As a long-time user of DD-WRT on another brand of WiFi router, when it came time to upgrade, support for DD-WRT was a must-have. After lengthy "research", I settled on the D-Link DIR-882-US for several reasons.
DD-WRT seems to have limited support of 802.11ax so far, so 802.11ac was preferred. Of the numerous brands and models, this device seemed to have a great balance of speed, price, and support by DD-WRT. Since the construction of my multi-story house requires multiple WiFi devices for full coverage, price was critical.
Additionally, many devices on the market are large and ugly. The DIR-882-US is neither. It looks professional and unassuming, and if it peeks out from behind my furnishings will not look like a tacky "gamerz" WiFi device. One location it was needed required vertical wall-mounting, and this has been working well.
It is easily 5-10 times as fast as my older WiFi devices. Achieving this did take some effort, due largely to overconfidence on my part because of having experience with DD-WRT on another brand of device. I basically messed-up the first time I tried installing DD-WRT and had to temporarily roll-back the old devices for a couple of days while I diagnosed things and walked through the installation and setup sequence more carefully. Once I had the latest DD-WRT installed, everything has been working very well.
Note that I never tried the vendor's software, only DD-WRT.
There are faster WiFi routers out there, even faster 802.11ac devices supported by DD-WRT. For my situation, the DIR-882-US router hits the sweet spot for value, and has been an excellent upgrade.
| Wireless Type | 802.11n, 802.11b, 802.11ac, 802.11g |
|---|---|
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 1 |
