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Best "just works" mesh router for open wrt? (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently have a mesh (wired) google wifi setup but want to switch so something... not google. Preferably wifi 6 but I don't need anything insane.

Cheap is good but I also want to be able to basically ignore it for the next 10 years.

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

~~If you're not looking to segregate your network or any other "advanced" network feature, you can't really get better value that Tplink Deco.~~

Edit: I misunderstood what the op was asking for. This answer is not valid for that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks! openwrt works on these?

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

I apologize. I misunderstood that you were looking for a mesh system that would work with an existing openwrt router. Seems what you're looking for is a mesh system that can be flashed with openwrt.

For that I can only suggest that you look at the supported hardware table and see if you can find what you need.

https://openwrt.org/toh/start

Editing my previous comment for my mistake.

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

It was still a good suggestion thanks. Something with openwrt is preferred but anything that's not google is an improvement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You have the option to get a solid hardware that you can install openwrt on, and then use the Deco mesh just for the Wifi. That'll give you similar, if not the same results, and save you a few bucks in the process.