router alternative firmware

exotic444 · 30 Nov 2010 at 22:58

Hi,

I have a belkin F5D8236-4 V3 and I was wondering if I should get an alternative firmware because atm I'm not happy with the performance of this router. Also if I should get one which one should I get for example tomato, Dd Wrt ect.

Many Thanks

benftl · 1 Dec 2010 at 00:16

Your router isn't compatible with any of them apparently.

exotic444 · 1 Dec 2010 at 21:50

benftl said:
Your router isn't compatible with any of them apparently.

Ok I've also got a d-link DIR-615 D2 that came with my VM 50mb so would that be better with a new firmwire than my current belkin?

benftl · 1 Dec 2010 at 22:16

Yes definitely, I have that router myself. Flash it with DD-WRT and you'll have a powerful little router

exotic444 · 1 Dec 2010 at 22:21

benftl said:
Yes definitely, I have that router myself. Flash it with DD-WRT and you'll have a powerful little router

Is there a big performance difference between the firmwires like tomato, DD-WRT ect?

Azuse05 · 1 Dec 2010 at 23:09

Yes/No. On that thing you're only option is dd-wrt.

DD-wrt was built to add as many features as possible to routers. Tomato was built to provide a fast, clean & simple ui with good qos although with the k26 builds it's adding quite a lot of dd-wrts features.

If you had the option I'd say try both, although for the average user just wanting good qos tomato would almost certainly be the default choice if possible. Either would be better that the stock fw

benftl · 1 Dec 2010 at 23:12

Interesting you mention the QoS, as I've never gotten DD-WRT's QoS to work properly. Might give Tomato a go, just for curiosity's sake.

exotic444 · 2 Dec 2010 at 00:46

Thanks for advice guys