Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 20:50 Post subject: dd-wrt on rt-n16
I have an old rt-n16 that has Tomato RAF 1.28 on it.
I'd like to flash to dd-wrt and use either ‘Repeater’ or ‘Repeater Bridge’ feature.
It is safe to just use the tomato GUI to flash the latest dd-wrt firmware?
from the download page, this is the latest
DD-WRT: Factory flash dd-wrt.v24-40559_NEWD-2_K3.x-big-RT-N16.trx 2019-08-06 26,77 MB
DD-WRT: Factory flash dd-wrt.v24-40559_NEWD-2_K3.x_mega_RT-N16.trx 2019-08-06 7,40 MB
DD-WRT: Factory flash dd-wrt.v24-40559_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_RT-N16.trx 2019-08-06 3,43 MB
I don't need anything else just use it as a repeater or repeater bridge, stable is important, which one do you recommend I use? (old version is fine if it is more stable).
Thanks for the info. After some search and reading, I found the installation wiki.
Based this wiki https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Asus_RT-N16, there are two guides, one is install from factory firmware and the other is upgrading dd-wrt. In my case, I have tomato RAF on it already, which guide should I follow?
yes I did. I will be checking if that supports wireless repeater mode easily. from what I know tomato RAF 1.28 doesn't seem to work with wireless repeater mode (no cable, not changing the primary router).
that's similar to tomato, need config on both routers.
my primary router is AC1900 from tmobile, flashed asus merlin.
I think maybe I will revert rt-n16 to stock firmware first.
If you go into Recovery Mode, you can flash DD from there, and reset nvram. The wiki seems to have some question as to the access method on that router, so if you verify it, let us know. _________________ #NAT/SFE/CTF: limited speed w/ DD#Repeater issues#DD-WRT info: FAQ, Builds, Types, Modes, Changes, Demo#
x64 OPNsense 20.7.6|FT2020.6: EA6900v1.1@1GHz, F7D8302@532|DD 45036: DIR-810L, WNDR4500v2 & 4000@533,
R6300v1, RT-N66U@663, E1500@353, WRT54G{Lv1.1,Sv6}@250|OpenWRT 19.7.5: RT-ACRH13, R6220, WNDR3700v4
