Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 1263 Location: Murrysville, PA
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 13:22 Post subject: Replacement Router
My R9000 seems to have developed some type of memory issue. Sunday, it just quit routing. Now, the only way I can get it running is to factory reset it and not change anything. No WiFi, but Ethernet works. So, what is a "good" new router for DD-WRT these days? Can't get a new R9000. Found a R7800 online and ordered it just to have something. Is that a decent router? Anyone have a recommendation for an in-production router that supports DD-WRT? _________________ Linksys MX8500 DD-WRT v3.0-r62966 std (12/06/25)
Linux 6.6.118-rt29 #4715 SMP Sat Dec 6 10:22:51 +07 2025 aarch64 Gateway, AP, DNSMasq, SmartDNS, NSS-ECM-SFE, QCA NSS, no STP
VAP on wlan1 for internet devices
IPv4 & IPv6 (Prefix Delegation)
Static Leases & DHCP
Cloudflare DoH & DoT, No QoS, No Forced DoT, 802.11k
2.4GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
5GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
Netgear AX1800 WiFi Mesh Extender
Xfinity 1.2Gbps/40Mbps
Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 1263 Location: Murrysville, PA
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 14:41 Post subject:
matjazk wrote:
Netgear R7800 and XR500 are both great, but may be a tad slow for fast Internet connections and/or VPN.
That's what I suspect. I did a lot of reading online and could not come up with a "newer", "fast" router. It seems that most new routers do not support flashing w/DD-WRT _________________ Linksys MX8500 DD-WRT v3.0-r62966 std (12/06/25)
Linux 6.6.118-rt29 #4715 SMP Sat Dec 6 10:22:51 +07 2025 aarch64 Gateway, AP, DNSMasq, SmartDNS, NSS-ECM-SFE, QCA NSS, no STP
VAP on wlan1 for internet devices
IPv4 & IPv6 (Prefix Delegation)
Static Leases & DHCP
Cloudflare DoH & DoT, No QoS, No Forced DoT, 802.11k
2.4GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
5GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
Netgear AX1800 WiFi Mesh Extender
Xfinity 1.2Gbps/40Mbps
My R9000 seems to have developed some type of memory issue. Sunday, it just quit routing. Now, the only way I can get it running is to factory reset it and not change anything. No WiFi, but Ethernet works. So, what is a "good" new router for DD-WRT these days? Can't get a new R9000. Found a R7800 online and ordered it just to have something. Is that a decent router? Anyone have a recommendation for an in-production router that supports DD-WRT?
I've been running the latest DD-WRT release on a Linksys MX4300 quite well. They are cheap and come with lots of RAM and a pretty decent CPU and USB port. They are also relatively cheap on eBay.
Edit: Btw, I'm back to DD-WRT after over a decade. I tried OpenWRT with this router, but DD-WRT seems to be working better, at least the latest version. It's nice to see a consistent/familiar interface even after all these years!
I've been running the latest DD-WRT release on a Linksys MX4300 quite well. They are cheap and come with lots of RAM and a pretty decent CPU and USB port.
Thanks. I saw this one but could not determine how "old" it was. _________________ Linksys MX8500 DD-WRT v3.0-r62966 std (12/06/25)
Linux 6.6.118-rt29 #4715 SMP Sat Dec 6 10:22:51 +07 2025 aarch64 Gateway, AP, DNSMasq, SmartDNS, NSS-ECM-SFE, QCA NSS, no STP
VAP on wlan1 for internet devices
IPv4 & IPv6 (Prefix Delegation)
Static Leases & DHCP
Cloudflare DoH & DoT, No QoS, No Forced DoT, 802.11k
2.4GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
5GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
Netgear AX1800 WiFi Mesh Extender
Xfinity 1.2Gbps/40Mbps
I've been running the latest DD-WRT release on a Linksys MX4300 quite well. They are cheap and come with lots of RAM and a pretty decent CPU and USB port.
Thanks. I saw this one but could not determine how "old" it was.
You cannot go wrong with a MX4300. They are great routers and one of my two has been up for 44 days (22 days for the other, but I made some adjustments and had to reboot). They are both running a slightly older Dd-wrt version. r61711. _________________ - Linksys EA8500: I-Gateway, WAP/VAP 5ghz only. Features: VLANs, Samba, WG, Entware - r60xxx
- Linksys EA8500: 802.11s Secondary w/VLAN Trunk over 5ghz - r60xxx
- Linksys MX4300: 802.11s Primary w/VLAN Trunk over 5ghz. 2.4ghz WAP/VAP only - r60xxx
- Linksys MX4300: (WAP/VAP (7)) Multiple VLANs over single trunk port. Entware/Samba r60xxx
- Linksys MR7350: WDS Station for extended Ethernet r60xxx
- Linksys MR7500, MX8500: None in production. Just testing. r60xxx
- OSes: Fedora 40, 10 RPis (2,3,4,5), 23 ESP8266s: Straight from Amiga to Linux in '95, never having owned a Windows PC.
- Forum member #248
I've been running the latest DD-WRT release on a Linksys MX4300 quite well. They are cheap and come with lots of RAM and a pretty decent CPU and USB port.
Thanks. I saw this one but could not determine how "old" it was.
