Oddbean new post about login | logout I need a new router at home. I want WiFi 6 and I want to install something like OpenWRT or similar software/firmware. What devices/setup should I go for? #askNostr #homenetworking
Turris omnia
Turris Omnia is generally my favorite too, especially if you don't want to bother with flashing antics and just want a good FOSS-based router out of the box, though it doesn't come with "pure" OpenWRT but some fork
their modular router line is also kind of neat, if you need more than what the standard router box provides https://www.turris.cz/en/products/mox/
The Omnia seems to have a bit low clocked CPU and old ram (DDR3), does it actually perform well?
i haven't ever found CPU to be the limiting factor, nor have i heard it to be slow; but mind it's a consumer router, if you want utmost speed i guess you end up in the more professional segment aimed at datacenters-or roll your own firewall with a mini x86_64 pc maybe also see also this previous thread with suggestions, though most people seem to prefer pfSense based routers there not openwrt: nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqz4rnedwlxdqqznmmv95ny2cey4uf23qldjexxjj6p2mt6mdlaecqy28wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytncxpnzummjvuhszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99uqzqqqqs2hw76m3e8xz63275hjlc9petay5tjkjhw8e5vatv7uqv5aew7aug9
tbh I'm not entirely sure what hardware I'm looking for but I want it to have Wifi 6 (or 7) so that I can do stuff like streaming VR games from my gaming PC to some kind of VR headset (I don't own any atm because I refuse to buy Facebook's headset). It should perform well with 10+ people for LAN parties, etc, and overall be stable and performant in general. My other requirement is that I can install some kind of open source firmware on it so that I don't have a backdoored stock router OS that talks home to the producer (or CIA/NSA for that matter). To me, it seems like the Turris Omnia has worse overall hardware specs than other routers such as the Flint 2 (GL_MT6000). I'm also not really locked to OpenWRT in any way, just seems like people really like it. I'll have to do more research on openwrt vs pfsense though..
I've recently virtualized my router. I was against it at first, but I'm really happy with it now. I had no choice when I was moving. I have a fairly new cluster atm that does well. I still see less than 3ms ping time to isp routers with internal latency. I used to have an 8 core xeon 3.2ghz and with proper broadcom nics, tcp offloading and DMA support, the thing was mostly idle with gigabit service. Site to site l2tp and over 100 client devices connected. I'm sure it would still do well, albeit at 60 watts of power.
https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt6000/
Ooh this is sexy, has support for OpenWRT too 👀 Do you have one yourself?
I use a cheap tp-link that does not have Wifi6 and is more basic but it works for me. recommended that one because I have read good reviews of it, check the following thread 👇👇 nostr:nevent1qqswcn3su9ycln622mtxls94au0yesmhur6jma8kgx4gpsj5f902d7gprfmhxue69uhkvun9v4kxz7fwwdhhvcnfwshxsmmnwshsyg9jwgkarcfllxuzluh5xgvxqxgytlhrnyga2efdddpxx43qvxhepqpsgqqqqqqs2hmh99
Turris Omnia is good but for the WiFi6 you need the latest version that is expensive. I got the 2nd version, WiFi 5 I guess, for 40$ second hand. Totally worth it.
I’m eyeing this one https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-ge800/v1/ 2 10gbit ports - 1 wan, the other to my desktop 😎
Got a few of these very cheaply, for setting up a mesh: https://www.orbitadigital.com/en/network-telephony/routers/50300-tr3000.html