Bye bye DD-WRT :(
A few months ago I upgraded DD-WRT on my aging WRT54G router to fix a security problem. Ever since then I’ve had terrible problems with the unit hanging and being just generally unreliable. Now, I a pretty crappy version a WRT54G with limited amounts of RAM and flash, but the previous version of DD-WRT had worked like a champ, so clearly there was a regression somewhere in the system.
Today I bought myself a birthday present and upgraded to a WRT610N with all the fixins, including N band support which I will need soon (but I can’t tell you why yet). I considered installing DD-WRT on it, but in the end, I decided it wasn’t worth the effort and the aggravation. The build in firmware on the WRT610N does everything I need it to (port forwarding, firewall, etc, etc) and the only missing feature is the ability to add internal hosts to the DNS, which in the end I don’t really need. In the future, the WRT610N as fun stuff like a USB port for storage and media servers and other useful features.
So see ya later, DD-WRT, it was fun while it lasted, but I’m just looking forward to my network connection staying up for more then 24 hours at a time.
