My tests found that the factory firmware allowed only 2045 concurrent sessions, which indicates a 2K (2048) session limit. Some people like to load up DD-WRT because it allows them to increase the number of simultaneous sessions that the router will allow, which is important for online gaming and P2P file sharing. I tried disabing SPI and also the WAN Traffic Counter (ttraff Daemon), but neither improved routing throughput or stability. 82 Mbps WAN to LAN) with data flowing in both directions simultaneously. But I also noticed a high imbalance in WAN to LAN and LAN to WAN speed (29 Mbps LAN to WAN vs. Night and day, eh? I was quite surprised to see unidirectional routing throughput drop by up to 70% and routing stability significantly degrade. But, as you’ll see shortly, this doesn’t necessarily provide improved range or change the throughput vs.

If you want to connect to another wireless network and have wireless clients connect to the router, then you need to use Repeater Bridge mode, which requires WDS on both routers.Īlso useful is the ability to adjust the transmit power beyond the range allowed by the stock firmware (up to 251 mW). Both modes support only wired clients, since the radio is being used to connect to the remote network. Client bridge mode bypasses the routing function, connecting clients directly to the same subnet as the wireless network you’re connecting to. In this mode, clients will be behind the router’s firewall. The handiest feature from a wireless standpoint is the ability to configure the router so that it acts as a wireless client or wireless bridge in addition to the WDS-based bridging / repeating you get in the factory firmware and from many other wireless routers.Ĭlient mode uses the router’s radio as a WAN interface to connect to another wireless network. For the real hardcore tweaker, there is also command line access to the Linux OS at the heart of DD-WRT. That’s a very broad range of features, including modules to add VPN, wireless hotspot, VoIP and additional wireless capabilities. V24_pre_sp2 K24 build features Access Restrictions

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