Buffalo Wireless-G MIMO Performance* Broadband Router with Exclusive DDWRT Firmware Reviews
Buffalo Wireless-G MIMO Performance* Broadband Router with Exclusive DDWRT Firmware
- Buffalo Wireless-G MIMO Performance Router with
- Hot Spot Portal allows authentication and accoun
- Multi-SSID Multiple SSIDs can be configured to s
- Built-in DHCP server
- Built-in 10/100 4-port auto-sensing switch
Buffalo WirelessG MIMO Performance Broadband Router with Exclusive DDWRT Firmware WHRHPG54DD Networks Wireless Routers
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(out of 2 reviews)
Price: £50.18
Review by Joseph Schiavone for Buffalo Wireless-G MIMO Performance* Broadband Router with Exclusive DDWRT Firmware
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The product is very good and reliable. Working perfectly and has solved a lot of our problems which were related to wireless performance. The performance is stable, and does not down grade the speed time or interruptions.
Recommendable.
Review by Mr. D. Mawby for Buffalo Wireless-G MIMO Performance* Broadband Router with Exclusive DDWRT Firmware
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My troubles go back to when my trusty Linksys WRT54G died a few months ago after 6 years of good service. The reception from the Linkys had been a bit flaky at the far end of the house from the router so I thought I would replace it with a Belkin N router – which should have greater range and speed. Whilst this worked reasonably well for wireless N clients its performance with G clients was poor – the PS3 could not pull in a signal unless it was within about 5 metres. Also the Belkin kept dropping the connection every couple of hours. So it was back to the drawing board.
After a bit of research I settled on the high power Buffalo Wireless G router which seemed to have soe good reviews. I opted for the DDWRT version which has the same hardware – including power amplifier – but with popular and highly flexible open source firmware.
As usual with Amazon the kit was delivered quickly. It comes in environmentally friendly minimal packaging – with no driver disk and minimal documentation. As long as you know the IP address for the web interface and the default password you are into the comprehensive management interface. This gives the usual array of options for wireless security, access controls, web address filtering and so on. These all seem to work as expected and there is a wide variety of status information available. There are even some neat tools built in for identifying other wireless devices in the area – useful for selecting an interference-free channel.
There are also a lot of more sophisticated controls available allowing you to do things such as setting up multiple wireless LANs with different access permissions (eg a guest network with a simple WEP key for internet access but no access to other LAN devices such as storage and printers). You can even set up the router as a wireless hotspot should you so wish. There are also options for various QOS controls ofr VOIP, video traffic, etc. I have been experimenting with soe of these and they all seem to work OK – but you will need to read the help pages and / or DDWRT web site to understand how to use them properly.
So how does it perform? Well it obviously doesn’t have the speed of a wireless N network – but with the power amplifier cranked up it does allow all the G clients (including PS3) to connect all around the house with reasonable signal strength and speed – still at 54Mbps at over 10 metres away through 3 brick walls. The other key thing is that the Buffalo has proved very stable – it works for weeks without a problem and does not break or hang your connection.
I would recommend this router for anybody who wants a simple, powerful and reliable wireless G network. The DDWRT also gives lots of options to anybody who wants to tweak with the way the router operates or to create VLANs and so on. However, you will need at least a basic understanding of networking to get this up and running – no wizards to get you going with this kit.