I need a dual band router with at least one USB port (to plug in my printer) that will allow me to assign a FREE dynamic DNS. What routers meet this criteria?
I've got a netgear WNDR4300 right now and I realize netgear only lets me get dynamic DNS's from dyndns.org, not from any other provide (really sucks)r. Dyndns.org don't offer free dynamic DNSs anymore, you have to pay money.
I stream video all the time but don't play video games. I need a dynamic DNS cause I want to set up backup to my mybooklive NAS through SFTP/SSH.
Thanks.
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Why not flash DD-WRT on it- that would allow you to use different DNS providers? Version 4 is supported- I don't know which is your.
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That's a good idea. But my sister needs a new router anyway so I was just going to give her mine and get a new one for me.
Plus, I'm afraid I'll end up bricking my router. -
ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
WNDR4300 is a pretty good router. Are you looking for something with 802.11ac?
It's hard to brick a netgear router unless you are writing directly to the NAND or writing nvram when you aren't 100% sure what you are doing. You will almost always have failsafe tftp built into the bootloader. -
I picked up a WZR-600DHP for sale on newegg a month or two ago, and it's been working great. Comes with dd-wrt pre-installed.
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My router doesn't have a version number written on it so I assume it's a 1st version, so can't have dd-wrt installed on it unfortunately.
I'd go for an ac model except they cost so much money.
Getting a router with dd-wrt preinstalled sounds like a great idea.
Is there one that has dd-wrt preinstalled that has 450 mbps for the 5 GHz frequency? -
Since all my laptops are n300 2.4 or 5GHz, this router is perfect for me. Performance is good, range is decent, but not necessarily great. -
silentnite2608 Notebook Evangelist
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i have a Linksys E4200 with Tomato firmware (K26 USB MIPSR2 110 AIO) and i do recommend it as a dual band router (it also support PPPoE IPv6 / DHCPv6 PD).
as a DynDNS i'm using DUIA.ro - Dynamic Updates for Internet Addressing - it's FREE, supports IPv4/IPv6, has a GUI and console version client and the most important you can update IPv6 addresses of your LAN devices using the console version client on your router; this is the binary i'm using on my Linksys:
http://www.duia.ro/download/?f=cmipsel
this is very usefull if you want to access your IPv6 webcam behind the CPE that has its own IPv6 global address.
Recommendations on dual band wireless router that allows for a free DDNS?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by heehee62, Jun 14, 2013.