Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:30 Post subject: Any reason to update my WRT600N?
I have a (old, yes I know) Linksys WRT600Nv1.1 and I'm running DD-WRT 08-12-10-r14929. Is there any good reason to update to a newer revision? And if so (security reasons, etc.) could anyone who is using a WRT600N tell me what the newest version they are running? This is the only router in my house and I cannot brick it, otherwise I would just start testing random revisions.
And the latest revision that I can find someone reporting that is working is 04-06-2017-r31825.
I am currently getting full speeds for my Internet connection, 60/6Mbps through the 2.4GHz spectrum, so I really think that I should only upgrade if there are security issues.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 18:28 Post subject: Re: Any reason to update my WRT600N?
skaendo wrote:
I have a (old, yes I know) Linksys WRT600Nv1.1 and I'm running DD-WRT 08-12-10-r14929. Is there any good reason to update to a newer revision?
This is your main gateway router? I would suggest to use the 31825 since you found a report of it working, but depends on your feature use and paranoia level. Here is some CVE info for DD.
skaendo wrote:
I did notice that someone mentioned that 32597 bricked their 600N
Yes that build has an issue w/ httpd. The next build should fix that, but more importantly will add an accelerated NAT driver, which may not improve your speed yet, but should reduce latency a bit. It appears the limit for that model at stock speed is around 80 Mb/s. _________________ #NAT/SFE/CTF: limited speed w/ DD#Repeater issues#DD-WRT info: FAQ, Builds, Types, Modes, Changes, Demo#
OPNsense x64 5050e ITX|DD: DIR-810L, 2*EA6900@1GHz, R6300v1, RT-N66U@663, WNDR4000@533, E1500@353,
WRT54G{Lv1.1,Sv6}@250|FreshTomato: F7D8302@532|OpenWRT: F9K1119v1, RT-ACRH13, R6220, WNDR3700v4
Thanks for the info. Yes this is my main gateway, I suppose that my main concern was if there was any security issues that needed to be addressed like right now.
LOL, my "paranoia" level is pretty low. I am one of those that just needs my router to connect to the Internet. The features are just a bonus, if I ever get time to look at them.
I had issues with this router before upgrading it with DD-WRT where I was having to unplug it at least once a day to reset it and get the full speeds out of it with the updated stock firmware. Since flashing it with DD-WRT, I have had no issues with it.
The speed is not really a concern for right now. 60Mbps is the fastest that I can get here so apparently it can keep up. FWIW, Windows is reporting 130Mbps (through the router).
I am going to go ahead and upgrade to 31825 and tread water there until the next time that I get around to looking at it. Next time I won't wait as long.
