glad i flashed latest dd-wrt beta on my archer-c7 v5 :D. though my wan-facing device runs OPNSense.
i actually prefer to run Tomato, but archer c7 is not broadcom :(
can anyone offer advice about dd-wrt vs openwrt (considering trying openwrt).
i actually prefer to run Tomato, but archer c7 is not broadcom :(
can anyone offer advice about dd-wrt vs openwrt (considering trying openwrt).
What reasons do you have to stay on dd-wrt?
mostly that i've used it before. can i gui-flash to openwrt from dd-wrt? i've done tftp flashes before but they're pretty fiddly with getting the stupid 30-30-30 or whatever timing right. also i think these routers try to "pull" from a tftp server rather than having you push to one that they bootstrap - i've never been able to get the "pull" variant to work.
would be hell of a lot easier if the router could be booted into something like android's (arm's?) fastboot or flashmode mode so i can just push an image.
That’s how I flashed from stock to OpenWRT on 3+ Archer units anyway. Make sure not to keep settings.
Openwrt also has a handy failsafe built into a lot of models. It boots a stripped down http server where you can upload recovery firmware.
Used to swear by dd-wrt, now I prefer openwrt.
Not being Broadcom is a very good thing.
Atheros and Intel I believe both have good open-source support.
I put openwrt on my c7 V5 and could barely get any bars.
Flashed back to the stock and was back in business.
Another thing I've read is the third party firmwares don't get hardware access to NAT resulting in speed hits.
Cheers
> Another thing I've read is the third party firmwares don't get hardware access to NAT
i read that too :(
Here is the exact `factory-to-ddwrt` image I used (this will depend on which version you have): ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2019/10-15-2019-r41328/tplink_archer-c7-v2/