[josteink]

Latest version of OpenWRT (19) runs noticeably better on this device, with better HW offloading support and based on a nearly mainline, modern Linux kernel and a brand new device-tree for the Atheros SoC.

What reasons do you have to stay on dd-wrt?

[leeoniya]

> What reasons do you have to stay on dd-wrt?

mostly that i've used it before. can i gui-flash to openwrt from dd-wrt? i've done tftp flashes before but they're pretty fiddly with getting the stupid 30-30-30 or whatever timing right. also i think these routers try to "pull" from a tftp server rather than having you push to one that they bootstrap - i've never been able to get the "pull" variant to work.

would be hell of a lot easier if the router could be booted into something like android's (arm's?) fastboot or flashmode mode so i can just push an image.

[SpikedCola]

Going from dd-wrt to openwrt should be as simple as a firmware flash from the web gui, and an nvram reset. Worst case, you can flash a "revert to stock" image from ddwrt to go back to factory, then flash openwrt as if the device was factory.

Openwrt also has a handy failsafe built into a lot of models. It boots a stripped down http server where you can upload recovery firmware.

Used to swear by dd-wrt, now I prefer openwrt.

[josteink]

Flashing the OpenWRT “factory” (as opposed to sysupgrade) image in the web UI should probably work fine, but don’t quote me on it.

That’s how I flashed from stock to OpenWRT on 3+ Archer units anyway. Make sure not to keep settings.