Wireless Router terms/benefits. Explain please.

[StealthKill 10+ year member]

Can you help me out there?

If they find a bug/glitch in the software being used to run the router they will patch it then release new firmware, you download the firmware, flash the router, and its updated with the new patch for that bug/glitch.

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

i also heared that them hackerz can get you computer if using the wiredless.

eh, wireless or wired hackers can get through anything if they really want to.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

If they find a bug/glitch in the software being used to run the router they will patch it then release new firmware, you download the firmware, flash the router, and its updated with the new patch for that bug/glitch.

I know that's common. But it seems there are firmware upgrades (by 3rd parties) that are added for no reason other than to excel performance. It has nothing to do with bugs or glitches in these cases.

I've already ordered the router. I'll look elsewhere for help. Thanks though.

 

[StealthKill 10+ year member]

I know that's common. But it seems there are firmware upgrades (by 3rd parties) that are added for no reason other than to excel performance. It has nothing to do with bugs or glitches in these cases.
I've already ordered the router. I'll look elsewhere for help. Thanks though.

Fixing a bug/glitch doesn't increase performance?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

O well, have fun with it.

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

You managed to find reviews.....

yet couldn't google.... "HyperWRT"??

First link you get after googling http://www.hyperwrt.org/

HyperWRT is a power boost firmware for the Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS router. The goal of this project is to add a limited set of features to the last Linksys firmware, extending its possibilities but staying close to the official firmware.

HyperWRT is based on Linksys 3.03.6 firmware for the WRT54G and Linksys 3.37.6 firmware for the WRT54GS.

HyperWRT will work on these hardware versions :
WRT54G : V1, V1.1, V2, V2.2, V3
WRT54GS : V1, V1.1, V2

HyperWRT has these added features :

   * Adjustable Transmit Power & Antenna Select
   * 13 Wireless Channels
   * 'Boot Wait' flash protection
   * Increased Port Forwarding & Triggering Fields
   * Increased Qos Device & Application Fields
   * Increased Access Restrictions Policies & Blocked Services Fields
   * Command Shell
   * Telnet Daemon
   * Startup & Firewall Scripts
   * Uptime
   * ...

It's basically a hacked up version of the firmware giving it additional features...

DD-WRT, similar...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT

All the newer routers i've used are all firmware updateable....

Firmware is basically the instructions or how-to manual that your router operates on....

Regardless what's router you get, your still limited by everything on the outside world...

I've used that router and it's fine. If you don't know what some of these terms are, yet alone how to go about finding out what they are..... your prob not going to really need to mess with them... and if you wanted to, i'm sure you'd have more drive and googlesense to find out..

 

[StealthKill 10+ year member]

You managed to find reviews.....
yet couldn't google.... "HyperWRT"??

First link you get after googling http://www.hyperwrt.org/

HyperWRT is a power boost firmware for the Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS router. The goal of this project is to add a limited set of features to the last Linksys firmware, extending its possibilities but staying close to the official firmware.

HyperWRT is based on Linksys 3.03.6 firmware for the WRT54G and Linksys 3.37.6 firmware for the WRT54GS.

HyperWRT will work on these hardware versions :
WRT54G : V1, V1.1, V2, V2.2, V3
WRT54GS : V1, V1.1, V2

HyperWRT has these added features :

   * Adjustable Transmit Power & Antenna Select
   * 13 Wireless Channels
   * 'Boot Wait' flash protection
   * Increased Port Forwarding & Triggering Fields
   * Increased Qos Device & Application Fields
   * Increased Access Restrictions Policies & Blocked Services Fields
   * Command Shell
   * Telnet Daemon
   * Startup & Firewall Scripts
   * Uptime
   * ...

It's basically a hacked up version of the firmware giving it additional features...

DD-WRT, similar...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT

All the newer routers i've used are all firmware updateable....

Firmware is basically the instructions or how-to manual that your router operates on....

Regardless what's router you get, your still limited by everything on the outside world...

I've used that router and it's fine. If you don't know what some of these terms are, yet alone how to go about finding out what they are..... your prob not going to really need to mess with them... and if you wanted to, i'm sure you'd have more drive and googlesense to find out..

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[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

i dont know if its been stated

but i have linksys WRT54G which is a somewhat cheap router, and you can flash it to increase its range by ALOT, so it works just as good as the very expensive ones ... just make sure to password the network so your neighbors dont get funny ideas

well ya its in the post right above mine ... i dident bother to read the thread

 

[nosaj070 10+ year member]

If you are planning on doing any large file sharing (Bittorrent comes to mind) you are going to want to flash the firmware with a 3rd party's. I had two linksys routers and they would crap out within a couple hours of some relatively serious file transfers. Then i stumbled across dd-wrt, and flashed my router with it. It hasn't crashed once since the flash, (It has been 11 months), I now get signal significantly farther after boosting the transmit power, and it is hella lot easier to work with IMO. Flashing it is essentially risk free, and very simple, all you have to do is d/l the correct file, log onto your firmware with a wired connection, go to upgrade firmware, and viola, you are set.