| John Kreno on 2 Feb 2011 11:11:58 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] dd-wrt router recommendation |
I also own this unit. It's a very good performer. -John On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Morgan Jones <morgan@morganjones.org> wrote: > > (I'm re-sending my prior email below with less marginal English: apologies, I shouldn't write emails on the way out the door in the morning). > > It may also interest the list that the WHR-HP-G300N is available as a refurb for $35.. The difference seems to be that the WHR-HP-G300N broadcasts on 2 different frequencies and is thus true 802.11n: > http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=70212&sid=60e5d630ed0e0a5068d0842059dd4861 > > It also seems you can double the speed of the WHR-HP-GN by enabling N-only wireless: > http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Wireless/only-getting-65mbps-with-WHR-HP-GN/td-p/47280/page/2 > > -morgan > > >> We recently discussed this router: >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833162042 >> >> I just bought 2 as possible replacements for my aging G Linksys infrastructure. It is in fact just a refurbished whr-hp-gn. They shipped with Buffalo branded DD-WRT. The firmware is a little old but up-to-date dd-wrt firmware loads with no problem. >> >> I had to look around a bit and eventually found a file downloads link on the whr-G300N wiki page: >> http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WHR-G300N_V2 >> >> The net-net is you need to download whr-hp-gn-firmware-MULTI.bin >> from here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/down.php?path=downloads%2Fothers%2Feko%2FBrainSlayer-V24-preSP2%2F12-24-10-r15962%2Fbuffalo_whr_hp_gn/ >> >> That's hard to beat for $20+shipping. Enjoy. >> >> -morgan > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- John Kreno "Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug