Strange request, i need to destroy the performance of a wireless router... - Page 2

iCraig · 07-04-2009, 16:08

Replace the antenna with a breadstick.

LeperousDust · 07-04-2009, 16:35

Great ideas guys i will see what i can do soon, off to work to "train" now. Daz essentially make their wireless activity living hell, dropping connection, poor tranfer so they can't watch iplayer or youtube, just generally spaff it up. I mean it is useless now but not enough for them to warrant spending £6 each, so i need to make it so...

divine · 07-04-2009, 17:08

£6 each?

Give them a slap for being such cheap ****s

AboveTheSalt · 07-04-2009, 18:34

Beer is ALWAYS the answer

Tip a glass over the router.

Kreeeee · 07-04-2009, 18:41

My old WRT54G and brand new WRT54G on stock, tomato and ddwrt firmware all freeze after a few days use

Mark · 07-04-2009, 18:43

My old WRT54GS runs for months on Sveasoft Talisman. Haven't tried any of the others. Newer models may have been braindamaged sadly.

Kreeeee · 07-04-2009, 19:02

One's an ancient WRT54G v1.1, the other is a newest revision WRT54GL

Joe 90 · 07-04-2009, 19:36

on a side note i just have to say...

my 54G is the best router I've ever had and i can't think of any way to make it better. (maybe more regular DD-WRT updates)

its perfect... sits on my network and lets me do everything my ISP don't want. they try to limit the number of devices i can connect... and i just clone MAC addresses through the one connection \o/ whoo. DD-WRT-FTW.

AboveTheSalt · 08-04-2009, 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by |Show|

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my 54G is the best router I've ever had and i can't think of any way to make it better. (maybe more regular DD-WRT updates)
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Can you elaborate on the benefits and say which build of DD-WRT you are using please? I have a spare WRT54G v1.1 router and would like to use it to "experiment" with WiFi.

Ta

Joe 90 · 08-04-2009, 19:40

yeah sure...

i'm using DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/22/08) std (SVN revision 10564)

Now I didn't actually ever use the router with it's default firmware so can't make any comparisons but the reasons i love it would be (and not to say these are exclusive to DD-WRT)
- its solid as a rock, stays connected all the time, no issues. (with scheduled weekly reboot)
- it can do far more than i'm likely to ever need it to. I don't even truly understand all features.
- it allows me to run all my devices through both it's wireless and wired connections under the same mac address so that i don't have any access problems on my authenticated connection to my ISP.
- its nice and secure, LAN and WAN both working very nicely.
- it logs all sorts. shows me nice real-time graphs for bandwidth of the LAN & WAN and also shows me a bar chart of traffic month by month.

i could keep going. basically i love it.

07-04-2009, 16:08	#11
iCraig iCustom User Title Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,250	Replace the antenna with a breadstick. __________________

07-04-2009, 16:35	#12
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Great ideas guys i will see what i can do soon, off to work to "train" now. Daz essentially make their wireless activity living hell, dropping connection, poor tranfer so they can't watch iplayer or youtube, just generally spaff it up. I mean it is useless now but not enough for them to warrant spending £6 each, so i need to make it so... __________________

07-04-2009, 17:08	#13
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	£6 each? Give them a slap for being such cheap ****s __________________

07-04-2009, 18:41	#15
Kreeeee Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 278	My old WRT54G and brand new WRT54G on stock, tomato and ddwrt firmware all freeze after a few days use __________________

07-04-2009, 19:02	#17
Kreeeee Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 278	One's an ancient WRT54G v1.1, the other is a newest revision WRT54GL __________________

07-04-2009, 18:43	#16
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	My old WRT54GS runs for months on Sveasoft Talisman. Haven't tried any of the others. Newer models may have been braindamaged sadly.

07-04-2009, 19:36	#18
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	on a side note i just have to say... my 54G is the best router I've ever had and i can't think of any way to make it better. (maybe more regular DD-WRT updates) its perfect... sits on my network and lets me do everything my ISP don't want. they try to limit the number of devices i can connect... and i just clone MAC addresses through the one connection \o/ whoo. DD-WRT-FTW. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

08-04-2009, 19:40	#20
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	yeah sure... i'm using DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/22/08) std (SVN revision 10564) Now I didn't actually ever use the router with it's default firmware so can't make any comparisons but the reasons i love it would be (and not to say these are exclusive to DD-WRT) - its solid as a rock, stays connected all the time, no issues. (with scheduled weekly reboot) - it can do far more than i'm likely to ever need it to. I don't even truly understand all features. - it allows me to run all my devices through both it's wireless and wired connections under the same mac address so that i don't have any access problems on my authenticated connection to my ISP. - its nice and secure, LAN and WAN both working very nicely. - it logs all sorts. shows me nice real-time graphs for bandwidth of the LAN & WAN and also shows me a bar chart of traffic month by month. i could keep going. basically i love it. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter