From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 15:39:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C01106566B for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:39:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from milu@dat.pl) Received: from jab.dat.pl (dat.pl [80.51.155.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE3BC8FC1A for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jab.dat.pl (jsrv.dat.pl [127.0.0.1]) by jab.dat.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 955683E; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:21:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at dat.pl Received: from jab.dat.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by jab.dat.pl (jab.dat.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id w0CTm1WUzea8; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:21:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from snifi.laptop (unknown [212.69.68.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by jab.dat.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B0D393B; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:21:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Maciej Milewski To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:21:42 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.6.1; i386; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201104081721.42823.milu@dat.pl> Cc: Carmel Subject: Re: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:39:32 -0000 =46riday 08 of April 2011 17:05:51 Carmel napisa=B3(a): > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:03:57 +0300 >=20 > Odhiambo Washington articulated: > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 13:55, Carmel wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300 > > >=20 > > > Odhiambo Washington articulated: > > > > It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than > > > > stock firmware. > > >=20 > > > That is like saying "A" is better than "B" without divulging any > > > specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point > > > me to the specific documentation explaining the differences in > > > detail or explain them to me yourself. > >=20 > > I did not know I needed a spoon to feed someone, but anyway, the main > > details are at http://dd-wrt.com/site/content/about > > The finer details are only visible once you look at what you can do > > with factory firmware, then flash your router with dd-wrt and > > compare. FYI, you can always revert to factory firmware if dd-wrt > > does not please you. >=20 > That seems like a lot of work for a potential zero gain. I really don't > see any purpose is taking the time and a perfectly good router out of > commission to just experiment. Based on the simple concept of, "If it > ain't broke, don't fix it", I think I will leave it alone. In some circumstances it's worth. Not everyone needs anything above stock=20 firmware but some funcionalities are really useful. Sometime ago it was tha= t=20 stock firmware has issues with their wireless chipsets and waiting for the= =20 manufacturer update was very long - using alternative firmware helped a lot= =20 that time. Does stock firmware support openvpn client? http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/VPN_%28the_easy_way%29_v24%2B What about hotspot functionality? Does stock firmware support it? http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Chillispot Monthly/daily usage statistics etc. for people who have some limits on the= =20 internet access? I think there could be more things that are useful for som= e=20 people. Maciej