How to Install DD WRT on Your Router

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Log into your router’s admin page.

   By default, your router’s IP address will be
   192.168.0.1, but if that is not the case, then go to your command prompt, select ‘Run as administrator’ and type ‘ipconfig/all’.
   
   The IP address placed next to ‘Default Gateway’ is the IP address of your router.
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   Step 2: After accessing your router’s settings

   ,, Make sure that you do not unplug your router and you have a backup power supply in case your location is plagued by power outages.
   
   The last thing you want is a bricked router. ,, This address will be the same as when you first entered it. , DD-WRT may request you to input a username and password, which by default is username:root password: admin.
   
   Changing to a new username and password is highly recommended. ,,,,, Click on the Advanced Wireless Settings option.
   
   You will be able to view a Tx Power setting.
   
   If you don’t see the value at in between 65-70mW, then you can make the changes yourself, click on save then apply changes.
   
   The special term used to describe the level of bandwidth is called QoS (Quality of service).
   
   QoS are a set of algorithms that hinders users from ravenously hogging your internet bandwidth. ,,,
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   Step 3: go to the administration section and choose Firmware Upgrade.

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   Step 4: Choose ‘Select File’ and find your DD-WRT firmware.

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   Step 5: Upload the firmware and wait for your router to complete the updating process.

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   Step 6: After the DD-WRT firmware has been successfully installed on your router

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   Step 7: reconnect your router through a wired or wireless medium.

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   Step 8: Enter your router’s IP address.

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   Step 9: Change the username.

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    Step 10: Click on the wireless option present in the admin page.

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    Step 11: Find the Wireless Channel you want to select and click on save.

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    Step 12: Click on Apply Settings to make the changes.

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    Step 13: Wait for the router to reboot and you will be good to go.

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    Step 14: Even though the DD-WRT firmware can boost the wireless signal of your router by making your router transmit the signals more powerfully than its default capabilities

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    Step 15: be sure not to overexert the router

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    Step 16: as you will end up burning its components.

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    Step 17: To enable QoS

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    Step 18: head down to the NAT / QoS tab.

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    Step 19: From there

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    Step 20: you will be able to view the options present in QoS.

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    Step 21: Enable the QoS setting by selecting the ‘enable radio button’.

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