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Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by mbana »

prima-facie wrote: post #246
WithinReason wrote: post #55

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The planned specs are here, they say it will be made by GL.iNet: https://openwrt.org/voting/2025-02-12-openwrt-two Otherwise this router from GL.iNet has OpenWRT preinstalled, Wifi 7, 5x2.5G: http://www.gl-inet.com/en-gb/products/gl-be9300

> https://openwrt.org/voting/2025-02-12-openwrt-two Glinet are doing a great job with their routers. I have the Beryl AX which is fully openwrt compatible. The new Beryl 7 is also fully compatible now. Mediatek chips might not be as high performance as Qualcomm but they make up in openness. Edit: They just announced Flint 4 with a Mediatek chip: https://www.gl-inet.com/en-gb/products/gl-be14000

Unfortunately the Flint 4 is still not available which lead me to get the https://openelab.io/a/s/products/banana-pi-bpi-r4-pro-1 instead.

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Post by walrus01 »

buildsjets wrote: post #208
Karliss wrote: post #142

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Wifi 5-7 happened, now operating at 3 different frequency ranges (2.4, 5 and 6Ghz) and using techniques like beam forming and MIMO. All those antennas need to go somewhere. If you want plain unassuming looking hardware get dedicated wifi access points and place them all over the building. There are plenty of those shaped liked big smoke detectors. If you want single device there are also quite a few trash can shaped…

Why does Wifi 5-7 require designing the case so it is shaped like an F-117 fighter jet instead of a box of candy?

You don't have to buy such a design, the ubiquiti u7 lite and u7 pro are ordinary round white ceiling mount 802.11be AP.

Somehow ordinary non tech consumers got it into their heads that something which looks like a f117 with many spiky antennas sticking out of it must be faster.

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Post by voxadam »

xelxebar wrote: post #241
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.

Why 7 (802.11be) when the bandwidth isn't really used? Genuine question. The GL-BE9300 mentioned here clocks in well within WiFi 5 range even. I've got 10Gbps fiber at home (egregious, I know), and the only OpenWRT router I found that can saturate it is the Turris Omnia NG[0]. The price tag is a notch up from others but it's legitimately one of the best pieces of hardware I've ever owned. A perf3 test against an in-t…

>I've got 10Gbps fiber at home (egregious, I know), and the only OpenWRT router I found that can saturate it is the Turris Omnia NG[0]. The price tag is a notch up from others but it's legitimately one of the best pieces of hardware I've ever owned.

Why not use OPNsense on a mini PC?

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by mbana »

tw04 wrote: post #131
JoshTriplett wrote: post #48

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I'm hoping for one with at least two 10Gbps ethernet ports (one for upstream, one for downstream). Ideally more, but two would be great.

https://mono.si/

Does it have WiFi 7? If so, list the details please.

Why choose this over the https://openelab.io/a/s/products/banana-pi-bpi-r4-pro-1 ?

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by walrus01 »

I'm sorry but lack of 802.11be tri band is a non starter in mid 2026 for this price. Someone else commenting in this thread has linked the glinet 802.11be unit which looks like a better option.

I would also highly encourage people to buy a wired only router, and something like a ubiquiti u7 lite or u7 pro AP, and separate the functions of router and AP.

The ubiquiti unifi controller package is really straightforward to install for basic SOHO use on a base Debian stable system.

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by walrus01 »

cduzz wrote: post #181
vsviridov wrote: post #99

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Why do they always have to look like some unholy blend of a cybernetic spider and a Knight Rider? What happened to a plain unassuming looking piece of industrial hardware...

I have been extremely happy with cisco 3802 access points purchased on ebay for $25 each. Sure, it's only wifi5, but they're pretty solid and you can just deploy a swarm of them. And they don't look fugly. It is a tremendous shame that cisco hasn't opensourced / unlocked this generation of kit.

TBH if I wanted a bunch of closed source 802.11ac (2017 era) AP purchased on eBay, I would go for Unifi stuff far before Cisco. There's a plethora of it available from decommissioned sites.

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Post by bana-io »

gnyman wrote: post #211

If someone is interested in open hardware running openwrt, also check out Turris. https://www.turris.com/en/ I have been using them for years and I'm really happy. I recently bought the WiFi 6 upgrade kit for both of my turris. They "recently" released their latest version which is expensive but comes with WiFi 7 and 2.5 Gbps RJ45 and 10 Gbps SPF.

Are you certain this is running OpenWRT? As in, can I get a OpenWRT build and flash it to the router and have it work?

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Post by embedding-shape »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #237
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.

OpenWrt is a great piece of software(firmware) to prevent ISPs selling your browsing data to the advertisers. Although by now most ISPs are probably doing packet inspection. It's easy to customize, I have a script to notify me when a new device connects to my router[1] and I also have a script to notify me when someone logins into my router[2]. Earlier I used to connect my openwrt router directly to the ISP's switch…

> OpenWrt is a great piece of software(firmware) to prevent ISPs selling your browsing data to the advertisers.

Huh, how? Either ISPs are doing deep packet inspection, and can track your browsing data regardless of what firmware you run, or they don't, and it still doesn't matter what firmware you use on your switches/routers, you ISP still won't be able to see TLS traffic, which most internet traffic is today.

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Post by nsvd2 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #258
Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenWrt is a great piece of software(firmware) to prevent ISPs selling your browsing data to the advertisers. Although by now most ISPs are probably doing packet inspection. It's easy to customize, I have a script to notify me when a new device connects to my router[1] and I also have a script to notify me when someone logins into my router[2]. Earlier I used to connect my openwrt router directly to the ISP's switch…

> OpenWrt is a great piece of software(firmware) to prevent ISPs selling your browsing data to the advertisers. Huh, how? Either ISPs are doing deep packet inspection, and can track your browsing data regardless of what firmware you run, or they don't, and it still doesn't matter what firmware you use on your switches/routers, you ISP still won't be able to see TLS traffic, which most internet traffic is today.

How does deep packet inspection work on encrypted traffic?

Re: OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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Post by ruperthair »

nsvd2 wrote: post #259
embedding-shape wrote: post #258

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> OpenWrt is a great piece of software(firmware) to prevent ISPs selling your browsing data to the advertisers. Huh, how? Either ISPs are doing deep packet inspection, and can track your browsing data regardless of what firmware you run, or they don't, and it still doesn't matter what firmware you use on your switches/routers, you ISP still won't be able to see TLS traffic, which most internet traffic is today.

How does deep packet inspection work on encrypted traffic?

Until there's more wide support for Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), the SNI header in the TLS handshake is always sent in plaintext. Between that an unencrypted DNS, most routers can easily spot/log what you're accessing in a browser.
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