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I _love_ OpenWrt! I run Adblock and Wireguard on OpenWrt. I also recommend using Attended Sysupgrade to keep the system updated to the latest version.

rvense 4y ago
Seeing this headline I'm not actually sure my OpenWRT router/WiFi AP has been upgraded since I installed it in late 2015. I haven't really thought about it at all, actually. I think that counts as praise? EDIT: ... turns out I was on a 2019 version. I just upgraded it from the web interface, completely painless experience. 10/10!
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- orra 4y ago
  FYI, Attended Sysupgrade is pain free: no need to reinstall packages after flashing a new version.
  - trelane 4y ago
    There was a breaking change to the switch config several versions ago: "There is no migration path for targets that switched from swconfig to DSA. In that case, sysupgrade will refuse to proceed with an appropriate error message" https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-21-02-0-first-stable-release/105395 https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-21-02-0-first-stable-rel...
    - orra 4y ago
      Thanks, I'd completely forgotten about that. I'd still highly recommend Attended Sysupgrade... going forward.
      - trelane 4y ago
        I'd thought it was just sysupgrade, but it looks like it's more: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/attended.sysupgrade https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/attended.sy... Interesting.
voxadam 4y ago
I'm a 100% with you. I've been running OpenWRT since the WRT54G days. It's not perfect but it's the original embedded Linux distro. I know plenty of people run UniFi these days but personally, I'll stick with my OpenWRT flashed APs attached to an OPNsense router/firewall. That said, to each their own. I'm happy to see a multitude of options out there. One of these days I might just go back and build myself Linux/nftables router like the old days when I ran ipchains on a 100MHz 486DX4 running Linux. I'll definitely take a look at Attended Sysupgrade, this is my first of hearing about it. Thanks for that.
- AviationAtom 4y ago
  I only really used UniFi for APs. Ubiquiti has really taken a turn for the worse in recent times though. I too used to run a router on a 486 (?), circa 1998. It was shared out wirelessly with my neighbor, so he'd cover half of my 512 Kbps DSL bill (I was in middle school at the time). If I remember correct I ran the SmoothWall distro on it. Good memories of bygone times.

rvense 4y ago

Seeing this headline I'm not actually sure my OpenWRT router/WiFi AP has been upgraded since I installed it in late 2015. I haven't really thought about it at all, actually. I think that counts as praise? EDIT: ... turns out I was on a 2019 version. I just upgraded it from the web interface, completely painless experience. 10/10!

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orra 4y ago
FYI, Attended Sysupgrade is pain free: no need to reinstall packages after flashing a new version.
- trelane 4y ago
  There was a breaking change to the switch config several versions ago: "There is no migration path for targets that switched from swconfig to DSA. In that case, sysupgrade will refuse to proceed with an appropriate error message" https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-21-02-0-first-stable-release/105395 https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-21-02-0-first-stable-rel...
  - orra 4y ago
    Thanks, I'd completely forgotten about that. I'd still highly recommend Attended Sysupgrade... going forward.
    - trelane 4y ago
      I'd thought it was just sysupgrade, but it looks like it's more: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/attended.sysupgrade https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/attended.sy... Interesting.

voxadam 4y ago

I'm a 100% with you. I've been running OpenWRT since the WRT54G days. It's not perfect but it's the original embedded Linux distro. I know plenty of people run UniFi these days but personally, I'll stick with my OpenWRT flashed APs attached to an OPNsense router/firewall. That said, to each their own. I'm happy to see a multitude of options out there. One of these days I might just go back and build myself Linux/nftables router like the old days when I ran ipchains on a 100MHz 486DX4 running Linux. I'll definitely take a look at Attended Sysupgrade, this is my first of hearing about it. Thanks for that.

AviationAtom 4y ago
I only really used UniFi for APs. Ubiquiti has really taken a turn for the worse in recent times though. I too used to run a router on a 486 (?), circa 1998. It was shared out wirelessly with my neighbor, so he'd cover half of my 512 Kbps DSL bill (I was in middle school at the time). If I remember correct I ran the SmoothWall distro on it. Good memories of bygone times.