What would make someone flash their perfectly fine router with software that’s created from third party sources. How will you know this stuff will be better than what’s already installed stock, or worse what if it bricks your hardware. Well to tell you the truth the software included on most routers are fairly basic standard stuff. In some cases the standard stuff can cause more issues then one would expect. So dont be stuck with this lackluster firmware support where they make updates maybe once a year hoping you will buy their new model instead of fixing the old one. Well dd-wrt is a third party firmware that can be flashed to specific hardware in order to bring additional functionality not initially intended for by the manufacturer. For example bridge/repeater support and additional security measures. This makes your old cheap router into a more expensive networking powerhouse. My initial impressions have me highly impressed. It has so many features It will take me a week to get to them all. It includes a bundle of addons compared to the original linksys software.
Hook your router directly to your computer for this. Do this the same way you would if you had the official firmware. I would recommend not uploading it with wifi, just to be on the safe side. I didnt change anything to dynamic to static I simply left it dynamic.
Ok now in my case I have a Linksys WRT54G v2.2. When attempting this please make sure that you know what model of router you have. It can be a bit confusing navigating there site but the do have a wiki and faq. If you dont have a compatible router I honestly cant say anything good will come of it. Make sure you look at the compatibility list for supported devices . I have attached below a video of the procedure which in my case and model was as easy as an official update.
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