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- 7453-UALC-9464
- Written By
- Roland
- Date Created
- Tue, 25th Aug 2009
- Updated By
- Roland
- Date Modified
- Thu, 15th Oct 2009
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What are the differences between firmwares (hotspot router software)?
Question
What are the differences between firmwares (hotspot router software)?
Answer
Below you can find a table with the main differences.
| HotspotWRT | CoovaAP | DD-WRT | |
| Ease of Installation | Very easy | Average, requires SSH knowledge | Easy |
| Chillispot Version included | 1.1.0 | 1.1.0 | 1.0 |
| Stability of Hotspot | Recommended for more than 10 simultaneous users | Recommended for more than 10 simultaneous users | Good for up to 10-20 simultaneous users |
| Add Whole Subdomains to the Allowed Domain List (*.domain.com) | Yes | Yes | Not possible |
| Adding a Domain which has Multiple IP Addresses to the Allowed Domain List | Supported | Supported | Only the first IP address will be allowed (can have problems with displaying PayPal payment pages) |
| Ease of Adding a New Domain to the Allowed Domain List | Very easy | Very easy | Medium Difficulty |
| Add/Delete Netmask to the Allowed List | Yes | No | No |
| Add/Delete Allowed IP:Port to the Allowed List | Yes | Partly (you can only add) | No |
| Local MAC Address Authentication | Yes | Yes | No |
| Multiple SSIDs | No | No | Yes |
| Front Led Feedback of Current Condition of Hotspot | Advanced (Yellow=Hotspot is running, White=Hotspot is not running, but internet is working, No light=No internet) | No | Partly (working only after reboot, Yellow=there is internet connection) |
| Reset Firmware Settings | With Command: "mtd -r erase nvram" | With Command: "mtd -r erase nvram" | Press the button on the back for more than 10 seconds |
If you use Mikrotik with RouterOS, then Router Alert is not supported.
