Joined: 01 Dec 2021 Posts: 289 Location: Maryland, United States
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 18:21 Post subject: [SOLVED] R6300 - Netgear Light (GPIO) triggers.
I have the Netgear R5300v1. It has only only light on the front of the device that when turned on shows the word "Netgear". The original Netgear firmware turns this on when it is operating. The dd-wrt.v24-47692_NEWD-2_K3.x_giga-R6300 does not turn this on when operating so I have no indication that the R6300 is on. Other than that the performance is pretty good. Connected to a modem which has a one GB speed from the internet I get about 430Mbs wired and 230Mbs wireless. With the Original Netgear firmware I was getting about 940Mbs wired and 430Mbs wireless.
The main reason I switched was Netgear abandoned security updates for this router several years ago.
Joined: 01 Dec 2021 Posts: 289 Location: Maryland, United States
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:15 Post subject:
Thank you for showing me how to light up the Netgear symbol. I had no idea that DD-WRT so so customizable.
Any suggestions how to get IPv6 to work. My ISP recently switch switched over to vCMTS and DD-WRT does not even recognize the IPv6 from the WAN. The original Netgear firmware does recognize it when I reboot the router but after an hour or two it disconnects.
Joined: 31 Jul 2021 Posts: 2146 Location: All over YOUR webs
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:53 Post subject:
Hello
If you are a bit creative with the scripting, you can make it blink on specific events
like some IF is sending/receiving or some other event of your choosing.
