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You can buy a Ruckus r610 for $40 from eBay. It's not a package deal, but router hardware for Pfsense or OpnSense, or even a Tp link or Unifi device isn't exac
by boringuser2 3y ago
You can buy a Ruckus r610 for $40 from eBay.
It's not a package deal, but router hardware for Pfsense or OpnSense, or even a Tp link or Unifi device isn't exactly breaking the bank.
It's also vastly superior enough for the Open WRT to not be worth it.
Does OpenWRT appeal to people with a low degree of knowledge, time or skill? Heck no.
The most applicable scenario I can think of is someone who is very knowledgeable and has a lot of time but very little money, but OpenWRT exclusively as a device for people who live in India or Brazil is again not super compelling to *me* as a technological package.
Though I respect conceptually that other people might have different perspectives, I live in a country with an average living standard, so I can't really share it.
- MaKey 3y agoOpenWRT enables people to build mesh networks. I helped building some by being part of a Freifunk community and it was a great feeling - you get to tinker around with network stuff and in doing so help others (free wifi for everyone, yay!).
- boringuser2 3y agoFree wifi of all things is probably on the lower end of my list when it comes to helping people.
- stolsvik 3y agoHuh, why? Internet access is close to a human right these days, IMHO.
- kccqzy 3y ago> The most applicable scenario I can think of is someone who is very knowledgeable and has a lot of time but very little money Yup. That was me as a high school student. Or rather, I wanted to be very knowledge, and did have a lot of time and very little money. OpenWRT was perfect to get started with tinkering with networking.