I’ve been running OpenWRT on my routers for a while now. It started off as just an experiment on my Mi Router 3c, but it now forms a very integral part of my homelab.
I’ve since helped set up OpenWRT on a lot of different routers for my friends’ home networks, giving old routers a new lease of life and making it more secure.
Of the different routers I’ve come across that support OpenWRT, Xiaomi ones tend to stand out to me:
- They’re fairly cheap
- Easily procurable in most markets
- Have very very decent specs for the price point, and,
- Aren’t hard to put OpenWRT on
I think I’ve only seen routers from TP-Link come close to this level of support for OpenWRT, but their hardware variations often throws an axe when it comes to OpenWRT support.
What are your thoughts, and what do you run OpenWRT on?
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I recently pulled cables around the house to kind of make the Internet experience better at home. One of the considerations in getting a new router was for it to be supported by OpenWRT for the last 2 major releases.
I found that it becomes a lot more easier to find good routers when you know good software is going to work on it no matter what. Ended up going with a new gen Mi Router 4C. Opened the box, set it up to get the STOK code, and immediately flashed OpenWRT on that.