wndr3700v2 - Wont accept DD-WRT file

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rwsherrill
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:26    Post subject: dd-wrt works great for me Reply with quote
Just bought a WNDR3700v2 to replace a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH. Holy cow this is a MUCH better router than the buffalo!!

I'm making the switch to N after years of faithful service from my Linksys WRT54G. Just wanted a little boost in wireless speed.

Have a whole load of stuff running through this thing.
1 Wired desktop, 2 wireless N laptops on the 5 GHZ band, two I-phones a Nook (rooted with android), two Nintendo DS's, a Wii, and a 360 slim. All of this is wireless except the main wired PC (contractors refused to make all cat5 outlets hot when building the house).

While the stock firmware was better than most, I had been using dd-wrt for years on my old Linksys and flashed it after a couple of hours of having it up. Since flashing, I have had no dropouts, and the farthest computer away (a desktop with rabbit ears adapter) still gets 180 Mbps.

The laptops vary depending on where they are. I can have only two bars on mine and still be getting 80mbps, on the 5 ghz channel. There are only the two laptops on the 5 ghz channel. If anyone has any suggestions on how to tweak a little more out of the laptops, that would be appreciated.
Oh, and the blue 5 ghz light blinking. Wow its bright!

Thanks!
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bbspills
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 23:33    Post subject: Cannot connect to remote desktop on port 3389 Reply with quote
Port Forward for 3389 for remote desktop is not working. I am however able to setup port forwarding for Wake on lan.

I've loaded both the World and NA firmware and tried from 1.0.0.6 and from 1.0.0.8 with no luck.

I was able to do remote desktop just fine from stock but cannot do wake on lan from stock so now I'm screwed either way.

Any help would be great.
KevTech
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 22:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
Uncensored wrote:
After a hard reset I was able to apply v1 [1.0.7.98] firmware. Odd thing is my router came in the red spined box which is supposed to be v2? Seems getting a v2 is actually a crap shoot. I believed I have a v2 router because the FCC filings for my router ID (#PY308300092) denote the redesign. Also N600 is printed on my box. Either the N600 does not denote v2, my router is mis labled, or my v2 is accepting v1 firmware. The v2 [1.0.0.8] firmware still fails to upload. Is there some other way to confirm/deny which version router I have?


How to tell if you have a v1 or a v2
bbspills
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 13:33    Post subject: OpenWRT Reply with quote
Since I was having issues with my v2, I opted to try OpenWRT for the first time and I have to say it's bad ass.

I was able to set my 5GHZ band from 17dbm to 24dbm and my 2.4GHZ to 27DBM which boosted my singal greatly.

My router is upstairs and I have a desktop downstairs which previously got 2-3 bars on the 5GHZ network, now with OpenWRT I get 4-5 bars and a signal strength of excellent.


Wake on lan and remote desktop work great.

For anyone with a V2 router, I highly recommend OpenWRT.
carillon
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 14:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm currently running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (02/19/11) std - build 16230 on my WNDR3700v2 and I must say I'm frustrated with the performance and signal strength I'm getting compared to the stock firmware.

How difficult was it for you to install and configure OpenWRT? I actually have two v2 routers and need to be able to maintain one as the primary AP with the other as a wireless repeater that accepts wireless and wired connections.

Thanks
Nexworks
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 14:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had major problems with OpenWRT. Could not get port forwarding to work at all regardless of what I did.
dejvid
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 15:38    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's strange. I have one 3700v2 acting as 2.4G client and 5G AP with one wired PC connected to it. Performance is amazing. Using the latest available firmware.

carillon wrote:
I'm currently running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (02/19/11) std - build 16230 on my WNDR3700v2 and I must say I'm frustrated with the performance and signal strength I'm getting compared to the stock firmware.

How difficult was it for you to install and configure OpenWRT? I actually have two v2 routers and need to be able to maintain one as the primary AP with the other as a wireless repeater that accepts wireless and wired connections.

Thanks
bbspills
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 16:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
carillon wrote:
I'm currently running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (02/19/11) std - build 16230 on my WNDR3700v2 and I must say I'm frustrated with the performance and signal strength I'm getting compared to the stock firmware.

How difficult was it for you to install and configure OpenWRT? I actually have two v2 routers and need to be able to maintain one as the primary AP with the other as a wireless repeater that accepts wireless and wired connections.

Thanks



Installing OpenWRT was a breeze. There's a full install page for the router. All you do is TFTP the image and then install Luci which is the Web GUI.

Check out the openwrt wiki page and find the WNDR3700 router page and it has all the info needed
bbspills
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 16:09    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nexworks wrote:
I had major problems with OpenWRT. Could not get port forwarding to work at all regardless of what I did.


V1 or V2?
bbspills
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 16:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nexworks wrote:
I had major problems with OpenWRT. Could not get port forwarding to work at all regardless of what I did.


Did you set the zones to accept from the WAN and LAN?

Otherwise if you just create the port forward rule and don't change the WAN zone it'll still block it.

Here's a pic of my port forward settings in luci
Nexworks
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 17:40    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not exactly sure how mine was configured, as I quickly switched over to DD-WRT and had zero problems, but the router is being returned for a replacement as one of the three switch ports doesnt work at all. Its a v2 router aswell. DD-WRT also supports single line multi link, which I absolutely need to get around throttling by my isp's upstream provider (Bell, bunch of dicks).
carillon
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 18:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
dejvid wrote:
That's strange. I have one 3700v2 acting as 2.4G client and 5G AP with one wired PC connected to it. Performance is amazing. Using the latest available firmware.


So I'm kinda new to this stuff but am willing to learn. Tell me what you mean when you say you have one as a client. Do you mean like a remote wireless bridge? Also, what firmware version are you running? I'd like to install what you are running and then try your settings etc. in the config to see if they work for me.

Thanks!
Kronyx
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 22:54    Post subject: Re: OpenWRT Reply with quote
bbspills wrote:
Since I was having issues with my v2, I opted to try OpenWRT for the first time and I have to say it's bad ass.

I was able to set my 5GHZ band from 17dbm to 24dbm and my 2.4GHZ to 27DBM which boosted my singal greatly.

My router is upstairs and I have a desktop downstairs which previously got 2-3 bars on the 5GHZ network, now with OpenWRT I get 4-5 bars and a signal strength of excellent.


Wake on lan and remote desktop work great.

For anyone with a V2 router, I highly recommend OpenWRT.


Can you explain how did you install OpenWRT, i want to try it, i have read on their web page how to install it but there is soo much documentation that i am lost, and almost all the docs is for users with original firmware.
Uncensored
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 23:30    Post subject: Reply with quote
KevTech wrote:


Thanks I exchanged my v1 for v2. Stock firmware power output is still the same tho IMO. I'm going try DD-WRT image now.

How to tell if you have a v1 or a v2
Uncensored
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
Moved to thread.

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