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They are working on an OpenWRT Two at the moment which will be Wifi 7. OpenWRT runs on a lot of hardware and its a great way to extend the life of a router pas
by PaulKeeble 2mo ago
They are working on an OpenWRT Two at the moment which will be Wifi 7.
OpenWRT runs on a lot of hardware and its a great way to extend the life of a router past the manufacturers patches as well as gain a lot of capabilities. I wouldn't buy a commercial router that wasn't supported by OpenWRT now.
- routelastresort 2mo agoHopefully, dual 2.5gbe too?
- JoshTriplett 2mo agoI'm hoping for one with at least two 10Gbps ethernet ports (one for upstream, one for downstream). Ideally more, but two would be great.
- jburgess777 2mo agoYou might be interested in the Turris Omnia NG which has two 10g SFP+ ports: https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia-NG-wired/ https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia-NG-wired/
- embedding-shape 2mo agoI've been hunting for a good switch with at least two 10Gbps ports too, surprisingly hard to find today still. I've ended up with a XGS1250-12 (3 10Gbps ports) for now, but OpenWrt support isn't great, the ports end up 1Gbps (or some other similar problem, not sure I remember the details 100%), so still running Zyxel firmware which, well, isn't OpenWrt... Other people here might have recommendations for suitable switches with good OpenWrt support?
- tw04 2mo agohttps://mono.si/ https://mono.si/
- mbana 2mo agoDoes it have WiFi 7? If so, list the details please. Why choose this over the https://openelab.io/a/s/products/banana-pi-bpi-r4-pro-1 https://openelab.io/a/s/products/banana-pi-bpi-r4-pro-1 ?
- JoshTriplett 2mo agoIs there a version of the Banana Pi kit that comes with all of the dozen carefully positioned antennas desirable for a tri-band or quad-band wifi 7 setup?
- PaulKeeble 2mo agoThe other devices based on the same filogic chip do have dual 2.5Gbps at least. You can get a Wifi 7 device and 2x2.5GBps with Wifi 7 support already with the Asus BT8 and a few other devices. Asus's bootloader firmware flasher will take the initial OpenWRT image so its really quite simple to get going.
- hylaride 2mo agoHow will it handle PPPoE at gigabit speeds? I've been wanting to replace by terrible router from my ISP, but the options that can handle gigabit+ PPPoE are limited.
- PaulKeeble 2mo agoVery well, IIRC I have measured its capability to route at about 16gbps IIRC although that isn't PPPoE just the usual iperf test, it handles my 1.2gbps without any drama.
- WithinReason 2mo agoThe planned specs are here, they say it will be made by GL.iNet: https://openwrt.org/voting/2025-02-12-openwrt-two https://openwrt.org/voting/2025-02-12-openwrt-two Otherwise this router from GL.iNet has OpenWRT preinstalled, Wifi 7, 5x2.5G: http://www.gl-inet.com/en-gb/products/gl-be9300 http://www.gl-inet.com/en-gb/products/gl-be9300
- NekkoDroid 2mo ago> expected availability is late '25. T-T. Any update on the timeframe (and presumably also I would expect the expected price to be solidly in the mid to high 300s at this point)?
- da768 2mo agoLatest speculation would be that they don't have a manufacturer anymore https://www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/comments/1rnr0sv/what_happened_to_openwrt_two/ https://www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/comments/1rnr0sv/what_happe...
- BikiniPrince 2mo agoGl.Inet ships with their openwrt version. I have the last version and it can be flashed to vanilla openwrt or one a high speed branch. It’s been good and fast. I don’t need wifi 7 yet so I have time.
- eisa01 2mo agoWould you be able to set this up as a simple mesh with two units? I have two old Amplifi HD units in wireless backhaul mesh that I’d like to upgrade
- tapper 2mo agoIf the routers use OpenWrt then you can use mesh.
- vsviridov 2mo agoWhy do they always have to look like some unholy blend of a cybernetic spider and a Knight Rider? What happened to a plain unassuming looking piece of industrial hardware...
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- mrsssnake 2mo agoAs some not deep into networking, just home(lab) stuff, learning OpenWRT took some time. But now cannot think of buying a router not for OpenWRT, once I learn what is possible I want to use it. Fot example from my ISP I can have two options for PPPoE connection, first is legacy IPv4 only but lacks IPv6, second is IPv4 but behind CGNAT and with modern IPv6. With OpenWRT, I am able to make two PPPoE connection over the same wire and have the best of both worlds.
- protocolture 2mo agoThe Two at least seems to have some features to it. Albeit catering to home ethernet enthusiasts. I would really love to see something like this with just 10 sfp cages, no switching all routed interfaces. A real open source alternative to mikrotik.
