DD-WRT is

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, it now runs on a wide variety of models. DD-WRT is one of a handful of third-party firmware projects designed to replace manufacturer's original firmware with custom firmware offering additional features or functionality. Sebastian Gottschall, a.k.a. "BrainSlayer", is the founder and primary maintainer of the DD-WRT project. The letters "DD" in the project name are the German license-plate letters for vehicles from Dresden, where the development team lived. The remainder of the name was taken from the Linksys WRT54G model router, a home router popular in 2002–2004. WRT is assumed to be a reference to 'wireless router'. Buffalo Technology and other companies have shipped routers with factory-installed, customized versions of DD-WRT. In January 2016, Linksys started to offer DD-WRT firmware for their routers.

Features

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common features
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* bandwidth monitoring *

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* WPA/WPA2/WPA3 (personal and enterprise) *

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and IPset (on some models) & SPI firewall *

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* AnchorFree

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configuration * WDS - Wireless Distribution System * APuP - Access Point Micro Peering * multiple

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power control *

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BitTorrent client *

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* router linking * ssh *

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support * XLink Kai networks *

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* WireGuard It is also possible to build a bespoke firmware package.Firmware Modification Kit
gives the user the ability to make changes to a firmware image without recompiling the firmware sources.

Version history

Router hardware supported

DD-WRT supports many different router models, both new and obsolete. The project maintains a full list of currently supported models and known incompatible devices.

References

External links

DD-WRT Forum

DD-WRT Wiki

DD-WRT downloads
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Features

Version history

Router hardware supported

See also

References

External links