101 reasons why you shouldnt get DD-WRT

January 25, 2007 Andy

for (int count = 0; count < 101; count++)
“Reason ” + (count + 1) + “: Because IPKG doesn’t work\n”

Alright I cheated, there aren’t really alot of reasons why I don’t encourage people to use dd-wrt.

Firstly, the IPKG is broken (I only tried V23 SP2 and in V24, it is still broken) hence those who wish to maximise the use of their routers wont be able to do it.

Secondly, getting donations from end users are pretty alright. But selling of GPL derivatives and making a profit out of them is a big no no. Check out their online stores! Exclusive firmwares for those who pay!

Thirdly, the command interpreter is called “BusyBox” and not “Very BusyBox” after changing maybe zero lines of the source code. Google around to find out the spicy news.

Fourth, it is an opensource project and you should list all the contributers. Not take credits. Google for the spicy news again.

Fifth, it isn’t customisable due to the fact that IPKG is broken.

Anymore to add on to my list?

Anyway, seems to take quite a fair bit of stuffs from openwrt.