4 ms·

The problem with Omnia is that it's a niche product that is very unlikely to ever sell outside of its niche. Also, it's being made by people who haven't made a

The problem with Omnia is that it's a niche product that is very unlikely to ever sell outside of its niche. Also, it's being made by people who haven't made a router before. 99% of the issues you'll ever have with your wifi router are driver issues. Omnia is using OpenWRT for their base, however they'll still have to make the chipset driver work with OpenWRT, and at a reasonable speed. Even if they get the driver working, it's unlikely that the device will be running at speeds comparable to other market competitors. It takes lots of unpleasant driver hacks, custom networking stacks, and prioritization magic to hit the benchmark numbers that Asus, Netgear, and Linksys push out. I'm not saying you should write off the Omnia completely, I just recommend sitting back and waiting for it to be released/benchmarked before purchasing it.

matt4711 10y ago
What about AVM products such as a Fritzbox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz!Box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz!Box) ? Primarily a german product but also available internationally (e.g. Australia)
- fifteenforty 10y ago
  The Fritz!box is the only router I recommend to friends. I've run into few problems with them, except persistent issues with the web interface responsiveness. The only real problem is that they are relatively expensive. It's hard to convince people to spend 4x the amount because it's "better". I think most non-geeks don't realise just how bad their routers are making their web experience.
  - MrBuddyCasino 10y ago
    In my experience, the wifi performance of Fritz! boxen sucks. Is this still the case? I ordered a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 and I'm very happy with it.
    - fifteenforty 10y ago
      Well, that depends on your perspective I guess. For most Aussies stuck on ADSL (real world max speed of 20mbps download, on a good day, close to the telephone exchange), their WiFi performance is rarely the rate-limiting factor. I haven't seen a head-to-head comparison.

matt4711 10y ago

What about AVM products such as a Fritzbox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz!Box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz!Box) ? Primarily a german product but also available internationally (e.g. Australia)

fifteenforty 10y ago
The Fritz!box is the only router I recommend to friends. I've run into few problems with them, except persistent issues with the web interface responsiveness. The only real problem is that they are relatively expensive. It's hard to convince people to spend 4x the amount because it's "better". I think most non-geeks don't realise just how bad their routers are making their web experience.
- MrBuddyCasino 10y ago
  In my experience, the wifi performance of Fritz! boxen sucks. Is this still the case? I ordered a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 and I'm very happy with it.
  - fifteenforty 10y ago
    Well, that depends on your perspective I guess. For most Aussies stuck on ADSL (real world max speed of 20mbps download, on a good day, close to the telephone exchange), their WiFi performance is rarely the rate-limiting factor. I haven't seen a head-to-head comparison.