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As a linux user, do you know about/use openwrt? (lemdro.id)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have many nerdy friends who have been Linux users for ages. But most of them don't know such a thing as Openwrt exists or have never bothered to give it a try. It's a very fun piece of software to play with and can be extremely useful for routing traffic. Wondering why it isn't more popular/widely used.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

(powerful, modern (WiFi 6E etc)

https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-R3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, I had no idea about this. Thanks for sharing! And it looks like there's even an R4 with WiFi-7!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the R4 is the next thing, I'm not sure the wifi board is selling already and what's the current state of the software. However I happen to have deployed a bunch of R3 boards (with metal case) with OpenWrt and they work amazingly good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Got any links for the metal case?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yes, sure:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

This is so cool!!