>Try to install DD-WRT on my router
>Working great, this is really quite cool!
>All of a sudden it keeps dropping wireless connections randomly
>Try to investigate by scouring the forums for my router model
>Common issue, known for years
>1000's of """"solutions"""", nothing actually concrete or official
>Devs literally just say "idk dude, just doesn't work i guess"
>Have to flash fucking SHITTY STOCK back
WHY IS FREETARD SOFTWARE SO GARBAGE, EXACTLY?
Works on my machine
Why don't you fix it yourself you fucking idiot. That's what open source software is all about. If you can't you pay for professionals to do the work for you.
>>54199923
How about no.
I've also been using DD-WRT for some time and it was kind of shit. But recently I switched to OpenWRT and it's working pretty great.
>>54199923
>Why can't you just fix firmware issue for a specific device model
You can't either, faggot.
Am I suppose to fix my kernel myself too? In fact, should I just write all my own software instead?
>>54199930
Then pay up.
>>54199941
If you can, why not.
>>54199862
Been running DD-WRT for years, there's absolutely no problem with it whatsoever.
Maybe you shouldn't buy half-ass "supported" devices that barely works.
>>54200039
>Maybe you shouldn't buy half-ass "supported" devices that barely works.
It's a TP-link router.
Just apparently a very common issue with it that's remained unsolved.
>>54199862
>>54199940
This, I tried DD-WRT as well, it's absolute garbage-tier. Webinterface hangs all the time, WiFi is unstable etc.
Use openwrt. See pic related, works like a charm. No WiFi hiccups, no other downtimes, no slowdowns, can use host-files to do adblocking on router-level.
Last restart was only after I upgraded from 14 to 15.
I wouldn't buy a router that doesn't support it again. But then again, seeing how well it works, I don't think I need another router for at least a few years.
>>54200111
Sweet, I'll try that today bro.
>>54200111
What did he mean by this?
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start?dataflt%5BBrand*~%5D=tp-link&dataflt%5BModel*~%5D=TL-WR1043ND
>>54199862
It's obviously YOUR fault for using wireless-fi like a normie.
>>54199862
dd-wrt werks fine on my ancient Gigaset SX763
Does openwrt come with a web interface like ddwrt or is it cli only? Apparently it fixes a long standing bug with my router, so I'm tempted to switch.
>>54200530
yes, see >>54200111
>>54199862
>works great!
>drops connection all the time
FOSS logic guyz
>>54200555
It worked great until that issue.(which seems limited only to my router model)
>>54200541
Which of these fuckers do I download
>>54200581
>obtain.firmware and Latest OpenWrt Release - required image file is "openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-factory.bin" for v1.x routers, "openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v2-squashfs-factory.bin" for v2.x routers. Files can be found in the "ar71xx" directory. You can use the quick links from the table below. If you have "Please choose a file to upgrade" message again and again, filename is probably too long and you have to rename image to for example firmware.bin.
see https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd
There's a lot of shit in that article, I guess you can safely ignore most of it unless you run into trouble, it wasn't that difficult for me anyway
>upload correct image to webinterface and flash it
>set up wan ports and wifi
>pretty much done
>>54200621
Should I factory hard reset it or whatever?
Or just flash from where it is now?
>>54200693
flash it from where it is now
the flash will overwrite anything
>>54200709
ok m8 doing it now. Cya on the otherside(if it works).
>>54199862
You dun goofed. You should have done your research before buying a router that wasn't 100% compatible.
>>54200039
>>54200051
>literally "werks on my machine :^)"
I installed OpenWRT on a router and could never enable wireless.
>>54200709
I am part of the masturd race now.
>>54200744
>You should have done your research before buying a router that wasn't 100% compatible.
I had the router much earlier before though.
And it IS compatible, it's just literally an obscure bug that happened to a lot of people with no fix. Not really mentioned anywhere unless you start searching "[router model] dd-wrt dropping connections".
>>54200845
I do know the feeling. The first router that i put DD-WRT on had very limited space to flash DD-WRT. I could only run a very old version.
If you do upgrade your router down the road, definitely try out DD-WRT. It's pretty amazing when compared to stock. Especially adblocking via hosts
>>54200899
>If you do upgrade your router down the road, definitely try out DD-WRT. It's pretty amazing when compared to stock
I will when I move out soon :^)
for the limited time I did use DD-wrt the panel was a little too confusing for me. I'm not really an expert. OpenWrt so far looks pretty easy to follow.
It begins.jpg
>Authentication problem
>>54201003
never werks.
Kek password's last character was $ instead of a 4.
Sweet this is cool
I-I've never owned a router; what does changing the firmware allow you to do?
Besides adding more options and settings, are there any benefits to installing custom firmware? Any speed improvements?
>cp /usr/src/linux/.config /tmp ; emerge --sync ; emerge DuvN ; cd /usr/src/linux ; cp /tmp/.config . ; make oldconfig ; make ; cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel ; shutdown -hr now
That's all I need to do to keep my Gentoo up to date. Why the fuck doesn't OpenWrt require a complete flash just to update?
>>54201073
>doesn't
Does, even. It's retarded to have to manually update a router.
>>54201047
>Besides adding more options and settings, are there any benefits to installing custom firmware? Any speed improvements?
Much more customization it patches many security flaws on stock(some things are SO FUCKING SHIT INSECURE it's like they literally hired Pajeets to implement them), can change network signal strength, much better options than stock on things like QoS, filtering MACs, etc etc.
>>54199940
>>54200581
>>54200621
>>54200773
>future version is called "designated driver"
you can't make this shit up
this shit is not bad tbqh.
Freetards are lazy faggots
