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This is laughably wrong actually as most consumer grade routers will not provide adequete network throughput to standard home setup without eventually choking.

by yownie 5y ago

This is laughably wrong actually as most consumer grade routers will not provide adequete network throughput to standard home setup without eventually choking. A quick perusal of /r/openwrt will show that most power users suggest fanless X86 boxes instead of consumer gear to handle modern GB fiber connections at full use.

mrmattyboy 5y ago
Response feels a little harsh.. in terms of features he may be right (haven't used, but heard enough about openWRT). But in terms of power (or ability to provide throughput), you're right... just "laughably wrong" feels harsh :D
1MachineElf 5y ago
Ouch. As much as I love OpenWRT, the upgrade process for x86 is a bit convoluted[0]. Especially since people are being directed to use it for performance reasons, that's a sorry situation. [0] https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86#upgrading https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86...
GhettoComputers 5y ago
>most consumer grade routers will not provide adequete network throughput to standard home setup without eventually choking. What is adequete, what is a standard home setup and what is the comsumer grade router you are using as a standard?
sigmaprimus 5y ago
You may be right, I am not yet fortunate to have a fiber connection to the net. Infact I am currently limited to about 3Mbs up and my downspeed is throttled at 8Mbs on my LTE connection. I dont stream anything on my LAN side at 4K(or even own a 4K capable TV) So I suppose yes a family of 5 with an infuencer Mom and 3 hard gaming kids and a sports addicted dad on a Sunday afternoon might overload a cheap router but I bet anyone with hardware capable of capping out a WRT would probably already have a far more expensive top of the line router and would literally "Laugh" at a RPI and Switch based non wireless setup. But yes I could see a few good reasons for setting up one of these, if for just a learning experiment.

by yownie 5y ago

mrmattyboy 5y ago

Response feels a little harsh.. in terms of features he may be right (haven't used, but heard enough about openWRT). But in terms of power (or ability to provide throughput), you're right... just "laughably wrong" feels harsh :D

1MachineElf 5y ago

Ouch. As much as I love OpenWRT, the upgrade process for x86 is a bit convoluted[0]. Especially since people are being directed to use it for performance reasons, that's a sorry situation. [0] https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86#upgrading https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86...

GhettoComputers 5y ago

>most consumer grade routers will not provide adequete network throughput to standard home setup without eventually choking. What is adequete, what is a standard home setup and what is the comsumer grade router you are using as a standard?

sigmaprimus 5y ago

You may be right, I am not yet fortunate to have a fiber connection to the net. Infact I am currently limited to about 3Mbs up and my downspeed is throttled at 8Mbs on my LTE connection. I dont stream anything on my LAN side at 4K(or even own a 4K capable TV) So I suppose yes a family of 5 with an infuencer Mom and 3 hard gaming kids and a sports addicted dad on a Sunday afternoon might overload a cheap router but I bet anyone with hardware capable of capping out a WRT would probably already have a far more expensive top of the line router and would literally "Laugh" at a RPI and Switch based non wireless setup. But yes I could see a few good reasons for setting up one of these, if for just a learning experiment.