Yeah... I noticed someone said they donated a 400, but apparently that hasn't helped any.
I've finally pocketed enough extra cash to buy the thing, and I have to make the impossible decision of buying the best router Vs. buying the 3rd best just to have dd-wrt on it... crappy choice =/
Then again... the very best router (within my budget) seems to be the NETGEAR WNDR3700... that thing pretty much kills everything... wonder if that's supported?
I've had one of these routers for a few months now, and it's about to drive me crazy. Linksys hasn't released a firmware upgrade since December 2008, and that is the firmware that ships with the router. I have a very annoying issue with the router, and it seems several others on Linksys forums expereince the same thing. We cannot establish a VPN tunnel from our local machine to an external VPN when we are connected via Wireless. If I hook a CAT5 cable up, it works fine. I think Linksys has dumped this router to the curb, and don't care about it or something. I spoke with them, and they told me to take it back to the store. The new one did the same thing. At least two others on Linksys' forums have had their routers RMAed for the exact same problem, only to continue to experience it with the new router. I said all that to say this, I'm glad to see that you guys are at least looking into adding support for this router. I will keep an eye on this thread and watch your website for updates on it. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing dd-wrt on my router some day.
I have a very annoying issue with the router, and it seems several others on Linksys forums expereince the same thing. We cannot establish a VPN tunnel from our local machine to an external VPN when we are connected via Wireless. If I hook a CAT5 cable up, it works fine. I think Linksys has dumped this router to the curb, and don't care about it or something.
That problem you mentioned is NOT specific to Linksys routers.
I've had other brands of routers (i.e. Belkin, Airlink) that had the same problem. VPN tunnels did NOT work over a wireless connection, but it did work with a Cat5 cable connection.
It turns out the problem was caused by the client USB networking adapter (Buffalo or Trendnet), not the router.
As soon as I switched to use a PCI networking adapter (made by Dlink) instead of a USB adapter, the wireless VPN tunnels started to work with my Belkin and Airlink routers.
I think the USB adds a different transport or networking layer (or something...something) to the networking hodge-podge mix and some vendors cannot properly code for or test with the wireless VPN tunnels scenario on other vendors equipment.
Thus, make sure the wireless chipset in your client wireless adapter matches the chipset (same maker) in your router. You'll have to research and find that info on your own (or ask the tech support website of the device maker).
And try switching to a different manufacturer for the client adapter.
Sorry about my last post. It was my first one on here, and I was irritated at the time. I don't want to turn this into a VPN troubleshooting thread, but I want to clear up what I was angry about. I'm not using a USB Wifi adapter, and I've actually tried this particular issue with three different brands of wireless cards. Two different cards were D-Link and are PCI, the other two are Laptops. One laptop is a Dell with an Intel card built in. According to device manager, it is on the PCI bus. Then another IBM laptop, and I cannot recall the specs of it at the moment, but it is a built in card as well. Granted, none of these are Atheros cards (to my knowlege). Another issue, is that even being connected via Cat5, it can take up to three to ten connection attempts before it finally gets connected via VPN. Sometimes tinkering with the VPN passthrough seems to kick it off quicker, but I can't guarantee that since it is so random. I've never been able to connect to a VPN while connected to wireless. According to a Linksys forum member, they acknowledged that it is a problem and are working on a fix. I'm not blaming all Linksys products, it appears to be an issue with this particular model. I can connect my old D-Link router and it works great, and an old Linksys WRT54G that I used to have years ago did not have this problem. Again, I'm sorry for blasting Linksys, but I was very annoyed at the time.
Nucklez:
I hear you. Trying to troubleshoot and resolve networking issues can be really frustrating sometimes, especially when the available information is really lacking (or conflicting) even from the vendors themselves.
My layman advice: stick with Broadcom-based routers if you want certain "advanced networking" functionality to just work without the hassles.
