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This week due a wifi network intrusion I bought a Linksys Wrt3200acm. It looks good on paper and it has two boot partitions so it doesn't brick. I installed a device specific distribution recommended on the forums. Well, the 5ghz wifi range is total crap with Openwrt because the wifi driver is not as advanced as the one shipped by default and with the open source driver it can't transmit at full power. I ditched Open…
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Stupid question: Will doing a “opkg upgrade” give the same effective result as flashing an updated stock/sysupgrade image? Asking because it’s annoying remembering which packages I need to reinstall.
Almost. The kernel will stay the same.
Being completely up to date always feels better :)
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Stock firmwares do not include a big package like OpenVPN. Hence, it muat be redownloaded.
Stupid question: Will doing a “opkg upgrade” give the same effective result as flashing an updated stock/sysupgrade image? Asking because it’s annoying remembering which packages I need to reinstall.
If you had network performance problems before, DO UPDATE. You might be surprised at how much faster it can get. In my case it was doubled.
This week due a wifi network intrusion I bought a Linksys Wrt3200acm. It looks good on paper and it has two boot partitions so it doesn't brick. I installed a device specific distribution recommended on the forums. Well, the 5ghz wifi range is total crap with Openwrt because the wifi driver is not as advanced as the one shipped by default and with the open source driver it can't transmit at full power. I ditched Open…
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Stock firmwares do not include a big package like OpenVPN. Hence, it muat be redownloaded.
Stupid question: Will doing a “opkg upgrade” give the same effective result as flashing an updated stock/sysupgrade image? Asking because it’s annoying remembering which packages I need to reinstall.
On a device with more nonvolatile storage, you can run more opkg updates and installs.
Alternatively, build and install your own images, if that's your thing. I've tried this, unsuccessfully to date.
I'm thinking that when I replace it it's more likely to be with something running either Untangle's free-level options or pfSense (plus a separate AP for either, most likely). Could also go with something Mikrotik to be cheap, but I'm more interested in getting used to working with something that has UTM options as well.
I'm still running OpenWRT on a Netgear WNDR3700v2 (one of the earlier routers to have all gigabit), but it feels like it's showing its age. I'm thinking that when I replace it it's more likely to be with something running either Untangle's free-level options or pfSense (plus a separate AP for either, most likely). Could also go with something Mikrotik to be cheap, but I'm more interested in getting used to working wi…
For people asking about the user interface of OpenWrt. I think it is very well dun. I get a long with it just fine and I am blind and have to use a screen reader. A11y in Luci is grate. All the pages make sence to most people you do not have to be a networking expert.
The interface is such an improvement over the built-in. It's really well-made.
Tried it out in Links text-only browser, just because, and it works fine there as well. They did a fantastic job with progressive enhancement IMO. Good to hear it's working well with screen readers.
The built-in router interface just flat out refused to even show a login form w/o JS, and disabled right clicking, which was really annoying, because I was trying to get our PPPoE details from a pre-filled password input.
It was too difficult for me to capture the pw with a script from the console, as the password input was inside another iframe. Ended up using Wireshark!