No.1918
I use a 2016 TP-Link router with an OpenWRT version that old and I haven't been hacked yet.
I've also been thinking about upgrading, I want a little travel router, I looked at gl.inet routers but apparently they use some custom fork of OpenWRT and I don't like that.
I'd get this (Cudy TR1300)
https://openwrt.org/toh/cudy/tr3000There's a cheaper TR1200 but it only has 100Mb/s ethernet
No.1919
>>1918why haven't you upgraded all this time
>I looked at gl.inet routers but apparently they use some custom fork of OpenWRT and I don't like thatpretty sure you can flash normal openwrt straight from the webui on any of those without any issues
i was also thinking about getting a flint2 but i don't care about wifi as my current openwrt router already does that and i just want to stick something small and low powered into my network closet and turn my current router into a dumb ap
GL-MT2500 looks like something i could use but they fugging don't deliver to my country for whatever reason and shops that do have like a 100% markup
>Cudy TR1300i want something that has a more space so i can run docker on it
i think i gonna get a radxa E25 or a NanoPi R4S, it's kinda frustrating after all the import fees and tariffs for a little more i could probably buy a x86 intel mini pc that blows these arm devices out of the water but i want something small and x86 openwrt is a pain to upgrade
No.1920
was thinking getting a used netgear r7800 and frontier fca252
No.1968
>>1966that entirely hinges on that it initiates connections/phones home right away instead of lying dormant until needed
No.1969
>>1968Yeah I thought about this, but it would imply they're sending some weird activation payload to every IP on the internet until they find their devices, without anyone ever catching on.
No.2375
>>2374why are you getting a travel router
the biggest change is probably the switch to DSA architecture, but i never used openwrt pre-DSA, only know about it because when i was figuring out how vlans work all the guides were written for pre-DSA
No.2377
>>2375I like compact things, doing things as minimally and efficiently as possible.
There's probably some deep psychological reason for this, like I want to be able to pick things up and run away, or personally control and protect things.
No.2380
>>2377i guess you fixation on being a homeless person living in a van/tent is related to that too
anyway it seems like there's a 256 mb rom version which isn't fully supported by openwrt yet per the wiki
No.2383
well did you get it
No.2385
>>2384are you planning on flashing offical openwrt on it?
No.2387
>>2385Got it installed and configured, and wow OpenWRT web interface has a lot more options since 2016, I don't understand a lot of the stuff, they have some very arcane things I think you need to be a networking expert to understand.
It was the 128MB version, legit the only way to figure this out is dmesg.
No.2395
>>2387how are you liking your new router?
is there any particular reason why you decided to get a new one?
anyway, just because options are there there doesn't mean you have to use it
>It was the 128MB version, legit the only way to figure this out is dmesgdoesn't it show much ram you have in the main status page?
it does for mine, unless you're talking about the stock firmware
No.2396
>>2395Works great. It's the flash size not ram. The interface doesn't show it, and not even df, as flash storage on embedded devices is kind of weird I guess.
>is there any particular reason why you decided to get a new one?Random slow wifi, downgrading me from 1000 to 100 Mb/s randomly, cat chewed on antennaes, generally being an old piece of shit, etc.
No.2397
>>2396oh right it's the storage that's 128mb
my router is also supposed to have 128mb of flash storage but openwrt displays two partitions, one is storage and one is temp but that seems to add up more than 128mb so dunno how that works either
No.2408
What is the point of this your ISP does it for you
No.2409
>>2408privacy concerns notwithstanding, ISPs provide the cheapest, locked down crap when it comes to equipment