I believe this was introduced in the last few years, later than the rest of related line of routers (like MX4200). They took the MX4200 SoC and doubled the emmc and RAM to 2GB. While Linksys, I believe, has stopped production of this router, it is not officially EOL. I'd say, it has one of the best SoCs out there, making it quite future proof with lots of RAM and overclock headroom (stock 1.4Ghz 4-core, DD-WRT can overclock to 2Ghz+ I think). The HW/specs should keep the router going for a relatively long time in future for typical usage. Also comes with 3 bands, 1 2.5Ghz 2x2, 1 5Ghz 2x2 and 1 5Ghz 4x4.
I believe this was introduced in the last few years, later than the rest of related line of routers (like MX4200). They took the MX4200 SoC and doubled the emmc and RAM to 2GB. While Linksys, I believe, has stopped production of this router, it is not officially EOL. I'd say, it has one of the best SoCs out there, making it quite future proof with lots of RAM and overclock headroom (stock 1.4Ghz 4-core, DD-WRT can overclock to 2Ghz+ I think). The HW/specs should keep the router going for a relatively long time in future for typical usage. Also comes with 3 bands, 1 2.5Ghz 2x2, 1 5Ghz 2x2 and 1 5Ghz 4x4.
Thanks for the info, I will keep it mind. _________________ Linksys MX8500 DD-WRT v3.0-r62966 std (12/06/25)
Linux 6.6.118-rt29 #4715 SMP Sat Dec 6 10:22:51 +07 2025 aarch64 Gateway, AP, DNSMasq, SmartDNS, NSS-ECM-SFE, QCA NSS, no STP
VAP on wlan1 for internet devices
IPv4 & IPv6 (Prefix Delegation)
Static Leases & DHCP
Cloudflare DoH & DoT, No QoS, No Forced DoT, 802.11k
2.4GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
5GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
Netgear AX1800 WiFi Mesh Extender
Xfinity 1.2Gbps/40Mbps
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 Posts: 290 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 1:54 Post subject:
My advice would be to first check the power supply which, more often than not, fails long before any electronic component inside the router is broken.
--->Rule about power supply.
Any brand power supply replacement will do so long as it has the same voltage output of 19V; same or higher amps (≥ 3.16A) as the original one.
Good luck. _________________ Life is a journey; travel alone makes it less enjoyable and lonely.
___________________________________________________
2x Netgear R9000 & 2x XR700 Features:
- Gateway
- Overclocked -2000MHz
- SmartDNS, DDNS
- Both 5GHz & 2.4GHz using DDWRT (not Vanilla component)
- Private Home network on default br0 bridge together with vlan1 + wlan0 & 1
- Isolated port-based VLANS, placed on bridges + vAPs (wlan0.1 & 1.1) for guests & IoT devs)
- WireGuard Server for secure on-the-road access & remote control of devices @home
- OpenVPN Client for incognito & o/seas based programs
- 10G SFP+ connected to RB5009 (via optical fiber)
- QoS - HFSC/FQ_CODEL deployed on ISP's 500/50mbps connection
Was looking at the newest and bestest and fastest and glitteriest.
However, after lots of research, ended up with Linksys MR7350. New enough to do what I need it to do and be able to use it in the future with updated connections etc, but old enough to be stable with DDWRT.
Running 62036 with no problems. Will update on the next one probably.
Very cheap on auction sites. Got a couple spares also just in case one gets bricked. All good.
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Last edited by gitto on Thu Sep 04, 2025 19:31; edited 1 time in total
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 7090 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 13:54 Post subject:
+1 for R7800 or XR500 as those are still "quite" good...
I was willing to do the same and skipped the new Linksys routers line and went to,
Dynalink WRX36......I dont have ultra fast IPS plan so, this side cannot comment...yet...but,
im a happy camper...
R9000 PSU could do that type of crap, so change it..but it could also be radio hardware issue or ram corruption as you said...god knows... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 62606 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 63600 GTW/SmDNS/DoT,AD-Blk,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DNSCryptv2,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla,VPN cli
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 62606
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 63600 GTW/DNScrypt-proxy2/AD-Block,IPset Firewall,Forced DNS,x4VLAN,VPN cli
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
Last edited by Alozaros on Thu Sep 04, 2025 13:58; edited 1 time in total
Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 1263 Location: Murrysville, PA
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 13:56 Post subject:
Alozaros wrote:
+1 for R7800 or XR500 as those are still "quite" good...
I was willing to do the same and skipped Linksys new line and went to Dynalink WRX36...im a happy camper...I dont have ultra fast IPS plan so, this side cannot comment...yet...
Are you using DD-WRT or VANILLA firmware? I left the default, DD-WRT, but wondered what you are using? _________________ Linksys MX8500 DD-WRT v3.0-r62966 std (12/06/25)
Linux 6.6.118-rt29 #4715 SMP Sat Dec 6 10:22:51 +07 2025 aarch64 Gateway, AP, DNSMasq, SmartDNS, NSS-ECM-SFE, QCA NSS, no STP
VAP on wlan1 for internet devices
IPv4 & IPv6 (Prefix Delegation)
Static Leases & DHCP
Cloudflare DoH & DoT, No QoS, No Forced DoT, 802.11k
2.4GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
5GHz: AP, AX Only, ACK Timing 300, WPA2 & WPA3 w/AES & GCMP
Netgear AX1800 WiFi Mesh Extender
Xfinity 1.2Gbps/40Mbps
