What's the best router to put this on in 2022?
OpenWrt 22.03
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Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have this device, and if so, what's the peak bandwidth you are able to achieve over wifi?
More important to me, how stable is it? My WRT3200ACM has good peak bandwidth, but it can't deal with interference of other routers and needs to be rebooted frequently.
Yeah, I have found x86 openwrt wired router + AP (currently, Ruckus R710), to be a good combination. Don't mind getting an openwrt AP if it beats Ruckus, but I find that to be a high bar.
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#53This is a pretty significant release - it marks the end of iptables in the main distribution; the OpenWrt-specific translation layer (previously firewall3, now firewall4) for netfilter-related configuration now targets nftables. Also, yet more devices have made the switch from swconfig to DSA for configuring Ethernet switches. I've been using 22.03 release candidates on all my networking gear (router, switch, access…
If you don't do anything out of the ordinary with your router is there any benefit to this over for example, the Netgear or tplink firmware?
The UI isn't slow.
This is a serious pet peeve of mine with other routers. I don't need a heavy frontend just to configure my router, I want to open port forwarding quickly. Fading effects and fake loading swirls are utterly unnecessary. There's none of it in OpenWRT.
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#54I really do miss the alliteration-based naming scheme ("attitude adjustment", "barrier breaker", "chaos calmer"...) they had before the LEDE merge.
Looks like the OpenWrt `/etc/banner` no longer includes a bartender recipe (which I think they had since before alliteration, including for White Russian). I once included one of the OpenWrt login banners in a "screenshot" for the Racket community, and neglected to explain why alcohol was involved: https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket-openwrt/
A shame. It seems that whimsical humour is becoming scarce in software. I wonder why.
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
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Plenty of options here. I have a few and have no complaints. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/
I do as well but have a few complaints ;) glinet ship their own builds of a forked openwrt (most based on 19.x) containing proprietary patches and binaries. I got a handful of their most recent devices as of last year and all of those are officially still stuck on an ancient 19.x with several security issues that are fixed in upstream but don't make it down. Got the GL-MT1300 working with a self-built open-source Ope…
> glinet ship their own builds of a forked openwrt
Imma let you finish, but you've always been able to install vanilla OpenWrt on GL.iNet devices. I've been doing this for years across most models. Actually there are only a couple of recent GL.iNet routers that I don't own.
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do as well but have a few complaints ;) glinet ship their own builds of a forked openwrt (most based on 19.x) containing proprietary patches and binaries. I got a handful of their most recent devices as of last year and all of those are officially still stuck on an ancient 19.x with several security issues that are fixed in upstream but don't make it down. Got the GL-MT1300 working with a self-built open-source Ope…
> glinet ship their own builds of a forked openwrt Imma let you finish, but you've always been able to install vanilla OpenWrt on GL.iNet devices. I've been doing this for years across most models. Actually there are only a couple of recent GL.iNet routers that I don't own.
Have you been able to produce a working 21.02 image (or 19.x with critical security patches, for that matter) for the E750? I'd seriously love to pool resources on this.
My rant above comes from multiple days of struggling to get a working build that doesn't have stability issues not present in the official image.
Like I mentioned, I don't recall any surprises with the MT1300 that couldn't be worked around.
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Plenty of options here. I have a few and have no complaints. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/
I do as well but have a few complaints ;) glinet ship their own builds of a forked openwrt (most based on 19.x) containing proprietary patches and binaries. I got a handful of their most recent devices as of last year and all of those are officially still stuck on an ancient 19.x with several security issues that are fixed in upstream but don't make it down. Got the GL-MT1300 working with a self-built open-source Ope…
thanks for the info. It've had one old GL.Inet router sitting around, occasionally using it as a backup / test AP. Never realized their OpenWRT isn't stock...
Is there an alternative HW You'd recommend for OpenWRT?
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do as well but have a few complaints ;) glinet ship their own builds of a forked openwrt (most based on 19.x) containing proprietary patches and binaries. I got a handful of their most recent devices as of last year and all of those are officially still stuck on an ancient 19.x with several security issues that are fixed in upstream but don't make it down. Got the GL-MT1300 working with a self-built open-source Ope…
They list[1] which device supports an official OpenWRT, but the E750 you mention is in this list for version ">21.02" without any remarks. So this list is not accurate? [1] https://github.com/gl-inet/openwrt#product-branch-relationsh...
IME yes, inaccurate. I have previously compiled OpenWRT for a wide range of devices from manufacturers with no official support and spotty community coverage so it's not like I'm not used to things like this. There's some talk about the issues with the E750 drivers/firmware on the openwrt forums or mailing list IIRC.
This should give an idea of how much much attention they pay to security updates and the response one can expect when opening issues or PRs on their repos:
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#59I hoped this would fix the squashfs corruption[1][2][3] on the mt7621, but it doesn't seem so. It looks like I'll have to keep playing russian roulette on every boot for another two years, at least. [1]: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/patch-squashfs-data-probably-cor... [2]: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/9085 [3]: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/9729
nasty bug - but there are often .dot releases (https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/tags) - if this will be fixed you don't have to wait 2 years.
Re: OpenWrt 22.03
#60The key thing with OpenWRT is this (the list of supoported devices):
https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_fwdownload?dataflt%5B0%5D=...