I bought a router with OpenWRT support but the official firmware works well enough and I can't really be bothered to switch it out for OpenWRT right now lol

it's good to know that I can in the future though, that wasn't an option with my last router

I personally use it on a protectli with the 2.5G ports. I also replaced my ISP modern with a protectli running OpnSense. Decided to opt into that as my solution to have two different softwares protecting my network and also so I could scope internet facing devices at the OpnSense level instead of internal to the network. Just in case they get compromised, they can't access the rest of the network. Call me paranoid... But I also find it much easier to manage lol.

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I use openwrt, it's my main router running on proxmox, working perfectly.

Years ago I derived a flash with vtun on it. It's so old, now, but vtun still goes and connects. And since it's not systemd, it'll keep hammering at the connection until it succeeds.

So these old routers are still out there, and when a soho site is sick and we can't get in we instruct someone to plug in the blue box and it calls out for help.

It's so ghetto but, in places like the southern states where rural power outages can outlast generator time, it has cut down our time to recovery tremendously.

I used to. Moved to OPNsense now but big fan of OpenWRT.

Yes, I run my network infrastructure on it (three access points (one of them the network gateway) and an Ethernet-to-wifi bridge).

I remember getting a LinkSyS WRT54G for free and then installing OpenRT and then jumping to Tomato and dd-wrt on and off and finally setting on dd-wrt

I used it before, but ultimately it comes down to compatibility. Broadcomm is dominating the router space and 3rd party firmwares are a nono for that. So I just got an Asus that is supposed to be supported for a very long time.

OpenWrt was relatively popular back in the day when Linksys routers could run Linux. At some point iirc Linksys sadly replaced the default Linux based firmware by a closed source OS, and also decreased the amount of memory for the firmware. A few years ago I saw that there was an option to install OpenWrt in an lxc container, I briefly played with it, nice nostalgia.

I know about it, but I prefer Asuswrt Merlin firmware for my routers, because I mainly use ASUS routers (powerful, modern (WiFi 6E etc) , easy to find second-hand models for cheap) and Merlin firmware is very well integrated with the routers and uses the same UI as the stock firmware, but provides additional features like a package manger etc.

In fact I believe ASUS themselves have started to use some of Merlin's patches in their firmware, which goes to show how professional Merlin is.

Yes, I love it. My router is an x86 mini PC running Open WRT, then I have two routers acting as WAPs also running OpenWRT.

A bunch of consumer hardware is based on openwrt.

I use DD-WRT, it dies everything I need. Is Open-WRT better?

I’ve been debating buying a cheap aliexpress mini 2.5G router pc and doing something of the sort. But I have been too lazy to look into if I can still use my orbis as access points. Maybe tonight’s the night.

I only buy routers that are compatible with dd wrt. I don't have time to deal with stuff randomly not working or being unreliable just because I did something more complicated than modem => router. dd wrt doesn't necessarily make it so that you never have problems, it's just that dd wrt gives you the tools to actually solve them.

I haven't ever messed with open wrt just because dd wrt has always served my needs perfectly fine.

I know about it. It's pretty popular, so much in fact that you can buy a wide range of routers with it preinstalled.