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hello, idk ... but if your model is in the device compatibility-list, your should always be able to change to an alternative FOSS firmware. for example to http

hello, idk ... but if your model is in the device compatibility-list, your should always be able to change to an alternative FOSS firmware. for example to https://openwrt.org https://openwrt.org or to some maintained tomato-clone like https://freshtomato.org https://freshtomato.org ps. i'm a happy owner of a 10+ years old RT N16 - it runs really great on openwrt ... cheers, v

bioemerl 3y ago
You can also build an X86 pfsense box that you can upgrade over time just like any other computer.
stevefan1999 3y ago
The problem is those routers usually have secret kernel modules that enables hardware acceleration, for example NAT offloading engine and ASIC acceleration for routing. Those are bound to a specific kernel version and is hard to reverse engineer for open source use because some of them are obfuscated binary blob