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DD-WRT???

KennyLegend · 2010-09-07 13:30:14

Could someone explain to me pls the reason u would install dd-wrt on your router. I know it's to use third party softwRe..but what are the advantages of having this? Thanks.

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07-09-2010 2:30pm

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KennyLegend

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Could someone explain to me pls the reason u would install dd-wrt on your router. I know it's to use third party softwRe..but what are the advantages of having this?
Thanks.

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#2 07-09-2010 2:43pm
bhickey

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It adds a lot of extra features that sometimes the default firmware just doesn't have. There are probably far too many to list them all out but among the features that I find useful are :

Static IP addresses via DHCP
Dynamic DNS
QOS
Bandwidth graphing
Port forwarding that works!
Detailed status on wireless clients
Client/bridge mode
Scheduled commands
A Linux command prompt

It's also used so much on so many different devices that it's very reliable and online support is excellent.

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#3 08-09-2010 9:18am
NullZer0

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What BHickey said.
I use it alot - its stable - thats my number one reason.

After that - its really feature rich.

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