[TriLUG] Router Recommendations

[Thomas Delrue via TriLUG]

On 06/29/2017 06:52 PM, Michael Marley via TriLUG wrote:
> Instead of OpenWRT, you might want to look at the LEDE project
> (https://lede-project.org/), a fork of OpenWRT.  Most of the development
> activity now occurs on the fork, leaving the original OpenWRT project
> fairly stagnant.  It hasn't had a stable release in almost 2 years now
> and has multiple components with known security vulnerabilities.
> 
> As far as gigabit routing, only a few LEDE/OpenWRT-supported devices are
> capable of such speeds considering as it doesn't support any kind of
> hardware NAT.  It might be a good idea to ask on the #lede-dev IRC
> channel on Freenode to see which devices can do gigabit routing these days.

Thanks for the information!
I think I'll go with this guy
(https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-AirStation-HighPower-Wireless-WZR-600DHP/dp/B0096239G0
- USD 80 is very reasonable) and put LEDE on it.

Thanks to Michael Marley for pointing out that OpenWRT hasn't had a
release in 15-ish months. I did not know that OpenWRT was inactive.

It looks like the LEDE development is much more active (last release was
10 days ago or so with latest commits just a couple of hours ago).
LEDE it is then :D

Thanks


> On 6/29/17 6:41 PM, Thomas Delrue via TriLUG wrote:
>>
>> I am in the market for a new home router (wired & wifi) but hardware is
>> not really my area of expertise so that's why I'm reaching out to you guys.
>>
>> Given the following requirements, which routers would you recommend?
>> - WAN port capable of handling 1 Gbps
>> - 4 (or ideally more) LAN ports capable of handling 1 Gbps
>> - WiFi capability (b/g/n/... ? What am I looking for here?)
>> - Ability to put OpenWRT on it to configure it to my heart's content
>>
>> I'm pretty serious about putting OpenWRT on it so that's a hard requirement.
>>
>> I've looked at https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start but again, hardware is
>> not my area of expertise and so these are just names to me, nothing more.
>> Have any of you done something similar? With which devices and what was
>> your experience?
>>
>> What is the price range I'm looking at? Are we talking 100-to-200 USD or
>> more?

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