Padavan is better than DD-WRT, OpenWRT or Tomato

Oct 30, 2014 18:53 GMT  ·  By

We often see great hardware paired with questionable official software (firmware). Such is the case with Asus RT-N56U (N600), Asus RT-N56U B1RT-N65URT-AC1200HPRT-AC54U, RT-AC51URT-N11P and RT-N14U wireless routers.

Those routers have something "different" inside: a dedicated chip for NAT operations. This means they can support a lot of connections and traffic, with the right firmware, obviously. Asus RT-N56U is my favorite Wi-Fi router now and the price is dropping fast, so it might prove to be a great option for a gigabit router with 5Ghz capabilities.

I usually go for Tomato, OpenWRT or DD-WRT firmware (in that order), but now I've tried the new Padavan Firmware and I'm delighted with it.

Among the features making it stand out from the crowd, we can mention:

- intuitive interface; - hardware offload support (WAN/LAN); - VPN server/client; - 2.4 and 5Ghz Wifi support; - USB applications: ftp server, nfs server, dlna server, torrent client (Transmission), download manager (Aria2) etc.; - support for Entware or Optware Packages; - support for USB 3G/4G modems; - ssh/telnet access; - easy SSL certificate integration; - dynamic DNS support (a lot of services); - detailed network traffic graph; - AiDisk (share your files over the internet), etc. - SAMBA/FTP/Printer Share (via USB port) - DLNA server

The latest builds of Padavan firmware can be found here. There are a few builds, with different included packages; you should read the differences between Padavan builds and choose the right one for your needs. I usually go for the "Base build".

After you download the firmware, upload it to the router using the usual Asus Administrator interface (Firmware upgrade).

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