stev32k
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join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL | WNDR3300 with DD-WRT firmware I'm considering flashing my WNDR3300 with the DD-WRT firmware and was wondering if anyone has done this? If so what were the results and how is it operating? | |
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stev32k
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join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL
 ·Mediacom
| Re: WNDR3300 with DD-WRT firmware Yeah, I read that thread and several others. I ended up returning the WNDR3300. The only reason I bought it in the first place was Netgear claimed it could be used as a range extender without using third party software. Boy is that wrong! I spent days trying every setting I could think of on both WNDR3300 and the Linksys WRT160 N that was to be the base station. I read every knowledge base article netgear published on the subject, and I spent hours on the phone with both Netgear and Linksys tech support, but nothing worked.
I have a Linksys WRT54GL on the way to me and It should be here tomorrow. I'll flash it with the DD-WRT firmware. I know that will work as an extender and I know the DD-WRT firmware is stable for that router. There are a lot of reports on the DD-WRT web site about turning the WNDR3300 into bricks and I didn't want to take a chance. I just felt uncomfortable with the Netgear router because I've never had one before. I've always used either Linksys or Zyxel.
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stev32k
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join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL
·Mediacom
| Re: WNDR3300 with DD-WRT firmware said by KCrimson  : There's one other non-obvious bonus to the DD-WRT firmware on the WNDR3300 - it disables the blue disco dome lights.  Ha, Ha, I forgot to mention those annoying blinking blue lights. That was another reason I didn't like the router I could not find any way to turn them off. | |
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KCrimson
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join:2001-02-25
Brooklyn, NY
·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Re: WNDR3300 with DD-WRT firmware If you upgraded the router to the new version of the Netgear firmware then shutting them off was easily accomplished by pressing the dome - it functions as a switch. From what I've read in the DD-WRT forum, the control of those lights would require a custom script to function in DD-WRT as they do in the OF. Supposedly they light to illustrate which of the internal antennas is active in realtime. | |
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jimmsta
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join:2002-11-12
Belle Mead, NJ
 ·Dreamhost
| I've been using the latest builds of DD-WRT on my 3300. Initially, I wasn't pleased with the performance with DD-WRT, but after the past few builds (eko's 6/2/09 build and BrainSlayer's latest) I have grown to accept that the 3300 is a decent router/ap.
I originally purchased 3 of these routers, to end up in the same boat as stev32k. I returned 2 of the 3 routers, and ended up integrating the 3300 as my N-only wifi network. | |
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stev32k
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join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL
1 edit | If you use Firefox and have the noscript extension loaded you are covered.
P.S. the repeater set up is working like a charm. It has been running for about a month with out a single hiccup. | |
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