Rosewill RNX-GX4 Wireless-G Broadband Router / Open Source & DD-WRT Firmware support IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g

Pros: Works swimmingly. Flashed to DD-WRT v24-sp2 std using rosewill web interface, all is well.

Cons: I have not yet found any serious issues yet. Updated firmware is a little finicky about newer browsers, but that is no fault of the router's.

Overall Review: There are rumors on the web that there is some poor circuitry design on the board, which is based on the NetCore NW618. The router seems to work without issue for me. I don't need a high-powered AP for what this router is purposed. And for the price, it's a total win! Here is to hoping for a nice long life.

Pros: It's a Netcore NW618 rebranded as a Rosewill, which is definitely supported by DD-WRT and Tomato. It's quite reasonably priced if you want a router that can be flashed with open source firmware. 240MHz Broadcom CPU which is pretty standard. The board appears to be a pretty basic Broadcom reference design. Removable antennas are a big plus. Unlike the WRT54GL, can be easily wall mounted without any adapter plates or ugly cable ties. All ports are color coded which helps with supporting the product. I like the plain black box look.

Cons: Rosewill name has been associated with dubious quality in the past, but with my bad Linksysco experiences as of late, I am ready to give these a shot.

Overall Review: Could not beat the price for a DD-WRT/Tomato compatible unit.

Pros: What can I say!!! This little unit delivered where my much more costly, top name brand units failed miserably! I plugged it in, set it up, and it started pumping out wireless transmissions on my 10 meg internet system at a full 10 megs where my other routers were constantly struggling for 2.5 or 3. In fact, they often dropped below 1.5, and were so slow we would have trouble streaming standard def. video.

Cons: Absolutely none at this point.

Overall Review: I have five hardware items made by Rosewill, and they are all great performers at a reasonable price. My HDMI 3 port switch is well made, effortless (it comes with a handy little remote) and dependable. My wireless adapter with cable antenna is better than any other PCI wireless adapter I have owned, and I have had my share. My special persons' wireless keyboard and mouse are the smoothest, best performing and most comfortable she has owned, and, again, we have owned many. All of these items have been purchased in the last three months, so I cannot speak to how well they will hold up, but at this moment I have only good things to say about Rosewill products. And, just for the record, I am also very high on NewEgg.

Pros: Flash to DD-WRT couldn't be easier. I hear Tomato is also possible, but I didn't try it.

Cons: Original Rosewell firmware pretty basic but functional.

Overall Review: I purchased two of these Rosewell RNX-GX4 wireless routers from Newegg a couple of weeks ago. I was going to use them as a repeater bridge after flashing them with DD-WRT. They took the web-based DD-WRT flash the first time. I immediately placed one of these routers into service as a wifi repeater and it worked like a champ! After successfully flashing both routers, I decided to pair a different router (Netgear WNDR3300 also w/DD-WRT) with one of the Rosewell routers in the repeater bridge and revert the other back to the original Rosewell firmware. I tried the tftp method described below several times without success, but after reviewing http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Recover_from_a_Bad_Flash I was successful using Draytek Router Tools http://www.draytek.com.au/downloads.php in restoring the original Rosewell firmware. I'm very happy with my purchase of the Rosewell wireless routers and with Newegg's excellent service!

Pros: * Cheap * Lots of opportunities for fiddling around * well-known chipset with plenty of ram * takes tomato or dd-wrt firmware * if you like to solder, it's easy to add serial/usb connection through J8 port * removable external antennas

Cons: Runs hot out of the box

Overall Review: To deal with the heat, I attached a small copper heatsink to the broadcom chip using arctic silver adhesive paste As others have mentioned, to use tomato firmware, you need to use the ND (new drivers) version and do some one-time telnet configuration after flashing. telnet into 192.168.1.1 username: root password: admin enter the following commands: nvram set vlan1ports="0 5" nvram commit reboot For a friend's ISP, I also needed to manually set the wan MAC address. I did not have this issue with my ISP. If you have trouble getting an ip through your ISP's modem even after firing up the vlan, this is probably your issue. I had to set it through telnet to get it to stick: nvram set wan_hwaddr=mac printed on unit (or whatever mac you want) nvram commit reboot

Pros: Great router, see below.

Cons: Great router, see below.

Overall Review: Thanks to the user who posted, "to get DD-WRT , you need to uncheck wlan, apply settings, then check wlan, apply settings" I'm kind of dumb so it took me a while to figure out where this was in the router's menu, so maybe these steps will help out someone else. When I flashed to DD-WRT, I could not get a WAN address via DHCP. I went to the "Setup" menu, then to "VLANs" and there un-checked the box under the Port Column marked "W" and the Row marked "1", then hit "Apply Settings" Then I went back and checked the same box and hit "Apply Settings" again and it picked up an address via DHCP on my WAN side no problem. Hope this helps.

Pros: Great For Price DD Wrt Search NW618 Boosted My Signal From 1-2 bars With Plaster Walls to 4-5 Constant ! Worked great from the start. I never really even looked at the origional firmware I just flashed dd-wrt right away. Flashed without issues and it worked awesome.

Cons: Only Con Isnt DDWRTs Fault I have an Att 2wire Modem/Router Only issue was when I was trying to do a reset.

Overall Review: Would Reccomend to Anyone Looking for a Cheap efficent

Pros: These are so cheap, and completely compatible with DD-WRT, updated firmware via the router web interface. Get two of these for the price of one WRT54GL. A Buffalo HP might still be worth the added money due to the external TX boost. I bought two of these for their DD-WRT support. I played with one out of the box and the standard firmware looks pretty typical. Flashed router #1 to DD-WRT and configured as a Bridge Repeater for my Fios router, speedtest showed 10Mb down/11Mb up over the bridge, much better than I was expecting over a wifi hop. Router #2 is going to get OpenWRT and aircrack next...

Cons: None so far.