Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 00:14:48 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router Message-ID: <BANLkTi=5SSS19hCi85%2BXHTdd-E8i8ZPE2Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP57F7395BA99048CC1F59B193A40@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP822D4E4CF029F1BA9770C993A40@phx.gbl> <BANLkTindDGJ4JxBzgjY434LY%2B15ywU0Maw@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP20121C52B6CB6F4D37FE7ED93A40@phx.gbl> <BANLkTikS6mFSnrJf0xsThg8s7cAhP1VLhw@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTikrEXmYQOK49urePOCe1hzEn33aKA@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP57F7395BA99048CC1F59B193A40@phx.gbl>
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote: > What do you gain by flashing it? I did not see anything specific > mentioned. This would also undoubtedly void any guarantee on the unit > I presume. > Technically yes. However, I have had a failed dd-wrt replaced under warranty. Other people I know have had the same experience and I've never heard a first hand account of a vendor not honoring the warranty due to custom firmware(I'd guess they don't even check on a lot of them since they are more disposable than ink jets now days). I don't know what would happen in your case so please don't interpret this as my personal warranty on your equipment. And yes in general dd-wrt is far superior in functionality to stock firmware(the stock Linksys/Cisco interface and functionality does leave something to be desired) although I suspect stock is sufficient for most uses. I also highly recommend running routers on a decent UPS. Flaky power can cause frequent lock-ups and/or premature death. I'm not aware of any N standard wireless routers that aren't backward compatible with previous standards and I frequent connect my FreeBSD powered G standard laptop to several different N class routers with no issue, albeit at slower speed. -- Adam Vande More
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