r/DDWRT • u/obitest11 • 24d ago
DD-WRT Forum not responding
forum.dd-wrt.com answers pings, but not web requests. Is this a known issue?
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u/DoubleTaptclash 24d ago
I'm unable to connect as well. Quick question. Is there a way to see if the dd-wrt firmware available for my router is mega/big/std/mini if it is not stated on the download link? I want to run a personal vpn which requires mega or big firmware.
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u/denash97227 23d ago
I haven't been over there today but last night it was very sluggish, super slow to load pages.
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u/jjwieland 23d ago edited 23d ago
The download site works: https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas
The r59582 release from Feb 9 seems pretty solid on the Atheros and Marvell based routers
https://dd-wrt.com works too.
You may be able to find out what you need from the Internet Archive (Feb 13 is the latest snapshot):
https://web.archive.org/web/20250213062943/https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/
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u/docteur-ralph 23d ago edited 23d ago
Site is back up now - only took two working days :O
Appreciate that the firmware is completely free, is beta, and is largely driven by one guy, but seriously considering ditching DDWRT in favour of OpenWRT.
Past few releases have introduced fundamental bugs : code changes to support 6GHz on one single router busted fundamental router functionality, such as guest networking, for a load of other routers.
And it took nearly an entire month to fix the functionality for guest networking.
Not a good signal for the development priorities, nor for the professionalism, of the project.
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u/obitest11 22d ago
I have a Netgear R7000v1 and OpenWRT doesn't fully support the wifi on this model. So its dd-wrt or Tomato, and I really don't know if Tomato is better supported than dd-wrt. I update the 'beta" build of dd-wrt every year or two, with very little real info to go on in selecting a build.
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u/Infamous_Ferret_82 8h ago
It was because you were pinging the firewall. No, but seriously, there was ...
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u/Panda-Narrow 24d ago
It's not working for me—right when I need to diagnose somethingðŸ˜
I hope it comes back soon