Linksys Re-launches WRT32X Gaming router

[RMerlin]

dont know if you have anything to do with draytek modems and router but they have just about the best overall gui package but cost quite a bit

Never seen any Draytek device here in Canada.

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[Razor512]

lol and thats got to be a good thing

i see tp link has also started to change its gui with the release of the c3150 v2

now if we can just get netgear to rejig that slow as gui and improve its feature set thing would be on a much more even playing field

I wonder why the netgear GUI is so slow to load some pages, as when viewing the CPU usage, it is still very low while loading a page. Is there just some kind of scripted delay, or is there some other reason behind it?


Anyway, with the WRT1900acs, I find the UI to be horrible, it is confusing and missing lots of features. While DD-WRT works okay, it performs slower in terms of WAN to LAN performance. The VPN functions are also more annoying to set up.

 

[avtella]

Netgear's Broadcom units are pretty slow in the GUI, the new test UI they had out was much much faster and modern looking, it's been delayed and I'd like to think my severe criticism and samples of other people's UI art work I sent as examples of what's better is finally being taken into account from their response lol, In addition I told them I didn't think the UI matched the stealthy look/branding not to mention lack of available options vs Asus and others in the UI. The Qualcomm units oddly enough are pretty decent UI speed wise, it's not like the Broadcom cpus are turtles so I don't know why the difference.

 

[chadster766]

AFAIK the WRT32x is base on an OpenWRT build and has SSH console access.

Can someone confirm? Mine hasn't arrived yet.

 

[avtella]

Pretty sure most routers are OpenWRT based with some proprietary add ons and UI changes by manufacturers. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. Netgear uses OpenWRT Attitude Adjustment as a base I think.

 

[chadster766]

Pretty sure most routers are OpenWRT based with some proprietary add ons and UI changes by manufacturers. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. Netgear uses OpenWRT Attitude Adjustment as a base I think.

Not AFAIK.

It's been confirmed the WRT32x has SSH access Port 22 username root and password that was set in the WebUI.

ls /etc/config
ddns      dropbear  krouter   network   pptpd     samba     siproxd   ubootenv  upnpd     wireless
dhcp      firewall  linksys   openvpn   rpcd      sambuca   system    uhttpd    usbconf

There doesn't seem to be a package repo attached yet.

 

[RMerlin]

Pretty sure most routers are OpenWRT based with some proprietary add ons and UI changes by manufacturers. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. Netgear uses OpenWRT Attitude Adjustment as a base I think.

Depends on manufacturers and models. Netgear's Broadcom models are based on Broadcom's SDK, for instance. Asus originally forked from TomatoUSB for all their models.

 

[avtella]

Thanks for the clarification RMerlin.

 

[sfx2000]

Pretty sure most routers are OpenWRT based with some proprietary add ons and UI changes by manufacturers. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. Netgear uses OpenWRT Attitude Adjustment as a base I think.

Linksys uses their own code - closest relative in the alt firmware scene would be DDWRT, which is an evolution of the old WRT54G GPL code base...

 

[sfx2000]

AFAIK the WRT32x is base on an OpenWRT build and has SSH console access.

Can someone confirm? Mine hasn't arrived yet.

They might have rebased on OpenWRT, but looking at past GPL drops, they've pretty much kept their own code alive...

 

[Iclark31]

This has been said with every Gaming Router, which later turned out to be no better than a regular one

has anyone used a service like this (wtfast which connect you to closest gaming server etc) - does it make a difference?

 

[pete y testing]

does it make a difference?

de[ends where you live , if say in australia and the game server is in usa it makes very little difference as there is still a 150ms ping due to distance

 

[pege63]

has anyone used a service like this (wtfast which connect you to closest gaming server etc) - does it make a difference?

All that crap its just a sales pitch nothing more

 

[Skyler LaVey]

Any thoughts on this vs the GT AC5300?


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[pete y testing]

tbh both are over rated and you would be better investing in the rt-ac86u