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Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by petee »

daringrain32781 wrote: post #9
drdaeman wrote: post #6

Just two Ethernet ports (1+2.5GbE), and it’s dual-band (no 6GHz)… I’m not sure who’s the target audience or what’s the use case.

It’s for developers as far as I understand, it’s not meant to buy as a consumer router. There is far better hardware you can get that runs OpenWRT.

It does raise the question that if it is for developers, what exactly is being developed? Especially if its not representative of hardware that is available or desired; is there some advantage targeting a very particular chipset? This seems to be the only device using it (from what i could find briefly)

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by aborsy »

ssl-3 wrote: post #56
letmetweakit wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Upgrades are “owut upgrade” these days. Pretty straightforward.

Maybe so. The documentation seems to be all over the map, and the GUI suggests using "attended sysupgrade" for upgrades. ...which I tried doing, a week or so ago, for a minor point release update within the 25.12.x series. And then the router went out to lunch and didn't come back. Getting it going again wasn't so bad as such things go. My router has a huge advantage here in that it's a Raspberry Pi 4, so it's easy t…

Yeah, for non-X86 devices, getting to U-boot with pressing a combination of PINs in particular order and conditions and releasing at right time is a pain.

I think I wasted $100,000 in salary for $100 more in device cost, in setting up an OpenWRT router.

Apart from installation and upgrades, the OS itself is nice, very flexible and capable.

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by TheGoddessInari »

drdexebtjl wrote: post #34
naturalmovement wrote: post #4

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There are no cheap commodity routers that can run OpenWrt, have modern Wi-Fi features, and are reasonably available (in the sense that you could buy one if your router fails). OpenWrt is vastly superior to the proprietary software in commodity routers. Proprietary software gates software features behind more expensive models, even though the cheap hardware can handle them. You also get software updates. Your hardware…

For a around two years there, the dynalink dl-wrx36 was selling between $50 & $85 for comparable/better hardware. Still running a pair with an nss-enabled fork. Still effortlessly maxes out a gigabit fiber line with qosify.

Configured it so the 2.5gbe port connects towards the lan where a cheap wifi 7 AP can broadcast the additional signal if anything feel like it needs it. But practically speaking nothing does.

While the openwrt one was a decent experiment, it was far from the only hardware in the price range that had stellar openwrt support before/after it came out. And one thing people seem to forget about with a lot of options (like banana pi options) is that the range & falloff can be terrible. The openwrt two is apparently delayed & going with a different manufacturer.

Openwrt is great if you are willing to customize the software especially. The fact that it can be used as an actual wifi client in a pinch is also a lifesaver.

Long-long term availability is a different problem, but different manufacturers move on.

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by petee »

ssl-3 wrote: post #63
petee wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2.5 is the WAN, so your lan is only getting 1g anyway

With OpenWRT, the network interfaces are whatever you want them to be. That's one of the perks. :)

Ok, so your wan is 1gig, and your lan 2.5...handy but not much of a perk. Lets just call this an AP, which would clear up many issues people seem to have with it

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by woodrowbarlow »

pseudosavant wrote: post #46

I have and love my OpenWrt One for my main router. I have two, so that I have a backup one I can switch to if the first one ever dies. It is the best device to run OpenWrt on as it is fully supported hardware that has great images/packages for it. Routing speeds/buffer/latency are great, everything just works, price is very reasonable. I don't use it for my APs, but that is mostly because I already had 3 TP-Link rout…

another happy user here too. having openwrt with all features working and no tinkering out of the box (since it's their reference target) is a dream. this, plus the warm fuzzies of buying open-source, makes it worth it to me even with the 1GBps limitation and outdated WiFi (i use a separate AP anyway, like you). i swapped my ports in software to have 1GB WAN and 2.5GB LAN (which also lets me power the router with PoE, which i have coming in on the LAN port).

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by sourweasel »

tracker1 wrote: post #50
philamonster wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Recycled 4 or so WRT54G variants a couple years ago I ran Tomato on for friend's small businesses and my home in early 2000's.

I miss the Tomato UI/UX... I don't care for LUCU or OpnSense's UI by comparison... Been using OpnSense for about 8 years now though... it's just been the best option for me, I use separate commercial AP.

FreshTomato is still active, and they are doing x86 builds now. I'm running it on an aging Netgear R7000 and it has been stable.

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by tw04 »

c0l0 wrote: post #53
aborsy wrote: post #22

How about OPNSense on open hardware of your choice, and passing messy wireless to separate AP? OpenWRT is very good, but the installation and upgrades are not easy. There is a zoo of images for different hardware, installation options and tools. It has to run on small devices, so there are limitations. The documentation on Wiki is scattered and could be improved. I had to search forums for weeks for a custom package…

Your OpenWrt ecosystem knowledge seems oudated; upgrades are a solved problem since the advent of "Attended Sysupgrade": https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/attended.sy... It's been included in all suitable default image configurations starting with OpenWrt release 25.12. I do run OpenWrt on my x86-based router, on my AP, and even on my managed switches, and have no regrets.

So an image released in March? I’m not sure I’d proclaim it completely solved when it’s been ga for all of three months.

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by [deleted] »

PaulKeeble wrote: post #17

They are working on an OpenWRT Two at the moment which will be Wifi 7. OpenWRT runs on a lot of hardware and its a great way to extend the life of a router past the manufacturers patches as well as gain a lot of capabilities. I wouldn't buy a commercial router that wasn't supported by OpenWRT now.

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