Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 13049 Location: Behind The Reset Button
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 19:22 Post subject: Replacement for E3000
I've been away for a while.. Moved on to data recovery on hard drives (as a hobby)so I am no where near as active on this forum as I used to be..
Anyway.. I am posting in the Broadcom forum because that is what I know..
I have 2 (two) E3000's that I need to replace.
One E3000 is used as a dual access point (2.4 & 5ghz), and the other is a client bridge (and sort of a repeater).
The E3000 client bridge connects to the 5ghz E3000 access point radio, the wired ports are connected to home theater stuff (smart TV, BD player, Roku, Xbox..) and the 2.4 ghz radio is used as another access point..
Sooooo.. the problem is the same as my other E3000's I scrapped last year. Out of nowhere, they crash and I need to manual reboot them.
The ones in service now have run for over a year with no problems.. Now, they crash & need a power cycle to get going again every few days (or less).
I am sure that the caps need replacing. I do not care to do it.
I would rather purchase two new dual band routers.. dd-wrt compatible and set them up as the E3000's I have in service. (one dual access point, one client bridge that gets it's 5ghz signal from the dual access point, and is an access point on the 2.4ghz radio..
I am hesitant to buy used E3000's (or 610 V2's) cuz anything available is old and I will have the same problem in a short time.
Anyone have suggestions on any new, dual band, reasonably priced, dd-wrt compatible routers? _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 13049 Location: Behind The Reset Button
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 20:08 Post subject:
egc wrote:
It has a total speed of 1750 Mb 1300 on 5GHz and 450 on 2.4 GHz. So yes you could say AC 1750.
When I checked.. It seems that the R6400 is also noted as an AC1750..
I get the AC part.. But when shopping (window shopping ~ Windows (no pun intended)), not many ads for the R6400.. Most state AC1750..
FYI.. I am not bound to Broadcom.. I just posted here in the Broadcom forum cuz that is what I know.
I used to be very active.. I would fix bricked user routers for free (cuz it was fun), minus shipping charges, help the dev's with testing (Eko), buy and send routers to the devs, etc.
Anyway.. Thanks for the input.. Lets see if there are any other suggestions..
This (these) will not be my main router / gateway. I do not need QOS, VPN, access restrictions, DDNS, etc.. Just need reliable radios..
You would fall off your chair if I were to tell you what my main router / gateway is (and everything works!)
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 21:04 Post subject: Re: Replacement for E3000
barryware wrote:
I've been away for a while.. Moved on to data recovery on hard drives (as a hobby)so I am no where near as active on this forum as I used to be..
Anyway.. I am posting in the Broadcom forum because that is what I know..
I have 2 (two) E3000's that I need to replace.
One E3000 is used as a dual access point (2.4 & 5ghz), and the other is a client bridge (and sort of a repeater).
The E3000 client bridge connects to the 5ghz E3000 access point radio, the wired ports are connected to home theater stuff (smart TV, BD player, Roku, Xbox..) and the 2.4 ghz radio is used as another access point..
Sooooo.. the problem is the same as my other E3000's I scrapped last year. Out of nowhere, they crash and I need to manual reboot them.
The ones in service now have run for over a year with no problems.. Now, they crash & need a power cycle to get going again every few days (or less).
I am sure that the caps need replacing. I do not care to do it.
I would rather purchase two new dual band routers.. dd-wrt compatible and set them up as the E3000's I have in service. (one dual access point, one client bridge that gets it's 5ghz signal from the dual access point, and is an access point on the 2.4ghz radio..
I am hesitant to buy used E3000's (or 610 V2's) cuz anything available is old and I will have the same problem in a short time.
Anyone have suggestions on any new, dual band, reasonably priced, dd-wrt compatible routers?
Client / repeater bridge doesn’t seem to be well supported and BrainSlayer advises using other modes(Client or Repeater, no bridge) so YMMV with ARM and newer builds.
I would say check in Atheros forum if WDS is working fine on new routers and you might go that route.
My recommendation for ARM if you want to expirement and dont want to spend much will be R6300v2, excellent specs, have two that are running great at different places, around $30 used now.
First off...there is no need to explain who you are or your background...
You are a living legion here as far as I'm concerned....good to see you back, even if only for a bit
Thank You for all that you have contributed
While I'm not going to dispute @nolimitz in any way
I just feel it should be put out there that these R6300v2's while stable & quite capable, especially for the price..
They tend to run on the warmer side, least when compared to similar hardware built with better components.
I have had three referbed units in service for quite a few years now.
Two serving a Gateways & one as an AP
While each resides in uniquely different surrounding enviroments..
