[krembo99]

I have a couple of routers with dd-wrt which I installed several years ago. I suppose the build is quite old ( around 2015 ? ) the details are :

[krembo99]

Hi - thanks for your reply.

[Dr_K]

If you are going to fallow the advice of jumping to a current build....
That router runs quite well on most <Kong> builds...it will use http://desipro.de/ddwrt/K3-AC-Arm/TEST/dd-wrt.v24-K3_AC_ARM_STD.bin since you are already on a dd-wrt build.

Which ever build you choose...alot has changed since 2014-2015, like used kernal, wifi drivers, etc...

So it would be highly recommend to at minimum perform a reset to defaults after flashing the current firmware
Or better yet through telnet or ssh run the "nvram erase" command then the "reboot" command...without quotes....
If you haven't been fallowing along, that command has changed a little more than a year ago from "erase nvram".

[Dr_K]

[egc]

Fortunately Kong is still alive and kicking and active developing for DDWRT

Regarding the use of his TEST build, I do not hesitate to recommend it if it is more than a week old, his TEST builds are picked up by a lot of users (see the build thread) and yes there are sometimes problems reported in the first few days, but Kong is very quick to correct it or otherwise retract his TEST build.

So if his TEST build is more than a week old and no problems are reported in the build thread (as is the case with the 39575 build) I would recommend it

So the Kong build 39575 is approved and stamped by me LOL

[krembo99]

Thanks all for the great replies and information.
I will definitely want to try to upgrade to one of the adequate versions, but now I have another problem - I am not entirely sure what is the exact model of one of the routers ( Netgear )

When I bought it - I remember the model as R6300v.2

But dd-wrt reports the following info ( see attachment ):



However , on the router database on this very site, the info for R6300v.1 is :

router database : https://dd-wrt.com/support/router-database/?model=R6300_v1

[egc]

v1 and v2 are totally different

see: https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Netgear

What is on the label of the router?

[krembo99]

Yes, thanks @egc. I know they are different, hence my question.
My DD-wrt install reports different information than what's on the router database link ( compatible with none of them )

[Per Yngve Berg]

Use wikidevi

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_R6300_v1

With a 1 core MIPSEL, it's a V1.

[Dr_K]

Well, wikidevi also states v1 is 600mhz....screenshot says 300mhz?
BTW v2 is 2 core 800mhz under dd-wrt, 1 core 800mhz onder stock.

So again, what does the sticker on the bottom of router say?

Looks like you may have messed up somewhere along the line. Or BS support is worse than I thought.
Just another reason I try not to recomend them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'd look at sticker.....then go back to stock using tftpd....not necessarily using the latest...then come back over to dd-wrt using the correct file......many factory resets along the way of course.
If it is a v2, no 30/30/30's.

[krembo99]

@Dr_k - the sticker just say R6300.

What caught my eye was the difference in the chip.
My DD-wrt reports BCM5300 as can seen in the screenshot. the router database has totally different CPU models listed for both V1 and V2.
Also wikidevi lists Broadcom BCM4706.
Maybe this is some different build or different sub-model? (it was bought in china ) are those databases based only on American sold builds?


I am going to guess it's a v1 based on the RAM? Hopefully this is not wrongly reported also.

In that case ( V1 ) - the "kong" version recommended is ok?

Can my version be guessed by the already installed and working DD-wrt version ? it's been there for 4 years and still working well - but I would like to upgrade.

[Dr_K]

[krembo99]

No worries, after more than 15 years in china I can say 2 things about that :

[Dr_K]

[krembo99]