The thing I don't get is why you would want to buy one of these specific ones now. Looking through the OpenWRT Wiki, it seems like it supports newer wifi chips that support newer revisions of the...
The thing I don't get is why you would want to buy one of these specific ones now. Looking through the OpenWRT Wiki, it seems like it supports newer wifi chips that support newer revisions of the standard. - at least up to 802.11ac.
There's still a lot of stuff that'll only connect to a 2.4 GHz b/g/n network. Having b in particular enabled will hurt your speeds hard. I've still got mine in my basement, been thinking about...
There's still a lot of stuff that'll only connect to a 2.4 GHz b/g/n network. Having b in particular enabled will hurt your speeds hard.
I've still got mine in my basement, been thinking about pulling it out of retirement to put all the low-bandwidth smarthome crap on so I can reserve my 2.4 GHz on my main router for higher-bandwidth longer-distance connections.
It really was an incredible device. I got seven years of bulletproof wireless out of a WRT54G using DD-WRT and a foil-wrapped cutout parabolic antenna, even with Florida bunker-style concrete...
It really was an incredible device. I got seven years of bulletproof wireless out of a WRT54G using DD-WRT and a foil-wrapped cutout parabolic antenna, even with Florida bunker-style concrete walls in the house. The only time I ever rebooted it was to update.
The thing I don't get is why you would want to buy one of these specific ones now. Looking through the OpenWRT Wiki, it seems like it supports newer wifi chips that support newer revisions of the standard. - at least up to 802.11ac.
There's still a lot of stuff that'll only connect to a 2.4 GHz b/g/n network. Having b in particular enabled will hurt your speeds hard.
I've still got mine in my basement, been thinking about pulling it out of retirement to put all the low-bandwidth smarthome crap on so I can reserve my 2.4 GHz on my main router for higher-bandwidth longer-distance connections.
It really was an incredible device. I got seven years of bulletproof wireless out of a WRT54G using DD-WRT and a foil-wrapped cutout parabolic antenna, even with Florida bunker-style concrete walls in the house. The only time I ever rebooted it was to update.