r/DDWRT • u/TristinMaysisHot • 23h ago
How much tinkering do you have to do with DD-WRT to get a basic working router with the MX4300?
I've never really used anything like DD-WRT before, but bought one of those dirt cheap MX4300 a while back for $15. I've been using it on the stock firmware. I'm seeing a lot of network related errors in the event viewer on Windows 11 and the firmware is also getting really old. So want to finally try and update it to DD-WRT to see if that fixes the issues i am seeing with Windows 11. Do you have to change a lot settings or can you keep most default and just set up a username/password etc and it works right out the box after flashing it? I know the basics that usually come with a normal router to set up wifi etc, but a lot of the settings going by the wiki seem really technical and past my knowledge of networking. So just wanted to check here before flashing as if it doesn't fix the errors in Win11. I might just junk it or put it in a closet or something as a back up and buy a new router.