> I always wanted to try OpenWRT but was put off by the necessity of doing hardware modifications to stock routers to gain root access. This is almost never re

> I always wanted to try OpenWRT but was put off by the necessity of doing hardware modifications to stock routers to gain root access. This is almost never required. They have a long list of supported devices, so unless you're trying to put OpenWRT on a device you already have that requires hardware mods, you should be able to easily find a compatible device that doesn't require this step.