Not to be TOO specific...
But I currently have a Linksys E3200 I bought in a moment of weakness after an evening of being pissed off at bricking my old WRT610N.
There's nothing *wrong* with it, but I am interested in something that either comes preinstalled with DD-WRT, or is well supported (ie easy to install on) by DD-WRT. I plan on selling the E3200 once I find something to replace it.
My requirements:
-Gigabit
-5 GHz (I have a file server/HTPC; I don't want to be limited to gigabit ethernet)
-$150 or less (I know $150 is high, but I figure I'll get close to that for the E3200)
Those are my only hard and fast requirements. Anything specific I should start looking at?
EDIT: Oh, and don't tell anyone, but we're buying a house and it looks like the only option for wired broadband is Charter. So if there is some sort of combo cable modem/wireless router that meets my requirements, I'm open to it. But I think that may be expecting a little much.
Buffalo has a line of gigabit routers using DD-WRT. I recently picked up this one and so far it's been great.
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Do you need to load DDWRT on that? and i'm assuming you do how tough is it to do?
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No, it comes with DD-WRT. All you do is choose DD-WRT instead of stock firmware during setup.
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YMMV, but I had no trouble setting up the Buffalo router. Pretty much just entered the usual SSID and password and I was done. I also like that the router came with an app on a CD that could find the router and connect to it regardless of its settings, having "lost" routers in the past and having to reset the flash memory before I could find them again. Overall, it's the easiest to work with of any home router I've used, and provides the most options to boot. The only thing I had to deal with that was entirely new to me was disabling WPS, based on the discussion here.
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Thanks for the info, may very well check one out.
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I noticed they have 7 models, with the nh being essentially the middle of the road with good compromise on price/performance, any reason to get the higher tier models?
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