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<p id="reply-intro">This might be worth a look as well: <a href="https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One">https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One</a><br />OpenWRT also has a x86 build if you want to try 10g line rate routing, or something a little more powerful / custom.<br /><br /><br />On 2026-08-10 15:48, CrankyOldBugger wrote:</p>
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<div>I'm sure we all remember the big fiasco a few years ago with TP-Link spying on us for the Chinese government... I still refuse to buy any of their products since then.</div>
<div>I'm currently using a Netgear router with a range extender, so TBH I'm a big scared to wipe out the firmware with DD-WRT/OpenWRT, but I did run DD-WRT on an old Linksys a few years ago and thought it was well done.</div>
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<div class="v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 at 19:28, Doug Moen <<a href="mailto:doug@moens.org" rel="noreferrer">doug@moens.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>My last router was a Cudy, I installed OpenWRT like Khalid said, I'm happy.</div>
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<div>Factory firmware on today's consumer routers feels like malware. I refuse to create an account on the manufacturer's web site to configure and manage the router. No privacy and questionable security.</div>
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<div>OpenWRT is open source and does what I want. I don't need fancy features. I added a range extender and it was surprisingy easy.</div>
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<div>On Mon, Aug 10, 2026, at 2:45 PM, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>On 2026-08-10 12:23, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:</div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">Thought this would be interesting to some here ... </div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">In the past, I bought older routers and installed OpenWRT on them. </div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">We no longer need to do that, because there are new routers that allow flashing with OpenWRT, and have new features (e.g. WiFi 6).</div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">One such router is <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Cudy-WR3000S-Ethernet-Antennas-Wireguard/dp/B0CYT3Q54S?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cudy</a><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Cudy-WR3000S-Ethernet-Antennas-Wireguard/dp/B0CYT3Q54S?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> WR3000S</a>. Very reasonably priced.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">Only thing I see missing is a USB port, though this is not a crucial function.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">Installation was straightforward:</div>
<div style="font-size: small;">1. Download a signed OpenWRT image from Cudy's Google Drive.</div>
<div style="font-size: small;">2. Flash the router with that.</div>
<div style="font-size: small;">3. Download the latest OpenWRT image for this specific router.</div>
<div style="font-size: small;">4. Flash it as a sysupgrade image from the LuCI menus.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">That is it. </div>
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<div style="font-size: small;">There are other brands that support plain OpenWRT, such as GL.inet, but they are more expensive. </div>
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