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Newer TP-Links use broadcom chips which have no drivers on Linux, so it makes using openwrt basically impossible.
by alufers 5y ago
Newer TP-Links use broadcom chips which have no drivers on Linux, so it makes using openwrt basically impossible.
- m-p-3 5y agoThe only reasonable choice here is to vote with our wallet and go with another company.
- vdfs 5y agoopenwrt is not possible to use on a lot of new hardware, it's also not possible to use new versions on older hardware, they started to require more minimum RAM/FLASH. DSL or GPON is of the table
- wtallis 5y ago> it's also not possible to use new versions on older hardware, they started to require more minimum RAM/FLASH. You shouldn't imply that OpenWRT is in any way bloated. The kind of hardware that doesn't have enough RAM or storage for OpenWRT is truly pathetic. Those devices don't have enough CPU power to route traffic at reasonable speeds, their WiFi radios are so outdated that operating them in a crowded 2.4GHz band is an obscene waste of airtime, and even with the manufacturer's firmware those devices usually can't support features like IPv6. A router that old is usually only worth using as a managed Ethernet switch, if it even supports gigE.
- speed_spread 5y agoIs that the same Broadcom that makes the closed GPU on RaspberryPi? Why, oh why, can't they just play nice and document their hardware. Maybe they want to get bought by NVidia!