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So I've had a Dell TrueMobile 2300 router for some time. As far as features go, its pretty good considering what I paid for it a few years ago. But its been a bit flaky for at least the last year and my change to WPA security made it worse. Then I saw a LifeHacker post that said, "upgrade your $60 router to a $600 router for free". And that's by far the best way I can describe what they pointed me to.
But a few things to note: 1. First make sure your router is supported. If its not... then spend the $30 to get one that is! 2. Realize that this is not for the novice. You screw this up , you will break your router. It will become unrecoverable.
The way this works is you replace the 'firmware' <read: the software on the router> with DD-WRT a free Linux based software package that has a TON OF FEATURES. I mean if you want it on your router, this gives it to you. So if you are a brave soul, go upgrade!
And by the way, once I did this my router has been performing like a champ. Absolutely no issues with connectivity since the upgrade.
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January 11. 2008 10:50
Hi, I also have a TrueMobile 2300 and I'd like to upgrade it with dd-wrt. Can you please tell me what version you used and give some details on installation procedure? Thanks
Daniel |
January 11. 2008 11:51
Will reply later tonight with some tips.
ckincincy |
January 13. 2008 13:59
Sorry for the delay in responding. Had a family issue take my time on Friday night (see LifeBlog for more info). But I have this installed: DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std (SVN revision 3932) Now to get this on the Dell, I went to the area to upgrade the firmware and just browsed to the DD-WRT bin file and let it do its thing. Now on DDWRT's site I go to Downloads->Stable->dd-wrt.v23 SP2->dd-wrt.v23_sp2_standard.zip Then I put on the dd-wrt.v23_generic.bin. Hope this helps.