Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:49 Post subject: Finally i have decided... R6400!
Based on the advice and different reviews, i have finally bought the Netgeear R6400. Not supporting AC killed the hopes on the Asus RT N66U
I will receive it on monday, so i have a couple of days to learn here from the experts
First question, almost mandatory... Should i flash automatically to DD WRT, or should i give a chance to the default firmware and change to DD WRT after some time?
I have experienced a lot of issues with netgear firmware in my existing router (WNR1000 v3), having to downgrade it ocasionally. Does the same thing happen in this router?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 18:03 Post subject: Re: Finally i have decided... R6400!
javixeneize wrote:
Based on the advice and different reviews, i have finally bought the Netgeear R6400. Not supporting AC killed the hopes on the Asus RT N66U
I will receive it on monday, so i have a couple of days to learn here from the experts
First question, almost mandatory... Should i flash automatically to DD WRT, or should i give a chance to the default firmware and change to DD WRT after some time?
I have experienced a lot of issues with netgear firmware in my existing router (WNR1000 v3), having to downgrade it ocasionally. Does the same thing happen in this router?
Thanks
1- If you need a feature from ddwrt then flash.
2- No problems.
RMerlin is for asus routers, so it doesn't work on this. As to tomato, maybe ask on the tomato forum. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:46 Post subject:
well if i have to be honest since i got my R7000 which is
very similar to R6400 i moved to DD-WRT directly, well i did some checks and play with its stock firmware but as im avid DD-WRT fan i didn't like it and it was not what i was looking for... and well you can get full WAN speed only with stock firmware but the unit is powerful enough to sustain a good WAN speed even with DD-WRT, for me it was not an issue...
I decided to use Kong realises that you can find here:
http://ddwrt-kong.clonevince.fr/ http://www.desipro.de/ddwrt/K3-AC-Arm/
currently i use 30700-2....
The right way to do upgrade is via web interface first reset to default and then use the .CHK file to flash...
There are reports that you can stay on the CHK file and its fully operational, however i re-flashed with BIN file after the first flash with .CHK...
Compare to Tomato DD-WRT has better WI-FI range and more
resent linux kernel 4.4 witch has better net stack and more features... in general...
However Tomato is also preferred among Netgear users but somehow i didn't liked it
Merlin is for Asus units only and its not that stable as far as i know
here are some useful tech tricks for R7000 and i believe they even do apply for R6400 but check and ask first if you are not sure https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=264152 https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=988309 https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=300438 _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55630 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55723 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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