All---thanks in advance for any feedback / suggestions. Today I braved it and and happy to say I upgraded to DD-WRT on my new Nighthawk 8500. This is the 2nd router / AP in my home for the sole purpose of having a nailed up VPN to the UK. Works flawless.
Except...when I tried to enforce Wireless security on the Wireless radios. I tried simple WEP. I entered a sinple lowercase 8 character password, clicked apply and the router reset. When the Wireless names popped up on my MacBook Pro I selected the AC radio SSID and entered the simple password and...I was denied stating the password was incorrect. I tried the other one's I set and they did not accept it. I had to hardare Admin in, turn off security which reset and I can connect all day long to an OPEN network which I don't want. Any suggestions appreciated! It is NOT caps lock, or me entereing the wrong password. I tried this 3 times and it does not like any Wirless security I try.
Suggestions welcomed!
Glen
http://comnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/wep_keys.htm
WEP keys are HEX - no lower case, no upper case - it is a number. 1234567890abcdef is the same as 1234567890ABCDEF
If you want a simple passphrase, use WPA (or WPA2).