[TriLUG] OpenWRT

[John Vaughters via TriLUG]

+1 on OpenWRT

I used DD-WRT for many many years and used to create active firewalls where I could use ssh with a key to open a port to the ip that traffic came from currently.  Making for a very secure access when needed. These embedded versions come with a multitude of VPNs that I used to create distributed networks. Only recently my 15 year old router dies and I went to a TP-Link for a variety of reasons. And of course TP-Link is on the list of bad security routers. Why should I be surprised. Anyway, I miss the full on access to a linux system and all the flexibility it provided. One day I will go back to the embedded solution.

It was a good run of VERY low cost and secure routing solutions.

~John Vaughters








On Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 01:50:04 PM EST, Bill Farrow via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote: 





Woot is selling Linksys AX3200 wifi6 refurbished routers this week for $20.
https://computers.woot.com/offers/linksys-ax3200-wi-fi-6-router
<https://computers.woot.com/offers/linksys-ax3200-wi-fi-6-router?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_pc_6_3>

This router has good OpenWRT support.
https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/e8450

This is also a great way to get into embedded Linux. The UART header is
easy to get to if you want console access.



Bill
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