DD-WRT

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 is assumed to be a reference to 'wireless router'.

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.

Features

Among the common features of DD-WRT are

• access control
• bandwidth monitoring
• quality of service
• WPA/WPA2/WPA3 (personal and enterprise)
• iptables and IPset (on some models) & SPI firewall
• Universal Plug and Play
• Wake-on-LAN
• Dynamic DNS
• AnchorFree VPN
• wireless access point configuration
• WDS - Wireless Distribution System
• multiple SSIDs
• overclocking
• transmission power control
• Transmission BitTorrent client
• Tor
• router linking
• ssh
• telnet
• RADIUS support
• XLink Kai networks
• OpenVPN
• WireGuard

It is also possible to build a bespoke firmware package.

Version history

Router hardware supported

DD-WRT supports many different router models, both new and obsolete. The project maintains a full list of currently supported models and known incompatible devices.

See also

• BusyBox
• OpenWrt
• List of router firmware projects

References

External links

• DD-WRT Forum
• DD-WRT downloads