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I choose my routers based on if they are supported or not by OpenWrt. And for everybody that asks my opinion, too. Because they might not need/want/know/have a desire to install OpenWrt now, but it's good to have the door open for the future.
Ubiquiti routers don't support OpenWrt. They're still excellent. You could also install OPNSense/PfSense on a PC Engines machine (they apparently also run on OpenWrt).
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I would recommend a Ubiquti UniFi [1]. Although I'm so pissed off that I can't deeplink to their UniFi product page that I'm almost not making this very post. Which specific one depends on your needs and budget. [1] https://www.ui.com/products/#
I was a Wisp user for some time so I know the brand and it was a solid device overall. I looked into the UniFi products and the AP plus a controller is almost 100 euros more expensive than the Linksys device. I will look in the future for Ubiquiti devices but I think I am going to use a standard WiFi device (after all it is a one story flat not too big) and perhaps in the future I will buy a barebones so I can run pf…
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Ubiquiti routers don't support OpenWrt. They're still excellent. You could also install OPNSense/PfSense on a PC Engines machine (they apparently also run on OpenWrt).
But I think their bridges firmware is based on it..
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A bit expensive. Around 100 euros higher than Linksys. I think I will wait for a barebones with pfsense. I miss Freebsd.
Auto-updates ( not otherwise supported by OpenWRT) fire-and-forget deployments, extensible hardware (add internal disk, NAS enclosure), and very future-proofed with beafy CPU, storage, and memory. That's worth the modest price premium, and is comparable to similarly-specced proprietary offerings.
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…
Hi mate. Have you updated to the latest build?
I think the only thing I'd like to have is a more informative single-pane-of-glass dashboard where I could see a few bandwidth graphs, wifi signal indicators, maybe system load and possibly a connections graph at one time. That said, it's my home router and I don't really need that - I'd want those features for business use, but if I'm working with businesses where I need to run OpenWRT on (frequently) consumer hardware as a router then I've already made a mistake.
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Almost. The kernel will stay the same.
Any reliable, device-agnostic way to upgrade the kernel only, without fiddling with dd? Being completely up to date always feels better :)
Are there any 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) compliant OpenWrt routers on the market today?
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…
v1 still going strong :) Shut off its wifi radios a few years ago but it still routes and runs dynamic dns just fine. Are you using any extra OpenWRT functionality?
As for extra functionality, at one point I had things set up to VPN into my home network for either remote access or coffeeshop security, but I turned it back off after not using it for something like 6 months. I've been amused by all the Asterisk packages available, but I'm pretty sure I don't actually want to try to run it on a 7+ year old ARM device with 16MB of flash (or with extended storage via USB2).
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Auto-updates ( not otherwise supported by OpenWRT) fire-and-forget deployments, extensible hardware (add internal disk, NAS enclosure), and very future-proofed with beafy CPU, storage, and memory. That's worth the modest price premium, and is comparable to similarly-specced proprietary offerings.
They have a new offering called Turris MOX