the WRT310N does not. If you get the GL, there are plenty of firmwares available for installation, so you can pick the one that best suits your needs. I'm familiar with DD-WRT OTOH so I'd probably stick with it even if I did get a GL.
Incidentally, my WRT310N is flashed with the VPN edition of DD-WRT. The upshot is that PPTP is ridiculously easy to set up, and OpenVPN is available (but I haven't figured out how to set it up), so I can access my home network from anywhere PPTP is allowed. Speeds are decent, too, thanks to the 300 MHz processor onboard the router.
A really talented box for $87 right now at Newegg. |
