Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 19:47 Post subject: Why is there no warning about the Archer C7 V5?
So I checked the DD-WRT website for an idea of which router I should buy to install DD-WRT. The Wiki recommended the Archer C7 and the support database says rev 2, 3, and 4 are supported. It doesn't mention any other revisions! Great, I'll buy an Archer C7, I think.
So now I've paid the money and I go to the page for the Archer C7 and... "V5 is not and probably will never be supported." And I have a V5. Thank you soooo much, I am now out of pocket and I can't install DD-WRT.
Your wiki should have a big warning about the V5 and the support database should have rev 5 NOT SUPPORTED.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 20:03 Post subject:
what the old man said, rushing or reading pays off ???
patience and reading always pays off...
now you checked it and bought it ?? and its not supported !!!
Did you read about it before you buy it or after... because one is definition of stupid... _________________ 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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Welcome to dd-wrt.
This is a WIP forum. Always "Work in Progress".
In spite of being here for some time ... and doing necessary reading ... I too had landed up in similar situation with my R6400v2. The "officially" recommended build killed the 5 GHz SSID, and trying to get back to stock almost killed my router.
This is where a "choice" comes up.
I chose to understand how to de-brick my router from semi-bricked condition ... result I learned things I never knew
I was not the only one with this predicament. We formed a group and some of us donated to buy a router and send it to Kong ... result: we had a solution about a month after I bought my router.
* You could return your router (v5) and get a different one.
* You can form a community of similar people and see what can be done together. Maybe put in a request to the devs to work on your router and help you out.
* For sure, demanding why you were not informed in advance is not going to do anyone any good. dd-wrt is not a product that was advertised and sold to us. Also, this is not a service center or a grievance cell.
... and if you find yourself all alone and there is no other V5 user to form a group with - Alozaros has already posted his comment above mine. _________________ PROFESSIONAL STUDENT my.Mistakes ∝ my.Learning ... provided I have the patience & persistence to learn
Tplink are quite annoying with their versioning of hardware. They often use completely different chips in different versions. Later versions often seem worse than earlier ones... Makes getting a model from them quite hard.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 23:43 Post subject: Re: Why is there no warning about the Archer C7 V5?
jez9999 wrote:
So I checked the DD-WRT website for an idea of which router I should buy to install DD-WRT. The Wiki recommended the Archer C7 and the support database says rev 2, 3, and 4 are supported. It doesn't mention any other revisions! Great, I'll buy an Archer C7, I think.
So now I've paid the money and I go to the page for the Archer C7 and... "V5 is not and probably will never be supported." And I have a V5. Thank you soooo much, I am now out of pocket and I can't install DD-WRT.
Your wiki should have a big warning about the V5 and the support database should have rev 5 NOT SUPPORTED.
The archer C7 rev 2, 3 and for are supported, meaning any other version are not.
Must the support database tell which versions are not supported when it already tells you which are. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
