WRT54GS v1.1 Overclocking with DD-WRT v24

[Dazed and Confused]

FIRST AND FOREMOST !! IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THAT IS CONSTRUCTIVE TO THIS THREAD, KEEP YOUR OPPINION TO YOUSELF !!

I just plain don't care if you think what I do is a good/bad idea. I'm only out to compare my results. Anything else is not only considered a thread crap, it is a thread crap

Okay, I'm the proud owner of a Linksys WRT54GS v1.1 thats running DD-WRT v24 . BEing the obsesive tinkerer that I am I decided to see how far I could push this thing before it goes "POP!" ( not really but you get the idea ).

So the first thing you always do before trying to squeeze more power out of something is make it run cooler, so I did a fan mod using a 60mm fan directly into the power on the WRT54GS's PCB. Then I put a Heatsink on the Radio chipset, a big one on the CPU and one on the other BroadCom chipset ( the big one towards the back of the PCB ).

My first goal was 70mw Xmit power which didn't do much alone but did require me to have to reboot once or twice on a hot day so I backed it down to 60mw and all is well ( even with the heatsink I guess things get to toasty, and lemme tell you that even at 60mw that heatsink gets warm enough to where you know that chip is working ).

My second goal was the CPU, now after the negligible boost ( if any ) from boosting my Xmit power I must say I wasn't expecting much from this either. My first trick was to try and pull off 216mhz, so I selected that and clicked "Save Settings" then proceeded to cross my fingers as I didn't have the materials to make a Jtag cable Then all the sudden "BAM!" it goes back to that sweet sweet admin screen NOw, I'm starting to get greedy, so I decide to push my luck and go for 228mhz ( Not so paranoid now but still a lil scared ). Lo and behold it makes it safely back to the admin screen ( though a bit faster this time ).

After I conquer the 228mhz clock I decide to take this puppy for a spin, off the bat I'm noticing my web pages are loading like I'm on a local network at the place hosting the page I go to visit @_@. So naturally I'm like "THERE IS A GOD !!!" .

Well, 2 weeks go by at 228mhz and I start to get the "What if?" bug up my ass again. So I casually make my way back to the admin page of DD-WRT and slowly approach the overclocking option with a newfound fear. After reading about many people bricking thier DD-WRT's with this up coming move I'm struck with a fear more intense than my 216mhz OC fear. But the voice inside my head kept getting louder and louder saying "do it nOW" do iT NOW!" "DO IT NOW YOU WIMP!! OR I'LL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP !!!" .

Needless to say I started to fear the voice more thn the fear, but by the time I came to the screen already said "Saving settings" and I was like "Dear GOD, what have I done?" . but in a few short ( and I mean short ) moments I was back to that oh so sweet and lovely and like a butterfly in a field of beautiful flowers "Admin" scren

Now feeling like ( to quote a famous Rock band ) " I've got the biggest, balls of them all !!! " . I decided to take my newfound GOD like powers and surf the net. And to my supprise it was "A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view". IT was like that 200 to 228mhz speed boost all over again

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Anyways, enough about me, you may all worship me later

I'd like to hear about you guy's OverClocking results with your WRT54G/GS/GL routers ( don't forget to post the version of the router and DD-WRT version ).

 

[pradeep1]

U R 2 Cool 4 Me.

 

[JackMDS]

Boosting RF signal is Not like overclocking CPU and Video.

The variable that counts is Signal to Noise Ratio. http://www.ezlan.net/wbar.html

When you boost Router's signal you boost the noise together with the signal.

In most cases the Sweat Point is somewhere between 55 to 60 mW.

Remember a clean 50mW Signal would yirles better Wireless than a "Dirty" 60mW.

 

[p0lar]

Originally posted by: pradeep1
U R 2 Cool 4 Me.

agreed.

Yay, Instability!!!!! :laugh:

 

[nweaver]

LMAO...yeah, overclocking my router makes th3 int3rweb fast3r!!1!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

So far JackMDS is the only that posted something that isn't a smartass comment or thread crap. And I already know about the noise boosting, thats why I had to back the xmit power down. I did my homework

It doesn't make the internet faster and if I was on a a hard line connection with the net ( but I'm not ) thn I probably would reap no bennefit from overclocking the router. But overclocking it seems to have improved my throughput allowing the data to cyle thru my WAN connection via my router to me faster.

I do know that the pages are loading faster than before. And if anything the router is sure as hell responding and saving settings faster.

Also could everyone watch the thread craps please ? If you have nothing pertinent to say keep your oppinion to yourself Yaaay morons with nothing better to do that wait to be on an episode of Jerry Springer so they can put in thier 2 worthless cents

And for those chiming in with oppinions and not facts obviously have no clue wtf they are talking about. Being on a wireless network is waaaay diff than being on a LAN connection. There are things you can do to boost the clarity of the signal ( easiest being getting a better antenna/wireless device ). And I doubt all the people that get results similar to mine are all wrong. And as far as the instability comments go, it must suck for you guys not to know how to keep your own crap running stable.

I am actually doing fine if not better after all my work considering I'm smart enough to add extra cooling unlike you morons that prob tried to OC your POS systems with stock cooling while the plastic cover was still over the bottom of your HSF on top of not using thermal paste. Lil hint, use thermal paste, take the plastic off the HSF " Before " you put it on your CPU, and for gods sake plug in the fans. They are there for a reason you douche bags.

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: Dazed and Confused
So far JackMDS is the only that posted something that isn't a smartass comment or thread crap. And I already know about the noise boosting, thats why I had to back the xmit power down. I did my homework

It doesn't make the internet faster and if I was on a a hard line connection with the net ( but I'm not ) thn I probably would reap no bennefit from overclocking the router. But overclocking it seems to have improved my throughput allowing the data to cyle thru my WAN connection via my router to me faster.

I do know that the pages are loading faster than before. And if anything the router is sure as hell responding and saving settings faster.

Also could everyone watch the thread craps please ? If you have nothing pertinent to say keep your oppinion to yourself Yaaay morons with nothing better to do that wait to be on an episode of Jerry Springer so they can put in thier 2 worthless cents

And for those chiming in with oppinions and not facts obviously have no clue wtf they are talking about. Being on a wireless network is waaaay diff than being on a LAN connection. There are things you can do to boost the clarity of the signal ( easiest being getting a better antenna/wireless device ). And I doubt all the people that get results similar to mine are all wrong. And as far as the instability comments go, it must suck for you guys not to know how to keep your own crap running stable.

I am actually doing fine if not better after all my work considering I'm smart enough to add extra cooling unlike you morons that prob tried to OC your POS systems with stock cooling while the plastic cover was still over the bottom of your HSF on top of not using thermal paste. Lil hint, use thermal paste, take the plastic off the HSF " Before " you put it on your CPU, and for gods sake plug in the fans. They are there for a reason you douche bags.

please quit flaming our flames...

most of the replies here are from respected members of the networking forum, and most know a thing or two about wireless. Me, nope, I just used to be a senior engineer for the hardware cert program for Cisco's wireless stuff, but I just don't know anything about wireless still. Maybe if I overclocked those Cisco AP's, it would speed up my network!!