<div dir="ltr"><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><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 at 19:28, Doug Moen <<a href="mailto:doug@moens.org">doug@moens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div><div>My last router was a Cudy, I installed OpenWRT like Khalid said, I'm happy.</div><div><br></div><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><div><br></div><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><div><br></div><div>On Mon, Aug 10, 2026, at 2:45 PM, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="m_-2365622351626832qt"><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><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 2026-08-10 12:23, Khalid Baheyeldin
wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small">Thought
this would be interesting to some here ... </div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">In the
past, I bought older routers and installed OpenWRT on them. </div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><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><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">One such
router is <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Cudy-WR3000S-Ethernet-Antennas-Wireguard/dp/B0CYT3Q54S?" target="_blank">Cudy</a><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Cudy-WR3000S-Ethernet-Antennas-Wireguard/dp/B0CYT3Q54S?" target="_blank"> WR3000S</a>. Very reasonably
priced.</div></div><div><div style="font-size:small">Only thing
I see missing is a USB port, though this is not a crucial
function.</div><div><br></div></div><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><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small">That is
it. </div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small">There are
other brands that support plain OpenWRT, such as GL.inet,
but they are more expensive. </div><div><br></div></div><div><span>--</span></div><div dir="ltr">Khalid M. Baheyeldin</div></div><div><br></div><pre>_______________________________________________
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