Forget Atheros! Go to Broadcom and be happy! This is what I did after spend a lot of time trying to config my DIR-825 with DD-WRT to expand my wireless signal.
+1 on that.. I've stopped using dd-wrt ever since I bought my WHR-HP-G300N. It worked terribly, so unfortunately I've reverted back to Buffalo's stock firmware. But dd-wrt used to work really well on my old Broadcom-based WHR-G125.
slybunda: I've thought about going for OpenWRT but it seems that it doesn't come with a user-friendly GUI (too much effort to do everything in command-line) and I'm not sure if it supports my router yet... Any directions that you could point me in?
Even though I'm no longer using dd-wrt I've made a mental note to myself to visit this place on occasion to check if the devs become enlightened and change their position on not supporting the ath9k driver If that happens I will definitely give dd-wrt another spin.
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:49 Post subject:
What is wrong with you people? Broadcom is nothing but problems problems PROBLEMS. I have yet to own or EVEN SEE a modern Broadcom router function properly with DD-WRT. Even simple things like TX/RX rate, site survey etc aren't even working properly in Broadcom.
Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 7401 Location: Little Rock
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:00 Post subject:
I would think from the ever piling of posts like this, that broadcom is pretty well established, pretty much all 3rd party firmware supports its chipset, its also the reason there even is 3rd party firmware, while Atheros is still pretty new into the game, so it will take time for it to mature. _________________ Wireless N Config | Linking Routers | DD-WRT Wiki | DD-WRT Builds | Peacock - Broadcom FAQ
not atheros's fault. its the madwifi driver that has better broadcom support.
You are funny, madwifi is a sole Atheros driver so
you'll have to find new arguments now. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
Its understandable that older broadcom hardware is better supported its been around longer.
Atheros is catching up fast but is going to have issues for a time tell the bugs are ironed out just like it was for the older broadcom units back then.
not atheros's fault. its the madwifi driver that has better broadcom support.
You are funny, madwifi is a sole Atheros driver so
you'll have to find new arguments now.
not according to the mad-wifi project site.
lol
According to madwifi.org:
MadWifi is short for Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity. In other words: it is a Linux kernel device driver for Atheros-based Wireless LAN devices. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
what site did you get that info from? could you give us a link for it please.
slybunda, what happens if you copy the first sentence (Madwifi is short.......) and paste it into a google box and press enter? _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
Joined: 13 Nov 2009 Posts: 247 Location: Morehead,Kentucky
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 13:53 Post subject:
slybunda wrote:
what site did you get that info from? could you give us a link for it please.
MadWifi description
MadWifi is short for Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity.
MadWifi comes from Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity. In other words: this project provides a Linux kernel device driver for Atheros-based Wireless LAN devices.
The driver works such that your WLAN card will appear as a normal network interface in the system. Additionally there is support for the Wireless Extensions API. This allows you to configure the device using common wireless tools (ifconfig, iwconfig and friends).
Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 7401 Location: Little Rock
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:04 Post subject:
Thank you, you provided me once again with a HUGE LOL...
Also i never said Atheros was bad chip, just said its new in the game and will take some time to mature, I actually like their radios and believe they are very powerful, but like everything, it'll take time. _________________ Wireless N Config | Linking Routers | DD-WRT Wiki | DD-WRT Builds | Peacock - Broadcom FAQ