- xattt 2mo ago> I wouldn't buy a commercial router that wasn't supported by OpenWRT now. Is there any closed-sourced firmware that exceeds OpenWRT performance on the same level of hardware? I think that some proprietary firmware may have hardware optimizations that aren’t possible in a community-developed environment.
- Abishek_Muthian 2mo agoOpenWrt is a great piece of software(firmware) to prevent ISPs selling your browsing data to the advertisers. Although by now most ISPs are probably doing packet inspection. It's easy to customize, I have a script to notify me when a new device connects to my router[1] and I also have a script to notify me when someone logins into my router[2]. Earlier I used to connect my openwrt router directly to the ISP's switch but now a days they've started to force their 'AI powered' router which is centrally managed. I now have to usee OpenWrt to defend against the ISP's router first and then the broader public network. [1] https://abishekmuthian.com/openwrt-new-devices-connection-alert/ https://abishekmuthian.com/openwrt-new-devices-connection-al... [2] https://abishekmuthian.com/openwrt-login-alert/ https://abishekmuthian.com/openwrt-login-alert/
- embedding-shape 2mo ago> OpenWrt is a great piece of software(firmware) to prevent ISPs selling your browsing data to the advertisers. Huh, how? Either ISPs are doing deep packet inspection, and can track your browsing data regardless of what firmware you run, or they don't, and it still doesn't matter what firmware you use on your switches/routers, you ISP still won't be able to see TLS traffic, which most internet traffic is today.
- nsvd2 2mo agoHow does deep packet inspection work on encrypted traffic?
- ruperthair 2mo agoUntil there's more wide support for Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), the SNI header in the TLS handshake is always sent in plaintext. Between that an unencrypted DNS, most routers can easily spot/log what you're accessing in a browser.
- xelxebar 2mo agoWhy 7 (802.11be) when the bandwidth isn't really used? Genuine question. The GL-BE9300 mentioned here clocks in well within WiFi 5 range even. I've got 10Gbps fiber at home (egregious, I know), and the only OpenWRT router I found that can saturate it is the Turris Omnia NG[0]. The price tag is a notch up from others but it's legitimately one of the best pieces of hardware I've ever owned. A perf3 test against an in-town server was able to pull 800 Megabytes per second; the router is no joke. If you have a thick line to your ISP, I highly recommend! [0]:https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia-NG/ https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia-NG/
- msh 2mo agoLess congestion in WiFi dense environments like apartment buildings due to the additional bandwidth and improved efficiency
- mbana 2mo agoIs this actually stock OpenWRT? I mean is it supported by vanilla OpenWRT image? I do like the board though.
- xelxebar 2mo agoYou can run vanilla if you want. Their Turris OS is just a custom distro with some added userspace niceties. One of the coolest is a snapshot system that reduces "unbricking" the device to just a menu click at bootup. There are even people who have gotten NixOS running on it, apparently.
- voxadam 2mo ago>I've got 10Gbps fiber at home (egregious, I know), and the only OpenWRT router I found that can saturate it is the Turris Omnia NG[0]. The price tag is a notch up from others but it's legitimately one of the best pieces of hardware I've ever owned. Why not use OPNsense on a mini PC?
- xelxebar 2mo agoApparently, WiFi is spotty on OPNsense. I did start looking into home grown options, but WiFi 7 with 10Gbit ethernet is no joke. Most hardware ends up being power-hungry and noisy. The Omnia NG is fanless, meaning quiet and power-efficient. It's also small and relatively stylish. The small hardware LCD is very handy, and everything Just Works. The whole package is just so well put together.
- SirMaster 2mo agoCombining the WiFi with the router never made sense to me. Routers can last a long time and WiFi gets new versions with new capabilities every few years. I would rather just connect a separate wireless AP to my switch, preferably also with PoE. And then I can upgrade and expand that as needed while leaving the perfectly fine router alone.
- FractalParadigm 2mo agoI just bought a house and this was the conclusion I came to. A cheap PoE-capable multigig switch and a single Omada access point cost about the same as a cheap WiFi 7-capable router would have. I did opt to run the Omada Controller software on a Raspberry Pi instead of buying a hardware controller (to save a few bucks); maybe if I had a lot more hardware it'd make sense but for my one AP it's more than capable. So far I'm quite pleased, it gives me the peace-of-mind knowing that WiFi upgrades are effectively plug-and-play - plug in the AP, adopt it in the controller, add it to the site, and the existing network is already being broadcast - no more router reconfiguration every few years!