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Alternate OpenWRT firmware for the DGL-5500 (HOW TO)

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murraydr44:
If anyone wants to try alternate firmware for their DGL-5500, you might want to try openwrt's latest chaos calmer release : http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-dgl-5500-a1-squashfs-factory.bin
Chaos Calmer supports IPV6 and provides an alternate qos through fq_codel and sqm.  Kernel 3.10 provides fq_codel built-in.
sqm can be installed with the command: opkg install luci-app-sqm (smart queue manager).
Reference: http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki/Setting_up_SQM_for_CeroWrt_310
The DGL-5500 can be safely flashed back to D-Link firmware using the Luci interface.
gargoyle-router.com has aqm (advanced queue manager) and 1.7 beta supports the Archer C7, using the same chipset as the DGL-5500.

D-Link DGL-5500 working FAQ:
OpenWRT for the DGL-5500 FAQ

FurryNutz:
Just warning, those using 3rd party FW will void there warranties on there routers and may cause problems with the router. I recommend only those advanced users with comfortable knowledge and skills only attempt this if they choose to do so..

Good Luck.

murraydr44:
If you do flash the openwrt firmware and you use pppoe, you need to know how to telnet into the router and change the /etc/config/network file WAN connection from DHCP to pppoe.
/etc/config/network:
config interface 'wan'
   option ifname 'eth0'
   option _orig_ifname 'eth0'
   option _orig_bridge 'false'
   option proto 'pppoe'
   option ipv6 '1'
   option username 'name@hsiservice.net'
   option password 'password'

Then install Luci to get web service on the router: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/luci.essentials

mrjezza:
is streamboost fully supported in either openwrt or gargoyle?

edit: after doing some research it seems that streamboost implements a 3 to 5 band fq_codel system for shaping/managing traffic + the updating database for correctly classifying the traffic to be shaped.  it doesn't seem that openwrt SQM would be as effective as streamboost at correctly detecting and classifying the traffic, and AQM seems to be incorporated into both SB or SQM.

if QoS is important to you, i definitely wouldn't be switching away from stock firmware if streamboost isn't fully supported

murraydr44:
Gargoyle's aqm is an alternative to Streamboost.  With Gargoyle 1.7, fq_codel is inherited from the Linux kernel of openwrt's Barrier Breaker, making it at par with Streamboost.  If you want all the options of openwrt, including IPV6 support, then Chaos Calmer surpasses Streamboost with extra features.  Openwrt has fq_codel and sqm to put it at par with Streamboost, with Chaos Calmer.

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