Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 15:12 Post subject: R7000 replacement
Good day
Some advice please.
I apologize if I'm repeating issues previously discussed, but as a novice, I couldn't find answers to my questions.
As a novice, after becoming thoroughly familiar with DD-WRT, I was about to flash my NETGEAR R7000 when it was struck by lightning and now seems to partially.
Noticing that the R7000 had a Broadcom chip, and since Broadcom-based devices are commonly used in DD-WRT projects, I mistakenly assumed that all Netgear routers are supported by DD-WRT.
Now, I realize that DD-WRT only supports specific Broadcom chipsets, which adds to my confusion:
If the NETGEAR Nighthawk R7000 router features a dual-core Broadcom BCM4708A chipset and the NETGEAR Nighthawk RAX43 router also uses the Broadcom BCM43684KRFBG chipset, then why is only the R7000 compatible with DD-WRT? Ae all Baodcom kenels different?
I understand from my research that the Netgear RAX120 router is undergoing research and development for OpenWrt support.
Will the RAX43 ever become compatible with DD-WRT, as it seems to share features with the RAX120?
Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 783 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 19:26 Post subject:
There are plenty of 802.11ac Atheros based Netgear routers supported by DD-WRT. Personally I've been using the R7800s, as they're fast enough (AC2700 class) to support my internet connection and relatively easy to find (and inexpensive) used on eBay. The R9000 and XR500 are also good routers and well supported by DD-WRT. _________________ __________________________
Netgear R7800
DD-WRT v3.0 STD
Linksys WRT1900AC
DD-WRT v3.0 STD
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 6447 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 22:59 Post subject:
R7800 / XR 500 the same...SoC almost same specs.. I vote for R7800 as i have good experience with it..
R8900 / R9000 and XR 700 almost the same...practically the same... excellent unbeatable CPU performance..sadly those have a heat issue and for a good heavy use, those may need a cooling mods...
as well the complex vlan setup, that comes with those...dual switches on those...
If Dynalink AX3600 (DL-WRX36) or Askey RT5010W gets DDWRT support soon, than that would be the next suggestion...OpenWRT has a support already for it... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55630 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55723 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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