Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 53 Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:05 Post subject:
I got suckered into the hype of the latest revisions and flashed 14929. I dunno what you guys are doing with your wireless network but I'm having the exact same problems with wireless stalls/crashes that I've experienced since 14402. The only difference is the problems don't show up in the logs like they used to.
Back to stock 1.74 for me. My fault for believing that this router will ever be truly stable with DD-WRT.
Anybody tried this router with openwrt and ath9k? Stock buffalo sormware is doing ok, but stock firmware feels a little funny after years of dd-wrt.
iv tried that and its the best solution, i get massive wifi range with the ath9k and openwrt route since the ath9k driver allows correct tx power settings. main problem with openwrt is that its hassle to install and get up and running. but once its done its fantastic. give it a try.
i changed from 14402 to 14896 hoping the problems with the umts / wlan connection where fixed. unfortunately it got worse. after 1-2 minutes my wzr-hp-g300nh somehow can not send packets over the gateway although the umts connection seams alive and working (trying to ping variouse ips from the router does not even work)
At first i was hoping to get a torrent client, nas etc with dd-wrt on this router. I already lowered my expectations to "i just want a stable umts + wlan connection" and it seams that is just implossible?
I already spent days playing around and reading post - anyone got a last advice for me bevor i revert to buffalos old firmware which has also serious bugs but at least I might get a stable umts / wlan connection?
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 20:11 Post subject: Firmware 14896 - dont bother with it
Have had the new firmware 14896 for a few days and am going back to official buffalo one. I have to reset the router once or twice a day as it stops working and I cannot connect to the internet and I had no such problem with the official one and can see no point in sticking with it if it isn't stable and reliable.
Though im considering experimenting with open wrt as it seems to be more stable from what people are reporting.
never mind i managed to find them after doing some testing:
TX set to 1+3
RX set to 1+2+3
resulted in proper slow down on wifi, 1.22 megabyte per second pulling 4gig file over the wifi from server
TX set to 1+2
RX set to 1+2+3
resulted in major speed boost, 2.4 megabytes per second pulling 4gig file from wifi, stock firmware maxed out on 2.09 megabytes per sec during same test.
router support list has web page for this router, and a link to the revert firmware.
stock firmware is definatley more stable than dd-wrt is right now. so probably best to stick with stock firmware till dd-wrt stability is improved, which is possibly next year now.
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 19:05 Post subject: libusb usbfs and usbcore
I hope that someone who is more knowledgeable about dd-wrt can help me out.
I recently compiled libusb and after trying to use it, I soon realized that neither /proc/bus/usb nor /dev/bus/usb were mounted.
After further inspection, usbfs could not be mounted nor was it listed in /proc/filesystems .
dmesg reports that usbcore is loaded and that usbfs is registered:
Code:
<6>usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
<6>usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
<6>usbcore: registered new device driver usb
I was using a build listed from the router database (14402 2010-05-07), but I am experiencing the same issue under an updated build, v24-sp2 14929 (08/12/10).
It would be great if I could receive some clarification on how to support libusb or at least usbfs.
I was thinking about recompiling the kernel, but it appears that the web upgrade bin format is encrypted.
Anybody tried this router with openwrt and ath9k? Stock buffalo sormware is doing ok, but stock firmware feels a little funny after years of dd-wrt.
iv tried that and its the best solution, i get massive wifi range with the ath9k and openwrt route since the ath9k driver allows correct tx power settings. main problem with openwrt is that its hassle to install and get up and running. but once its done its fantastic. give it a try.
My experience as well. Very stable, endless features if you can figure them out.
Luci, the web UI, is pretty good but sometimes you just have to SSH in and edit conf files.
