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LEDE / OpenWRT actually are quite nice if (and only if) your hardware is supported by free drivers. With proprietary drivers, of course, not so much. My TP-Lin

by lmns 10y ago

LEDE / OpenWRT actually are quite nice if (and only if) your hardware is supported by free drivers. With proprietary drivers, of course, not so much. My TP-Links with OpenWRT (I know, I should upgrade to LEDE) are probably much more stable than any other networking gear I've ever owned. Everything is old 802.11n gear powered by ath9k. But if you aren't into flashing your own firmwares, MikroTik is fine too. I use a pair of SXT 5 lites and the uptime (yes, even wireless uptime!) is approaching 100d.

trome 10y ago
I've got a pair of OG Nanostations going on 250 days uptime here, not the fastest, but in a rural area with no budget they still work decently.
JshWright 10y ago
Why would you upgrade to LEDE before they have released anything?
- lmns 10y ago
  They release snapshots which are already quite stable in my experience. OpenWRT is practically a dead project, so you shouldn't expect security updates anymore. The last openwrt-security-announce mail is from march.
  - Klathmon 10y ago
    I just recently shot myself in the foot with LEDE. I decided to use a snapshot as it's the only thing with support for my router. Got it setup and working nicely, it looks great, works great, no bugs, perfect! Then a week or so later I needed to install a package, only to find that their package manager only ever has the most recent version of each package, and there is no way to upgrade without wiping and reinstalling. And by this point the kernel had updated, so I couldn't install any kernel modules without bumping the kernel first. So now i'm stuck on a branch that I can't install packages on, I don't really have the time to pull down all the configs and reformat, and i can't update or install anything at all. It's kind of my own fault for not reading and fully understanding the docs before starting, but it still sucks.

by lmns 10y ago

trome 10y ago

I've got a pair of OG Nanostations going on 250 days uptime here, not the fastest, but in a rural area with no budget they still work decently.

JshWright 10y ago

Why would you upgrade to LEDE before they have released anything?

lmns 10y ago
They release snapshots which are already quite stable in my experience. OpenWRT is practically a dead project, so you shouldn't expect security updates anymore. The last openwrt-security-announce mail is from march.
- Klathmon 10y ago
  I just recently shot myself in the foot with LEDE. I decided to use a snapshot as it's the only thing with support for my router. Got it setup and working nicely, it looks great, works great, no bugs, perfect! Then a week or so later I needed to install a package, only to find that their package manager only ever has the most recent version of each package, and there is no way to upgrade without wiping and reinstalling. And by this point the kernel had updated, so I couldn't install any kernel modules without bumping the kernel first. So now i'm stuck on a branch that I can't install packages on, I don't really have the time to pull down all the configs and reformat, and i can't update or install anything at all. It's kind of my own fault for not reading and fully understanding the docs before starting, but it still sucks.