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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
by woliveirajr 7y ago
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.
- Zenst 7y agoMore so the case these days of their router being artificially obsoleted via update support being dropped, locking them into the lottery of the next security exploit being game over. So yes, definitely worth having the option of alternative firmware.
- neilv 7y agoThis policy has worked well for me, for home use. After the original WRT54G series, I tended to go with whatever was very popular among OpenWrt developers. I still have a few WNDR3700v2 and related later models that I got due that policy, and they still work great, including (so far) with today's update. I've fairly recently gotten some PC hardware to let me build a much more powerful router, perhaps atop Debian or Alpine. But that's gotten pushed down on the priorities stack, when having cheap little plastic OpenWrt routers and spares works for now.
- CameronNemo 7y agoVyOS is a great distro for x86* routers. Built on top of Debian, with free range routing preinstalled and configured.
- Fnoord 7y agoUbiquiti 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).
- tmottabr 7y agoBut I think their bridges firmware is based on it..
- pseudalopex 7y agoUbiquiti forked EdgeOS from Vyatta.
- ac29 7y agoThe Unifi AP firmware is definitely OpenWRT based.
- simplexion 7y agoOpenWrt can be installed on Ubiquiti routers.