speedy3k said: Keep in mind that hardware v1 and v2 can be flashed to DD-WRT. AFAIK there is no DD-WRT for v3 hardware.is this v3? OP gave subject saying supported. confused,
Keep in mind that hardware v1 and v2 can be flashed to DD-WRT. AFAIK there is no DD-WRT for v3 hardware.is this v3? OP gave subject saying supported. confused.The third photo on the website which shows the back of the unit doesn't have V2 or V3 after WNR2000 so it would seem this is a V1 router which reportedly can be flashed with Atheros DD-WRT. However, the assumption that photo = product is often incorrect, and only V2 is listed in the supported router database.
Edit1: Seems like V1 supports OpenWRT and not DD-WRT.
javad
Addicted Member
posted: Jan. 25, 2012 @ 8:52a
keaton85 said: Have you ever known a power adaptor to not work with 110/240? haha
actually, a lot of home phones (panasonic, vtech) come with a power adaptor that works only with 110V. i remember i had to order 240V power adapter separately from amazzon.
barfy
Member
posted: Jan. 25, 2012 @ 9:17a
msakthivel said: What is power supply voltage for this router. Does this support 110 to 240 volts?
Yes, This does have support for 110/240 V, I use one of these for travel in hotels, DHCP disabled and just plug from port 1/4 into existing lan... P..
This looks like a good deal, but this hasn't been a $150 router for a long time. You can get it new for $50 from just about anywhere - Amazon, Best Buy, OfficeMax, Staples. That may be worth it if you want certainty about the version.
People looking into wireless routers should read up on the recent WPS (Wifi Protected Setup) vulnerability, which is exploited by the Reaver program (which is in itself a simple script), among others:
In short, according to Netgear, you can secure yourself against this hack, but you need to be aware of it...if Netgear is like most manufacturers, wifi protected setup is enabled by default, which is a bad thing, but they have implemented the network timeouts in response to multiple bad attempts, which is a good thing. You're much better off with this Netgear than most Linksys and Cisco consumer-grade routers, unless things have changed in the past few days.
Saw the following reported on SD: description states "Guest network access with separate security and access restrictions" which is a v2 feature only Can't tell you whether it's accurate or not ... something to consider. I would like this router much more with dd-wrt than not.
I do not know much technicalities..but is a router specific to DSL (such as Verizon) or broadband (such as Comcast)...I have a Zyxel with comcast but it drops signals 10 times a minute. Have to costantly refresh
drmoze
Member
posted: Jan. 25, 2012 @ 11:59a
I want to get one as a repeater. But, if it's V1, my understanding is that it has no built-in repeater capability and can't be flashed with DD-WRT. Anyone know if a v1 (which this probably is) can be set up as a repeater?
StinkPot said: I do not know much technicalities..but is a router specific to DSL (such as Verizon) or broadband (such as Comcast)...I have a Zyxel with comcast but it drops signals 10 times a minute. Have to costantly refresh
Routers are not specific to the broadband providers so just about any router can be used with any broadband provider. By the way, you referred to Comcast as a broadband however DSL is also known as broadband.
Please note this router can not be flashed with DD-WRT. I ordered one in few weeks ago and the price was $18.99. I tried to flash it with a DD-WRT firmware, but showed incompatible.
CharlesNY
New Member
posted: Jan. 25, 2012 @ 3:35p
Cenbit said: Please note this router can not be flashed with DD-WRT. I ordered one in few weeks ago and the price was $18.99. I tried to flash it with a DD-WRT firmware, but showed incompatible.
Can you tell us is it v1 v2 or v3 ? or if you can give us the FCC ID on the back of the unit.
I have one of these for a secondary network in my house and it is actually pretty nice. The guest network feature works well and for me, the fact that the ports are 10/100 instead of gigabit isn't an issue because I use the ports for my printers which are on old HP JetDirect servers. I had never been a fan of NetGear, but the price and versitility of this particular model has made me change my mind about the company.
CharlesNY said: Cenbit said: Please note this router can not be flashed with DD-WRT. I ordered one in few weeks ago and the price was $18.99. I tried to flash it with a DD-WRT firmware, but showed incompatible.
Can you tell us is it v1 v2 or v3 ? or if you can give us the FCC ID on the back of the unit.
sorry in advance for technical question. What is WRT and why do it? is the stock OEM firmware not good enough? I have D-Link dir601 and have not felt a need for change but am sure it might be because I don't know better!
I bought this exact refurbished version from Newegg over a year ago for $19.99 shipped. It has been rock solid but be sure to disable uPnP as it will fill the logs up pretty quickly.
Amby said: sorry in advance for technical question. What is WRT and why do it? is the stock OEM firmware not good enough? I have D-Link dir601 and have not felt a need for change but am sure it might be because I don't know better!
I've used dd-wrt since not long after it started. Basically replaces stock firmware with one with many more features. What are these features? Well you can bind mac address to ip addresses, set up a wireless repeater, wireless repeater bridge, etc. run custom ip filtering, and lots more. I once had a roomate who was lax with cleaning up after himself so I made it so only his laptop had to see an image of someone cleaning the kitchen everytime he tried to go to facebook.
Basically dd-wrt, openwrt, and tomato turn your cheapo router into one with the features of those much more expensive. If all you want to do is plug use your router to get onto the internet then it doesnt matter. If you are willing to put forth the time and hassle and frustration of learning networking then you can do some pretty cool stuff with it.
As an aside dd-wrt started when someone figured out the firmware of the wrt54G (hence the wrt in the name) was based on linux. A request to cisco to release the source per the terms of the GPL started the dd-wrt project.
I'm running three refurb WNR2000v2 units with DD-WRT in WDS mode, that I got from Newegg.com some months back for $19.99 shipped free.
Thankfully, all the units I got from Newegg that shipment, were V2.
I had also ordered three units last year from Newegg for around the same price. Only they showed up as all V1. I sold two of them, and still have one of them to sell off.
The V1 factory firmware DOES have a repeater function. Only problem with that is, it only works with NO or WEP security. It will not work as a universal repeater, nor as a WDS repeater with WPA/PSK-AES, like DD-WRT will.
Edit: Btw, DD-WRT is invulnerable to Reaver attacks, because it does not implement WPS at all. It has an option in the firmware to use any WPS button (if present) to turn off the wireless instead.
5678 said: For anyone who got this, default username password is admin/password. The router didn't come with any manual, so yeah. FWIW I got a WNR2000v3.
I got v2.
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cajunshopper
New Member
posted: Feb. 5, 2012 @ 11:52a
i rolled the dice for $15 too, but got a v1 as well.. oh well, at least it is a slight upgrade over my old 8 yr old b/g netgear
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