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Just checked on your model mentioned. Seems to be a "Range Extender". Does it still function as Router with OpenWRT?
by sdze 5y ago
Just checked on your model mentioned.
Seems to be a "Range Extender".
Does it still function as Router with OpenWRT?
- wtallis 5y agoConsumer network devices do routing in software (with a few exceptions), so the OEM's intentions for whether a device should be a router, access point, or range extender are meaningless when the software has been replaced with OpenWRT. At worst, you end up with a router that has an inconvenient number of interfaces. A range extender may not have an Ethernet port labeled "WAN", but that doesn't prevent you from using one of its "LAN" ports for that purpose. Likewise, if you want to take a device sold as a router and use it only as an extra access point within your network, you can repurpose its WAN port as an extra LAN port, or go for more complex network configurations where you use the router's built-in switch as a VLAN-capable managed switch.
- daneel_w 5y agoIt's only a range extender by Netgear's firmware design. The actual device is a bog standard SoC with Wi-Fi + Ethernet, so OpenWRT can turn it into anything, incl. a wireless router directly connected to WAN if need be. In my case I don't run it as a router, but as a wireless-to-Ethernet bridge into the rest of my LAN.