Comments on: Linksys WRT150N with DD-WRT

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:26:16 +0000

I haven’t tried tomato on the WRT150n. DDWRT generic should fit fine on the WRT150N.

By: jashaka

jashaka — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:39:40 +0000

wrt150n can upgrade to tomato firmware?
or can i upgrade to ddwrt special edition SP1 generic type firmware?
bcoz we just need bandwidth management like mikrotik,but uses tomato as BW manager n more powerfull like ddwrt.

By: cdkiller

cdkiller — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:59:09 +0000

NEVER use mega builds on WRT150N, it cannot fit. you have to use a build that is less than 4MB because the WRT150N only has 4MB flash. Besides most users don’t need the stuff in MEGA, use mini builds, they are the best unless you know you use a specific feature on another build then just use mini for greatest performance.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:26:49 +0000

I followed this guide:
http://www.coderetard.com/2008/05/30/installing-dd-wrt-firmware-on-a-linksys-wrt150n-wireless-router/

and they seem to be using the stable version, not sure what exact version that is but the direct links are provided in their tutorial. Anyhow my WRT150N v1.1 is also working great with DD-WRT thanks to those steps.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:13:18 +0000

I see that I require at least v24 rc 7 – build 9344 (25.03.08) if I want DD-WRT

I was thinking this one: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/release%20candidates/DD-WRT%20v24%20RC7/Broadcom/Linksys/WRT150N_v1.1/dd-wrt.v24_mega_generic.bin

but what did you use?

By: Steve

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By: Dan(a different one)

Dan(a different one) — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:39:55 +0000

DD-WRT vs Tomato

DD-WRT is typically quite a bit better, and for those that argue that Tomato is good because they don’t need all the goodies in DD-WRT and want a lighter firmware, use the DD-WRT mini firmware or go to openWRT and customize your firmware.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:43:26 +0000

AFAIK, Tomato won’t run on my router. However Tomato is a pretty solid firmware and if you don’t need the extras that DD-WRT brings it’s a good option.

When it comes to the wide range of *WRT firmwares. I prefer DD as both eko and brainslayer help make it into a solid release by being very active on their forums and with the community.

By: Xanthous

Xanthous — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:39:44 +0000

Have you looked into Tomato Firmware (http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato)? Would you recommend one over the other (dd-wrt VS tomato)?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:01:35 +0000

Main things I noticed were increased range, less drops on connection. Router doesn’t hang as often (was hanging once a day with my Belkin N router).

Also if you want to do network bridging on wireless or over your WAN the tools in DD-WRT really help. I’m still trying to flash my Belkin with DD-WRT, a guy somewhere flashed his.