Firmware Recommendation for Asus RT-N66U

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Carlosinfl

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I've been running my Asus RT-N66U wireless router for 1 year now w/ little / no issues. I'd like to really get more control over my WAP / LAN.

- view live client connections based on wired / wireless
- mac filtering
- QoS
- OpenVPN support

I've used DD-WRT in the past on my old WRT-54G however it's been years and the playing field has a lot more options now then it did back when it was either DD-WRT or Tomato. Do you guys have any recommendations as to some firmware I should check out / consider for my hardware?
 
Merlin firmware ;) (does everything you want without the bugs of tomato (I had bugs in my tomato, no idea if that got updated but got Merlin and never looked back)
 
The site looks awful but in reading the features list, I'm impressed. Little bummed out it doesn't use it's own interface as I think the Asus linear style menu really just doesn't flow or use the max available space to make it easier on the eyes but I will 100% try it. It's not like I login to my router everyday and as long as it works better than the default features, who cares.
 
I'll also give the DD-WRT mini build another shot w/ Merlin as well. Can you tell me after I install the mini build or flash my router w/ the mini build, do the other builds I flash w/ overwrite the mini flash completely or just integrate w/ the build some how. Just trying to understand. Can I just flash the router w/ the mini build and leave it w/o the features of VPN for testing stability and WI-FI strength / speed?
 
mmm did you mean that you want to install DD-WRT mini then install merlin? what ever you install last will overwrite the old. You can't have two OS' running at the same time (doesn't make sense to have two on the same router anyways), you can disable VPN in merlin if you want to.
 
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