They all run in the low to mid 70's°C (the CPU) all year round
I haven't needed to open one up...yet..but I suspect a hunk of iron or the lack of a heatsink (that was sarcasm before I get jumped on)
As similar units with same processor appears to run at least 10° cooler
I have not had any issues...yet..just putting it out there _________________ Location 1
R7800- DD-WRT v3.0-r53562 (10/03/23) Gateway
WNDR3400v1 DD-WRT v3.0-r35531_mega-nv64k (03/26/18 ) Access Point
WRT160Nv3 DD-WRT ?v3?.0-r35531 mini (03/26/18 ) Access Point
WRT54GSv5 DD-WRT v24-r33555_micro_generic (10/20/17) Repeater
Location 2
R7800- DD-WRT v3.0-r51855 (02/25/23) Gateway
R6300v2- DD-WRT v3.0-r50671 (10-26-22) Access Point
WNDR3700v2 DD-WRT v3.0-r35531 std (03/26/18 ) Access Point
E1200 v2 DD-WRT v3.0-r35531 mega-nv64k (03/26/18 ) Gateway(for trivial reasons)
RBWAPG-5HACT2HND-BE RouterOS-v6.46.4 (2/21/20) Outdoor Access Point
2x RBSXTG-5HPACD RouterOS-v6.46.4 (2/21/20) PTP Bridge 866.6Mbps-1GbpsLAN
Location 3
2x R7000- DD-WRT v3.0-r50671 (10/26/22) Access Points
2x RBWAPG-60AD RouterOS-v6.45.9 (04/30/20) PTP Bridge 2.3Gbps-1GbpsLAN
2x RBSXTsqG-5acD RouterOS-v6.49.7 (10/14/22) PTP Bridge 866.6Mbps-1GbpsLAN Thank You BrainSlayer for ALL that you do & have done, also to "most" everyone here that shares their knowledge
The rt-ac68 variants barryware. I’ve picked some used around me for less than $50. Got one once for $20. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
I recently upgraded E3000 with refurbished EA6500v2 (ie EA6700) that I found on sale/clearance and so far it seems to be a great upgrade (apart from having to flash the custom CFE due to the 32k NVRAM bug). Similar reason for upgrade, started having issues with the E3000 rebooting itself randomly (at one point it even started to randomly get stuck on boot). Having said that, it seems for whatever reason the flash got messed up as after 30/30/30, reflashing, 30/30/30 it seems stable once again so that might be worth a shot. I also suspected bad caps or the power supply but caps seemed (visually) normal after opening the router and using another power supply didn't make a difference either (in my case but might be worth a shot).
Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 11563 Location: Wherever the wind blows- North America
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 14:28 Post subject:
Hey Barry...been a long time.
I replaced my E3000s with Netgear 6300v2 units. Run at 800MHz and can be found used on Ebay for about $20. For that price get 3-4 or them...and if one dies...you have spares.
Supported by both BS and Kong. Mine run great as Repeaters too. (Repeater/VAP, AP)
redhawk _________________ The only stupid question....is the unasked one.
Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 13049 Location: Behind The Reset Button
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 14:37 Post subject:
redhawk0 wrote:
Hey Barry...been a long time.
I replaced my E3000s with Netgear 6300v2 units. Run at 800MHz and can be found used on Ebay for about $20. For that price get 3-4 or them...and if one dies...you have spares.
Supported by both BS and Kong. Mine run great as Repeaters too. (Repeater/VAP, AP)
redhawk
Hey Red.. Indeed.. Been a long time.
Thanks for the input.. I'll have to do a forum search to see if there is anything special about getting dd-wrt (or Kong) on them.
As said.. One will be just a dual access point. The other will be a client bridge getting it signal for the 5ghz access point and the 2.4ghz radio on the client bridge will be another access point.
I have shopped for E3000's but being used.. You never know if they will take a crap again in a short time. _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 6410 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 15:09 Post subject:
odd no one mentioned Netgear R7000... still does the job and has a touch better specs than R6400 R6300 and has a very decent price even second hand its a rock solid unit with a lots of life in it... i'm just saying...it... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 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 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 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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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 13049 Location: Behind The Reset Button
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 15:32 Post subject:
Alozaros wrote:
odd no one mentioned Netgear R7000... still does the job and has a touch better specs than R6400 R6300 and has a very decent price even second hand its a rock solid unit with a lots of life in it... i'm just saying...it...
Thanks for the input..
I have not decided on what to get but a little shopping for the R7000 seems to be more than I want to spend (I need 2)
These devices are not going to be my main router / gateway which the firewall, QOS, VPN, DDNS, etc. will be needed. I have explained how they will be used in my setup. _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
The one with a blue band on bottom is a Charter Cable version....the factory firmware is neutered..but does not matter with dd-wrt...obviously
You can somewhat easily change the board ID to make it a normal variety....or use @<Kong> supplied chk file with CH in it to initially install dd-wrt _________________ Location 1
R7800- DD-WRT v3.0-r53562 (10/03/23) Gateway
WNDR3400v1 DD-WRT v3.0-r35531_mega-nv64k (03/26/18 ) Access Point
WRT160Nv3 DD-WRT ?v3?.0-r35531 mini (03/26/18 ) Access Point
WRT54GSv5 DD-WRT v24-r33555_micro_generic (10/20/17) Repeater
Location 2
R7800- DD-WRT v3.0-r51855 (02/25/23) Gateway
R6300v2- DD-WRT v3.0-r50671 (10-26-22) Access Point
WNDR3700v2 DD-WRT v3.0-r35531 std (03/26/18 ) Access Point
E1200 v2 DD-WRT v3.0-r35531 mega-nv64k (03/26/18 ) Gateway(for trivial reasons)
RBWAPG-5HACT2HND-BE RouterOS-v6.46.4 (2/21/20) Outdoor Access Point
2x RBSXTG-5HPACD RouterOS-v6.46.4 (2/21/20) PTP Bridge 866.6Mbps-1GbpsLAN
Location 3
2x R7000- DD-WRT v3.0-r50671 (10/26/22) Access Points
2x RBWAPG-60AD RouterOS-v6.45.9 (04/30/20) PTP Bridge 2.3Gbps-1GbpsLAN
2x RBSXTsqG-5acD RouterOS-v6.49.7 (10/14/22) PTP Bridge 866.6Mbps-1GbpsLAN Thank You BrainSlayer for ALL that you do & have done, also to "most" everyone here that shares their knowledge