Best performance router compatible with DD-WRT

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Northwings
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 13:04    Post subject: Best performance router compatible with DD-WRT Reply with quote
Hi all, I've been looking at buying a new router to install ddwrt on it. The R7000 seems very good, but is quite expensive. Can anyone suggest a good performance to cost ratio router which is compatible with ddwrt?

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mittelhessen
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 14:43    Post subject: Reply with quote
What do you mean with "good performance"?

- lots of features?
- large wlan-range?
- high wlan-speed?
- high lan-speed?
- ...

What features are necessary?
Northwings
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 15:09    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm mainly looking for high wifi speed, especially for streaming. I presume that would mean dual band. I don't know if I should go for ac or n. I think n would be sufficient?
mittelhessen
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 16:50    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dual-Band would only be necessary if 2,4 GHz-Band in your environment is heavily frequented. 802.11ac only works @ 5 GHz-Band and also needs very actual clients to be compatible with it. I think you would be satisfied with 802.11n. If you'll chose a dual-band router, please take care that it can use both bands simultaneously.

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Northwings
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 16:59    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the information, that'll allow me to narrow down my search criteria.
mittelhessen
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 17:05    Post subject: Reply with quote
You may have a look at:

http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

With this list, you know which devices are compatible with dd-wrt and there's shown which 802.11-standard is supported, how many switch-ports are available and so on. I think there is not only one router which could be recommended because it mainly depends on it's price and it's features.
Northwings
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 17:34    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thant link is a great help, thank you!
mittelhessen
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:30    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think this depends on the architechture (incl. clock frequency) of the SoC and you have to have a look at the individually model. If WAN-LAN speed really i slowed down because of the usage of a SoC, it depends on your WAN-line if it really does take any effect. E. g.: if you have a line of 10 mbit/s or less, performance shouldn't be affected by a SoC.
mittelhessen
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:09    Post subject: Reply with quote
@Northwings: Have you found already some devices which'll match your requirements?
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