NetGear R7450

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WDVinAZ
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NetGear R7450

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Hi, I came here looking for OpenWRT for NetGear R7450 but I don't see any reference. A search reveals NetGear WNDR3700/3800 but these routers are EOL. Has development stopped for Gargoyle?
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Re: NetGear R7450

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Well, you must have not looked very far.
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Re: NetGear R7450

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:) Thanks for the reply and please excuse my limited knowledge. I'm looking for the ability to track bandwidth usage by device on my home network. What Gargolye distribution should I be using for my Netgear R7450 Router? Alternatively, is there a router on the market that includes this functionality out-of-the-box?
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Gargoyle will let you do that.

Your device can be downloaded from here:
https://www.lantisproject.com/downloads ... JwbCI6MTB9
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Re: NetGear R7450

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Thanks, I was able to locate and download the image. I assume the "factory" was the right one. Anyway, after install I am not able to make the wireless connection points activate. I am using a NetGear R7400 but the Gargolye firmware seems to work fine as far as configuration interface and it shows the local host I am using as connected. I have not connected it to my modem but the wireless should activate without internet connection. Any suggestions?

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Re: NetGear R7450

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Look in the system log to see whether the radios are recognised and the radio firmware (if required) is loaded. You may have got the R7450 image to install and apparently boot on your R7400 but there's no guarantee that it has exactly the same radio chips as the R7450 which might explain the lack of wifi action.

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Re: NetGear R7450

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You can't load non-matching firmware onto devices and expect miracles... If you were upfront in your initial post I would not have advised you to proceed.
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