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Fritzboxes have the best non-OpenWRT OS IMHO
by amaccuish 4y ago
Fritzboxes have the best non-OpenWRT OS IMHO
- fortym2 4y agoI agree. Probably best consumer-level router OS
- hansel_der 4y agoiirc fritz-os was very much based on openwrt, same as most homerouters
- gsich 4y agoNot sure that is the case. Most use Linux.
- hansel_der 4y agoopenwrt indeed uses the linux kernel
- gsich 4y agoYes. That does not make Fritzos a fork or continuation of OpenWrt.
- hansel_der 4y agotrue. thou the second part of your comment sounds like you are saying that openwrt and linux have little in common.
- TillE 4y agoThey're the only home routers I've ever owned which aren't constantly failing in some way. It's a shame they're only really available in Germany (and I guess Austria).
- codetrotter 4y agoI’ve seen FritzBoxes in a computer shop in Spain as well. Don’t know how wide-spread they are in Spain however.
- nasalter 4y agoI'm in the UK and use Zen Internet as my ISP. Zen distribute a FRITZ!Box 7530 as their home router [1]. I was sufficiently pleased by the FRITZ!Box that I bought a 2nd one to extend the wifi in my home - very easy to do with the fritz devices. [1] https://www.zen.co.uk/broadband/broadband-router https://www.zen.co.uk/broadband/broadband-router
- waste_monk 4y agoCan confirm they are in use down here in Australia. I know someone who just upgraded their 7490 to a 7590 due to compatibility changes with our National Broadband Network (enablement of SOS-ROC).
- amaccuish 4y agoI brought mine over from the UK for use here in Germany and just upgraded. Sadly it seems their extenders are only available with EU plugs so I'll have to send some back for my parents, they really are that hassle free that it's worth the effort.