Differences between mini/mega/etc

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Wed, 03/03/2010 - 2:20pm
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Csimbi
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Differences between mini/mega/etc

Could someone explain the differences between the various build nicks such as "mini", "mega", etc?

Thank you.

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Wed, 03/03/2010 - 6:31pm
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Brandon C
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Check out the chart here.

Check out the chart here. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT%3F#File_Versions but I don't know how up to date they keep it.

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Thu, 03/04/2010 - 5:03am
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Csimbi
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Hi Brandon,

Hi Brandon,
thank you.
Do you happen to know differences in terms of performance?
Is a Mini faster than Mega?
DD-WRT does not seem to transfer any faster then 21MB/s, so I am looking for an alternative with a good balance of speeds/features until a good Tomato build is available.

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Sun, 04/04/2010 - 5:18am
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Hands of Blue
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Did you mean 21 MB/s

Did you mean 21 MB/s (MegaBytes a second - about 168 Mb/s - Megabits a second) or 21 Mb/s?

I've certainly exceeded 21 Mb/s on lower spec hardware with DD-WRT.

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Sun, 04/04/2010 - 2:55pm
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Csimbi
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I meant Mb/s - megabit/sec,

I meant Mb/s - megabit/sec, sorry about the confusion.
I exceeded that speed since then several times occasionally, during the nights (I think the highest that I reached was 95Mb/s). I guess the internet is busy - meaning it becomes much, much slower - during the afternoons.

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Tue, 04/06/2010 - 11:25am
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Csimbi
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I found this description:

I found this description:

There are several different distributions of the DD-WRT firmware. The mini contains all the features of the standard distribution, with the exception of chillispot, nocat, rflow, kaid, CIFS client, SNMP, IPv6, and MMC/SD card support. The standard (std) distribution includes all features, with the exception of VOIP. The standard-nokaid (std-nokaid) distribution includes all features of standard, with kaid removed to free some flash space. The VOIP distribution includes all features, with kaid removed to make room for Milkfish. The VPN edition includes OpenVPN but does not include IPv6, CIFS client, or kaid. The micro edition is a stripped down version designed for the WRT54G v5 and other 2MB router models.

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Tue, 04/06/2010 - 12:02pm
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Csimbi
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I found this regarding eko vs

I found this regarding eko vs. BrainSlayer builds:

BS builds are the only official released builds and when SP2 comes out, it will be a BS build. The test builds are just that; tests put out by developers. Sometimes EKO puts these out and sometimes BS puts them out. They use the same code and compile slightly different packages. I believe that the components only differ in mega builds.

All builds are a compilation of BS and EKO code. So, the difference between them is that EKO has compiled the code, or BS has compiled the code, and released that code for further testing.

People who ask what the difference is between them likely should not be testing the builds that are test releases and should just be using whatever is stable and recommended. In which case, the difference between the builds is moot. Obviously this only applies in the broadcom forum, as EKO only releases builds for broadcom devices.

Source:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=53845

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