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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.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-08-10 12:23, Khalid Baheyeldin
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Thought
this would be interesting to some here ... </div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">In the
past, I bought older routers and installed OpenWRT on them. </div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">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" class="gmail_default">One such
router is <a
href="https://www.amazon.ca/Cudy-WR3000S-Ethernet-Antennas-Wireguard/dp/B0CYT3Q54S?"
moz-do-not-send="true">Cudy</a><a
href="https://www.amazon.ca/Cudy-WR3000S-Ethernet-Antennas-Wireguard/dp/B0CYT3Q54S?"
moz-do-not-send="true"> WR3000S</a>. Very reasonably
priced.</div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">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" class="gmail_default">Installation
was straightforward:</div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">1. Download a
signed OpenWRT image from Cudy's Google Drive.</div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">2. Flash the
router with that.</div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">3. Download
the latest OpenWRT image for this specific router.</div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">4. Flash it
as a sysupgrade image from the LuCI menus.</div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">That is
it. </div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">There are
other brands that support plain OpenWRT, such as GL.inet,
but they are more expensive. </div>
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