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OpenWRT seems to be fairly well maintained but I haven't used it long enough to have run into devices being dropped. It doesn't have as wide a range of support
by simcop2387 12y ago
OpenWRT seems to be fairly well maintained but I haven't used it long enough to have run into devices being dropped. It doesn't have as wide a range of support to begin with either from what I understand. I've heard lots of good things about tomato that way also but it doesn't support the devices I have.
- wtallis 12y agoI think OpenWRT's hardware support is limited primarily by the availability of open-source drivers. They'll ship proprietary firmware where necessary, but proprietary drivers prevent them from updating the kernel at will. One of my spare routers (came free with purchase of a cable modem) has only 4MB of flash storage, and recent builds of OpenWRT have had to strip out the web interface but in exchange gained IPv6 support. It's also got only a 350MHz MIPS 24k processor, so it's too slow for serious use with any connection faster than ADSL2. There's a lot of router hardware out there that's just not up to the task of being a home gateway anymore.