OK, if it runs OpenWRT, what is their problem?
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Imhotep@lemmy.world 1 week agoOpenWRT
My tplink archer has been running it for 5 years or more without issue*
*excluding human errors
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 week ago
IMALlama@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It depends who you’re trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn’t know what OpenWRT is.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Will this still allow a mesh setup?
festus@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
You can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it’s possible.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Thank you for the information.
melfie@lemy.lol 1 week ago
Same here. Just like a desktop Linux distro transforms a crappy, old Windows machine into something nice, OpenWRT transforms a crappy router into a powerful, often more secure device with advanced features that consumer routers don’t typically have. Consumer router firmware is pretty limiting and I’m too spoiled to ever go back at this point.