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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 w

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 with something that has UTM options as well.

tapper82 7y ago
Hi mate. Have you updated to the latest build?
- fencepost 7y ago
  Updated 27 minutes ago according to the uptime. No issues noted, I see both 2.4 and 5 GHz devices connected. I was a little concerned to only see 75-85% signal quality on 5GHz with everything in the same room, but it turned out my wife left her phone in the other room. When I brought it in, I'm seeing 95%. 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.
jrrrr 7y ago
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?
- fencepost 7y ago
  I'm still using the radios - no AC, but N works well enough for me and gets me more speed than my Internet connection. Besides, I'm using old-enough laptops that they also don't go higher than N. 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).

tapper82 7y ago

Hi mate. Have you updated to the latest build?

fencepost 7y ago
Updated 27 minutes ago according to the uptime. No issues noted, I see both 2.4 and 5 GHz devices connected. I was a little concerned to only see 75-85% signal quality on 5GHz with everything in the same room, but it turned out my wife left her phone in the other room. When I brought it in, I'm seeing 95%. 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.

jrrrr 7y ago

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?

fencepost 7y ago
I'm still using the radios - no AC, but N works well enough for me and gets me more speed than my Internet connection. Besides, I'm using old-enough laptops that they also don't go higher than N. 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).