[SGVLUG] DDWRT vs OpenWRT

[Dan Buthusiem]

I'm optimizing for 300 Mbps on 5 GHz because I'm trying to get as fast and
as strong a signal as I can to get past a circuit breaker in a wall. I
visualize it to a guy on a motorcycle getting as much speed as possible
before hitting a ramp - not enough speed, and he's not gonna make it. It
already uses MIMO over multiple antennae, so there's no way for me to make
it stop trying to punch a beam straight through that wall. I'm exploring
setting up a point to point link, but for the trouble, I might just move
the modem back to a spot that'll let me dodge the breaker altogether.

Yep. It's nice being wedged between DOCSIS 3 coax and VDSL. If only I could
get wifi to work everywhere I wanted to.
On Jul 3, 2012 2:01 PM, "Doug" <dougvargas at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I'm going to come hide in your house for the internet lol. Apparently my
> block is in some weird zone where all we can get is basic dsl,  but I
> digress. I'm setting up a gbit router for a small business site and I'm
> going to play around with the *wrts so I'll let you know how it goes, but
> even over wifi I think the isp bandwith will be the bottleneck speed wise,
> but your mileage may vary
>
> Dan Buthusiem <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Just wondering how many of you have been playing with DDWRT and OpenWRT.
> >I've been trying to make the jump to OpenWRT, but I've hit a few snags
> >witth the 5 GHz network performance and features.
> >
> >Seems to me like DDWRT is easier to setup a working WDS mesh. I wasn't
> able
> >to establish a working link at 300 Mbps the way the stock and DDWRT
> >firmware could; speeds capped at 150 Mbps. Also, it seemed the signal was
> >weaker than DDWRT, and that was with DDWRT's stock settings. Adding in the
> >recommended settings for my 5 GHz radio brought a noticeable boost, though
> >still not enough to conquer the circuit breaker in the wall between the
> >living room and my bedroom. Drat.
> >
> >Aside from wireless, I was wondering if anyone's been able to setup a load
> >balancer with the secondary WAN connection as a failover for when the
> >primary WAN goes down. I'm still playing with that, too. I really would
> >rather using a Gbit router, rather than buy a 100 Mbps (in my budget)
> >router from the likes of Cisco, SonicWall, etc., or building a Vyatta /
> >PFsense router with parts lying around. My WAN can spike to 80 Mbps
> >(measured over WiFi, no less), and we've been looking at possibly
> upgrading
> >to 100 (only the fastest access to the SGVLUG website for me! haha) at
> >home, so I don't want to be frustrated by interface saturation issues.
> >
> >Sorry for the wall 'o text.
> >
> >- Dan B.
>
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