DD-WRT is Linux-based firmware for wireless routers and access points. Originally designed for the Linksys WRT54G series, it now runs on a wide variety of models. DD-WRT is one of a handful of third-party firmware projects designed to replace manufacturer's original firmware with custom firmware offering additional features or functionality.
Sebastian Gottschall, a.k.a. "BrainSlayer", is the founder and primary maintainer of the DD-WRT project. The letters "DD" in the project name are the German license-plate letters for vehicles from Dresden, where the development team lived. The remainder of the name was taken from the Linksys WRT54G model router, a home router popular in 2002-2004. "WRT", also used by the OpenWrt router firmware project, comes from the generic abbreviation for "Wireless RouTer", which may have been the original Linksys meaning.
Buffalo Technology and other companies have shipped routers with factory-installed, customized versions of DD-WRT. In January 2016, Linksys started to offer DD-WRT firmware for their routers.
Video DD-WRT
Features
Among the standard features common to all versions of DD-WRT are: access control, bandwidth monitoring, quality of service, WPA/WPA2 (personal and enterprise), the iptables firewall, Universal Plug and Play, Wake-on-LAN, Dynamic DNS, AnchorFree VPN, wireless access point configuration, multiple SSIDs, overclocking, transmission power control, and the ability to link routers. A telnet daemon is also standard. A few examples of optional features are a wireless distribution system and support for RADIUS and XLink Kai networks. DD-WRT's support for OpenVPN enables one to pass all network traffic through a virtual private network.
It is also possible to build a bespoke firmware package.
Maps DD-WRT
Version history
See also
- BusyBox
- List of router firmware projects
References
External links
- Official website
- DD-WRT software version control
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