Greetings,

I'm looking to upgrade my main router (Buffalo WZR-600HP) and considering the GT-AC5300. Going by the specs on this thing it's obviously a Beast and more power than I really need but I like the idea of being future proof (at least 5 yrs)...and I'm a huge geek :). My current Buffalo router has DD-WRT and I also put it on my Linksys E1200 and configured it as a "Repeater Bridge" and they've both worked great for my needs, but they're now getting a little dated and my mobile devices are AC ready.

My question about the GT-AC5300 is:

Is SSH (secure shell) an available option to administer the GT-AC5300 over a LAN ?

I've only seen a few references to this while researching. I noticed on the Asuswrt-Merlin page that SSH access was first featured in Merlin FW and since added to the main-line firmware but wasn't sure if that included the GT-AC5300 and a few have commented on Amazon about it being available. The manual mentions Telnet but that's old and unsecure.

Other features I'm looking for include:

Connecting to external VPN services
Setting up custom reboot scripts (cron etc.)
Guest Network (appears to be included)
JFFS support (for storing custom scripts)

Anyway, I basically looking for similar customization and configuration options that DD-WRT brings, but concerned about stability and performance issues that others are reporting with routers I was looking at (e.g. Linksys WRT-AC3200). I'm also looking at the RT-AC5300 as an alternative.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Any information provided would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Namger3k20