[kwlug-disc] OpenWRT Capable Routers

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Many reasons to run open firmware on your router ...

- You are not running the manufacturer's firmware, which usually
has anti-features (tracking/spying, data collection, backdoors, ...)
- Allows you to run various applications (list of packages by category
<https://openwrt.org/packages/index/start>), through a package system and
repositories
- You are are in control, just like when you run Linux on desktops or
servers

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> What features of OpenWRT do you need?  Last time I dealt with custom
> firmware (DD-WRT) was because of "bufferbloat".  But, factory firmwares of
> my Asus RT-N66U seem to deal with it.  The router is old, and newer routers
> would be even better.
>
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