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.
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?
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.
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.