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Best Router device for openwrt 2025 (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world to c/openwrt

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Best Router device for openwrt 2025

I am completely new to OpenWRT/Pi-hole and need a recommendation for a device that could run OpenWRT/Pi-hole on it to replace my current router. I'm not even sure if I used the correct wording in this sentence, lol.

I have checked:

I need recommendations for devices to get some hands-on experience. And please explain the advantages of the devices you recommend a bit. There are indeed a lot of options listed on the internet, but not enough reasons are provided.

I need Pi-hole because I want local DNS, but I guess OpenWRT could do the job as well.
My current router does not support changing the DNS server.
I need a simple substitute.
I need good performance because it might need to connect to about 15 devices (though I have no idea what good performance means in terms of a router).
So I guess a device with at least 256MB of RAM is needed.
No limitation on price as long as it is not excessively expensive.
Users should consider multi-core, ARM-based (or x86_64/AMD64) devices for mid-range and higher applications. (From https://openwrt.org/toh/recommended/_routers)

Thanks for your help in advance!

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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A bit late and maybe not quite the answer you're after, but if you've got a home server of any kind - even an USFF PC running Proxmox - I recommend going down that route. It's not for everyone, especially if you need the OpenWRT to be providing Wifi, but if you've got a home server already it's a no-brainer, IMHO.

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

So you're saying running openwrt in a VM is superior to a dedicated box?

I'm currently trying to decide which route to go. I've got a Google WiFi router flashed with openwrt, I'm trying to figure out if it supports VLANs or has enough oomph to do what I want.

But also I'm setting up proxmox to play with, and I have a 4 port NIC in the mail, I was thinking about virtualizing opnsense or openwrt.

Care to share more of your thoughts on this?

My main concern, and the concern of others I've read online, is that if my server goes down for any reason, the whole network goes down. But with a dedicated box, it's more likely to just keep chugging no matter what.

Also I've heard the network configuration can be harder, more confusing for the VMs and different services running on them (ngix for example). This is a big concern for me because I suck at networking and this will be my first time with VLANs.