Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:17 Post subject: NOOB Questions - ASUS RT-AC56U (R)
Disclaimers: I have read through all the announcements and most of the WIKI stuff. I know how to check on firmware that I should avoid and I am not going to ask which to install....yet. I am aware of all the risks. I like to mess with tech stuff because I'm an idiot.
1. One thing that's not clear to me is what advantages DD-WRT brings to the table over a particular router's stock firmware. The DD-WRT feature table is kinda, well, inadequate and reading through the WIKI doesn't particularly address this. (Maybe it's like that old line. If you have to ask how much <insert item here> costs, you can't afford it.)
So yeah, that's a question here. I doubt Asus is going to do any more updates for the RT-AC56U/R (the last one was to fix a DDoS vulnerability in 2019). Would I see improved speeds? Better connections? Stronger signals? Better protection?
2. Specifically, does DD-WRT support external USB 2/3 drives like my ASUS router supports? Nothing in the FAQ or Wiki that I could find addresses this.
Somehow I KNEW that even though I carefully read through ALL that stuff AND the WIKI AND the lists, someone would still point me back there. Thanks for not disappointing. It's sort of like a legal disclaimer or ToS agreement. Please read through 20 pages of XYZ and then 10 pages of ABC. If you have any questions, you probably didn't read page 17 sub-paragraph B of the thing referred to in ABC.
And thanks for the answers on the other questions. It's probably best if I just avoid DD-WRT. It's like diving into a pool of question marks. I have flashed lots of phones with third-party firmware but this seems all too mysterious and cult like.