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As someone with a WRT3200ACM, what's the advantage of OpenWRT over the preinstalled FW? (honest question) A quick search indicated better security (which I don'
by stagger87 6y ago
As someone with a WRT3200ACM, what's the advantage of OpenWRT over the preinstalled FW? (honest question) A quick search indicated better security (which I don't know how to assess), and I was wondering if there was any functional/feature advantages you have seen.
- znpy 6y agothe default firmware is very good. I skimmed the various functions and it's definitely another league when compared to usual routers. I just skimmed it though, because i bought that router with the explicit intent of installing openwrt. to me the biggest advantage is that the underlying linux kernel and functionalities are not hidden at all. then there's a pretty huge selection of packages that you can install (wireguard, openvpn, asterisk, node_exporter, 6rd to name a few). it just more comprehensive as a solution. in my opinion, for a geek/nerd/control-freak router it's either this or a pfsense-based box (which doesn't do wireless very well sadly).