R7000 vs R9000

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crows
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 2:50    Post subject: R7000 vs R9000 Reply with quote
Ive got a Netgear R7000 and its being working great for the last couple of years.
I have an opportunity to purchase a R9000, will I experience any signifcant improvements expecially for viewing IPTV?

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blkt
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 3:10    Post subject: Reply with quote
If R9000 is fully functioning (radios) and well under $100 otherwise recommend R7800 as IPTV is not demanding.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:32    Post subject: Reply with quote
I second blkt R9000 could care lots of underwater stones, although it has more power than R7000, it has bad heat sink design..easy to fail/burn radios and tempting switch ports if you want to set VLAN's...where R7800 is still the best price/performance and support DDWRT router
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crows
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for your responses...well the R7900 is $130 and R7800 is around $100.
The R7800 has openwrt installed, can this be flashed with DD-WRT. Considering the prices is the R7800 still a better buy? Or do I just keep the R7000?
BTW any special instructions to flash over openwrt? Which DDWRT file do I use to flash, the bin or img file?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 13:53    Post subject: Reply with quote
crows wrote:
Thanks for your responses...well the R7900 is $130 and R7800 is around $100.
The R7800 has openwrt installed, can this be flashed with DD-WRT. Considering the prices is the R7800 still a better buy? Or do I just keep the R7000?
BTW any special instructions to flash over openwrt? Which DDWRT file do I use to flash, the bin or img file?

Thanks


I dont know of any support of R7900 or you mistyped R9000...
Yes R7800 still holds the top place for DDWRT supported router...

For R7800 first flash to DDWRT factory-to-ddwrt.img ...
Than for any other update of DDWRT, via DDWRT web interface use the dd-wrt-webupgrade.bin

Ive no idea if OpenWRT will let you flash via its web interface dd-wrt-webupgrade.bin try first..if not happening, you may need to flash it via TFTP, which is very easy... if this is the case...
I did few switches to OpenWRT and back to DDWRT back in the days, but i used TFTP as it was easy... Cool

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TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 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 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
Alozaros
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 13:54    Post subject: Reply with quote
See the forum guidelines, with helpful pointers about how to research your router, where and what firmware to download, where and how to post and many other helpful tips:
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=324087

last firmware its here https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2023/

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TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
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Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
ho1Aetoo
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 14:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
The procedure is usually,
openwrt > stock > dd-wrt
dd-wrt > stock > openwrt

and for something like this I always flash directly via TFTP
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 20:16    Post subject: Reply with quote
ho1Aetoo wrote:
The procedure is usually,
openwrt > stock > dd-wrt
dd-wrt > stock > openwrt

and for something like this I always flash directly via TFTP


yep I agree this is the safest way of doing it...and this should be done...

Just because im naughty, i skip the stock step and flash factory directly...via TFTP..
recently tried the last Kong build for R7800 with nss to see if its better, but went back to DDWRT... Cool

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TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 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 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
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