[cbbraddy]

Major apologies up front if this question/request for help is taboo, or has already been asked, or if I placed it in the wrong section, etc. I looked and didn't find anything relevant towards my needs.

I am in need of a router that:

1) has more than 4 LAN ports, 6 will do, 8 would be even better but not required

2) is gigabit capable

3) in able to run DD-WRT


Wifi is not required, but having it is not an issue.

Thanks in advance for any help / guidance that can be provided here

[Welshchris]

Why do u need more than 4 ports when u can use a switch?

[egc]

This is the right forum

To get the best out of DDWRT and the forum, read and follow the forum guidelines:
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=324087

6 and 8 port routers are often problematic.

Buy a Netgear R7800 and a separate switch.

The R7800 is capable of 1 GHz throughput (not with QoS) and is well supported

[Welshchris]

I'm running a Netgear R8000 and a separate managed switch.

[msoengineer]

AFAIK, The R9000 is the only 6port NEW router available that can run dd-wrt. I think there are a couple legacy routers with 6 or 8 ports, but much older hardware.

That said, you cannot do any vlans using an R9000 because of how the two switches are tied together inside the router so it's not a very good choice...

So the best answer is to use a separate switch to add ports.
And, the R7800 is the best router to use if you are looking for a new router.

[Wildlion]

What about an x86 build?
Then you could put as many cards as you want.

[msoengineer]

[Wildlion]