4 ms·
If you plan on using third party firmware you should look at compatibility with OpenWRT BEFORE buying the device. Router manufacturers are unwilling and unable
by buccal 3y ago
If you plan on using third party firmware you should look at compatibility with OpenWRT BEFORE buying the device. Router manufacturers are unwilling and unable to provide a future-proof software.
Latest proof of that in my case was with a new Wi-Fi 6 router Netgear WAX206. After indeterminate time clients would just stop receiving packets and would require reconnecting. WAX206 latest factory firmware is based on OpenWRT from 2016 (Netgear still refuses to open source parts of it). After flashing current OpenWRT the connection is rock solid.
- hyperman1 3y agoIt isn't that easy. Both ddwrt and openwrt are very optimistic about calling something 'working'. Fully working might mean: Only slow wifi and 100 mb ethernet, No use of most hardware acceleration. These projects are great, but against the background of 100s of new crappy devices every year, nothing can ever be decently finished. Hardware is simply not sold anymore before any device fully matures, and vendors are very stingy with firmware.