What benefit does flashing to dd-wrt have?

[gorcorps]

Just curious really. My router is supported and everything seems simple to flash, I just don't know what it really changes to be worth it.

 

[kevnich2]

1. Stability & reliability 2. Many Many many more features

 

[JackMDS]

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT%3F

And this, http://www.ezlan.net/wlan_router.html

 

[boomerang]

On the flip side, I flashed my Buffalo WHR-G125 and have a few issues.

The first was my mistake. I did not do my homework. If I had, I would have known before I flashed that I cannot go back to factory firmware. I want to stress that this is not the case with every router.

My second issue is that since I recently flashed to the latest and greatest, my router reboots randomly. There is now a newer release out and the fix may be in it, I'm not sure. I believe I can flash back to the version I was using prior, and I would assume that my stability will return.

In my case, I did not need the extra features and I did not need the extra power. I wish I had stayed with factory firmware.

Just letting you know that it's not necessarily all a bed of roses.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: kevnich2
1. Stability & reliability 2. Many Many many more features

I would imagine that stability and reliability changes would depend on exactly which maker/model of router you start with.

 

[JackMDS]

I think that Buffalo encrypts their Firmware, and that is what causes the problem of re-flashing with the original Firmware.

email Buffalo support they might be able to send you a buffalo factory revert firmware.

Once you restore the original you can Flash again with whatever was stable of the DD-WRT version.

 

[rickeo]

boomerang's experience isn't typical, so don't get discouraged. My WRT54G v.4 was never as fast and stable as it is now with the Tomato Firmware. I wouldn't consider ever using an 3rd party firmware capable router with the stock firmware again.

 

[gorcorps]

I'm not sure I'll bother for quite some time. I just don't have any reason for it quite yet. I haven't had any problems with the stock router, and until this semester of school ends I don't want to be screwed out of internet if something goes wrong.