Return or sell the Linksys 400n (Atheros chip), and get a Linksys 320n (Broadcom chip) instead.
I have two of 320n, and after putting DD-WRT on the 320n, they work better than the Netgear WDNR3300 or Airlink AR670W routers that I have.
I did NOT test wireless VPN because I don't have a corporate VPN to access anymore.
DD-WRT provides newer firmware builds more frequently and, hence, less buggy for the Broadcom-based routers than for the Atheros-based routers.
After my 4 month journey with DD-WRT and router testing up the yin-yang (and a healthy dose of frustration, patience, and perseverance), I would gladly pay more for a Broadcom-based router IF there is DD-WRT firmware for it.
Atheros or Marvell routers may be faster with their gimmicky tweaked-up networking "technique" or "modified" protocols, but I rather have the advanced networking functionality and support that DD-WRT can provide for Broadcom routers at the present time, even if it turns out that a Broadcom router is somewhat slower than a similar Atheros or Marvell router.
I've found the DD-WRT firmware for the Atheros routers to be spotty, less frequent, more buggy, and basically hit-or-miss-type of builds.
It's not DD-WRT's fault because support for Atheros routers isn't as extensive (or as many years) as it is for Broadcom routers.
Is there even DD-WRT firmware for the 400n? It doesn't matter. I'm not going to get another Atheros router anyways.
Go with the Linksys 320n or 610n routers, and you'll be much happier, especially if you want to avoid mucky around with changing networking configurations and tests "to see if it works or NOT". It's a real time-sink, unless you enjoy it like I do. I'm a test engineer, heh.
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My routers:
- 1 Linksys E3000
- 4 Linksys E2000
- 4 Linksys WRT320n [DD-WRT svn13575 std-nokaid] working well in WDS setup, 5Ghz N-speeds only.
- 2 Airlink AR670W [DD-WRT build 14537] working well in WDS setup, 2.4Ghz N-speeds only.
- 2 Netgear WDNR3300 [DD-WRT svn13577 std-nokaid] working well in AP-Repeater-Bridge setup, 5Ghz N-speeds only.
- Airlink AR325W G-router and Belkin F5D7230-4 v1444 [DD-WRT v23 sp2 micro] working well in Repeater-Bridge setup, G-speeds only.
- D-Link DI-614+ B-router, sitting around, wanna buy it?
I no longer have the original packaging for this router, I doubt they would replace it. I had to buy it locally on the fly because my old D-Link had gone out. I wasn't aware of the different chipsets in the Linksys routers at the time, and bought the 2nd most expensive router on the shelf. Thinking the good old saying "You get what you pay for." Oh well, I'll research on my cell phone if I have to the next time I go out.
Yeah... I noticed someone said they donated a 400, but apparently that hasn't helped any.
I've finally pocketed enough extra cash to buy the thing, and I have to make the impossible decision of buying the best router Vs. buying the 3rd best just to have dd-wrt on it... crappy choice =/
Then again... the very best router (within my budget) seems to be the NETGEAR WNDR3700... that thing pretty much kills everything... wonder if that's supported?
The NETGEAR WNDR3700 is not supported yet. It is possible, however. The users from another thread chipped in and donated one already though.
The brain is getting one shipped to him so support should be happening.
Considering that this router is similar to the 610 in many ways support shouldn't be too hard and in some ways maybe simpler since it doesn't have a gig switch or usb.
Doesn't hurt that the openwrt guys and been already messing with it so quite abit is already known.
Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 283 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 23:57 Post subject:
i see the timeline says support for the wrt400n. has anyone yet flashed it? im at work at the moment counting the hours down to get home and flash it. _________________ e3200 stock <- waiting for support
wrt400n v26 std with modded antennas
Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 283 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 0:06 Post subject:
doh due to all the excitement i didn't realize that there no firmware release yet. lol _________________ e3200 stock <- waiting for support
wrt400n v26 std with modded antennas
