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I’ve been running OpenWrt for over 10 years but at this point it is trash. The documentation is outdated, the packages aren’t well maintained and Luci development is torture. I’m so ready to stop trying and get UniFi devices. Heck, pfSense/OPNsense are so much better.
Been running OpenWRT for 16 years (okay some of those years was dd-wrt, and LEDE… But you get the point.)
Using them as dumb AP’s is what I really appreciate openwrt for… I can buy consumer grade hardware and get an actually stable experience as a WiFi AP. Not the typical “oh the WiFi is slow/stopped working? You have reboot it twice a month!” You get with the manufacturer’s shit software. I have a full opnsense box that handles firewall duties and vpn’s etc… So I really only like and need the stability of the hardware as an AP.
I also stock pile WiFi router running OpenWRT and give them to friends that don’t have a lot of money when I help with tech upgrades, knowing the WiFi router will be rock solid and not cause any issues, they truly are ‘set it and forget it’ units.
I also have been running OpenWRT for over 10 years and I agree, software management is archaic and painful. I exclusively use it for dumb APs now and just use OPNSense upstream to actually manage my network and devices. It’s been pretty nice in that regard for a couple years now.
Definitely want one of those. My adblock and PiHole are both refusing to allow the link for the $89 samples to load, so will probably have to wait until they’re more generally available.
Also wish it had 2.5 Gb LAN as well so it could replace my current, power-hungry router for my 2 Gb service.
Protip: Run a socks5h proxy server on the pi that does not use its own DNS resolver. Then FoxyProxy on your browser with the default being off/direct. Then whenever you need it, switch that one tab to use the proxy to bypass your blocking.
