From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 05:14:50 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 4D669106564A for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:14:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8F0C8FC15 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:14:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so3252493bwz.13 for ; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:14:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=9nI4BlS8VCG40ogRQi88bltp2SEZLMOk6+BieNtoBao=; b=XqyCIeE8IPYNohlohUJvATLJ8esNzXCQ4/MN4F2g74h1HVCXSpWv5etdEqau/D3Wgt h+QIBerlp1mf33EkU2Thd183xDdssCs5iDtT1bo12F55Rx7bFeqDI+fhzu3ttTuJ36iu rj8Kmj5pby58jmP14CBGkG6+iqmSRUozSzo1A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=vxMzZIfgRiTGjwwoc1NBru5idh+S2zF697tR0j8FjoZ+1B1iPadrBoMOlknMTg8mYj 4rxexLX8H2rTp5+/8oW91wD4sThbS4hUTC0gItC1Oh4xUjFZHU+L1ECBIVJK+llvJWo9 wPc8ae5JEIfAkFd6Z6E4mQytmLXI9XW37pWLI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.22.17 with SMTP id l17mr1530603bkb.193.1302239688511; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:14:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.100.132 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 22:14:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 00:14:48 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Carmel Subject: 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 05:14:50 -0000 On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Carmel 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