What should I buy? (inexpensive router for bridge)

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January 6, 2009 02:43 PM

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John.w.dailey

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I am about to recieve what is most likely a WGR614v9 in the mail, and it seems that support of dd-wrt on this router is a work in progress... I am planning on exchanging it for one that I can use sooner, and I figured you guys would be the best ones to ask for advice.

The router I will be buying is intended to act as a client bridge to connect my TV area to my office. The router in my office is an old one... a netgear MR814v2 (if that makes any difference) and I am using WEP on it... (I know it is old, and there are better ones on the market now, but I don't plan on replacing it... It still works quite well for my needs. Unless someone can provide a very compelling reason to upgrade this router...)

My priorities for this project are ease of set up, cost, and reliability. I am leaning towards the WGR614L, but I would love to hear other suggestions (or reasons why I am leaning in the right direction).

Thanks,

John

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achilles

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January 6, 2009 11:55 PM

Ya John .... you are leaning in the right direction ..... With WGR614L you can easily set up a client bridge (with security or without security )....

I dont know if Netgear's default firmware supports client /repeater bridge or not but these features are well supported by OpenWRT and DD-WRT firmwares on this router ....

I would recommend DD-WRT bcoz it provides GUI to set up your router as a client bridge while in OpenWRT you need to change some configuration files through command line ......

You can find the DD-WRT build to flash your WGR614L at the following link :

http://www.myopenrouter.com/download/10752/DD-WRT-v11205-Mini-Build-CHK-For-W...

Also for configuring your WGR614L as a client bridge , steps are given at the following link :

http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/10592/Using-NETGEAR-WGR614L-with-DD-WRT-A...