[tathagata]

You can use that dd-wrt firmware. However you can always revert back to stock firmware using DD-WRT's web UI. If somehow the board is bricked (till now I didn't find any such issue) then you can upgrade stock firmware using serial console setup.

[setiamon]

thanks for responding.never used serial console method.that involves opening up the router physically doesn't it.well it seems like its pretty safe for flashing with the firmware so i'm just going to jump at it.


But i have to ask everyone,you especially since you made it.

What should i set the TX power to for enhanced range/stability?

[tathagata]

Are you getting low signal strength?

[setiamon]

yes actually if anyone could help me on this

for this netgear what should i set for best range (upstairs)


Sorry i should of just been direct from the start

[setiamon]

ok set it up.

Signal strength is WEAKER then on stock! tried shifting between 1/6/11 channels and still weaker!

I can't believe this.I just uped my tx power from 71 default to 100 and still signal strength is only 20%

Whats going on here? am i mising something?

[tathagata]

[setiamon]

2.4

I returned tx power back to default as it seemed to make quality even worse.

So yeah it seems like i get a lot worse quality with dd-wrt I switched all the channels looking or better.

I am going to revert back to stock as it seemed to be better then dd-wrt for some reason.

Unless there is something i'm missing?

[setiamon]

Ok back on stock.

So here is the deal.stock i get 3/4 bars "good" most of the time.

this DD-WRT i get 2 bars "Fair" most of the time and even 1 BAR ! switching channels didn't help.nor did increasing TX power.

So i don't know what it is but I hope this isn't typical DD-WRT experience.ALL the reviews i had on it made it seem like i would get better signal strength but that certainly wasn't the case.

[haxnoob]

I have been out of the loop due to holiday stuff going on. Looks like a 3rd party builder did a K26 build for this router? Sweet!
I was able to get an openwrt build I made working, though I had no network whatsoever. Also, the jffs trickery screwed up my ability to tftp flash back to stock. Luckily someone posted a full dump of the flash chip and I was able to unbrick.

There seems to be some areas of the flash that shouldn't be messed with

Be careful with this one if you're thinking about flashing anything other than stock to it! The only way to do the standard netgear tftpd restore is via serial console. I don't have a wiggler nor any PC with a parallel port so I have no idea if this router works with tjtag. SOIC clips didn't work me. Desoldering the flash chip was needed.

[setiamon]

I experienced degraded performance with the DD-WRT I would like your or others sharing your experience with it.

[haxnoob]

[setiamon]

I got 22% signal strength with dd-wrt.
On stock i get 3 and sometimes 4 bars.

So i take it this isn't normal for DD-WRT and that there is some kind of bug involved here?

All and all I don't see what options dd-wrt offered that stock didn't.I only installed it thinking i would increase signal strength

[Dslim]

is there an openvpn on it?

[jpml7]

Hello guys. Is anyone running a print server with this router? Could you help me set it up.

I've been trying the print server wiki and https://sites.google.com/site/wl520gu/.

[tathagata]

I have prepared firmware for WNDR3400v2.

New features:

rflow
ntfs-3g
epi_ttcp
NAT loopback
inotify
OpenVPN (not tested)

Fixed issues:

Router rename
Duplicate MAC address of network interfaces of two same router
Mount multiple partitions with different filesystems
Wireless performance


I would like to test this firmware. So if anybody is interested then provide me your email address.