So i bought a refurbished netgear wndr3300 router and i want to run dd wrt firmware on it or any other firmware to optimize performance and stability.

I've been reading and researching and everything is just confusing me. By the way I have osx lion and access to xp and vista.

I guess I'm supposed to update to net gear's most recent firmware then load some other crap? I need some super dumbed down instructions to do this. THANKS

 

Here is the install. (you might have seen that)
Netgear WNDR3300 - DD-WRT Wiki

Did you see some of the youtube vids on it?
netgear wndr3300 dd-wrt easy instructions - YouTube

 

yea i was reading through that link and it gave me a headache. for videos i can only find the one with the weird guy sitting in a room full of servers and its non specific to my router. trying to figure out how to do it for sure without bricking this thing.

 

dude that guy was cool!!!

This dude was pretty legit.
NETGEAR WNR3500L unboxing and DD-WRT installation - YouTube

What part do you have troubles with. It's pretty straight forward and it's easier than you think

 

I gave up on low end/home series routers long ago. I am currently running a Sonicwall 2040 pro with the advanced OS in it.

If you get tired of that thing, let me know I might have a spair Sonicwall TZ170 10user that I won't need anymore.