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OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devices

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271 points pykello | 5 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
1. JimmaDaRustla ◴[08 Sep 25 19:18 UTC] No.45172627[source]▶
I used DD-WRT forever, but holy crap was it buggy. Once I tried OpenWRT, there was no going back. Shit just works, and works well.
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2. petcat ◴[08 Sep 25 19:33 UTC] No.45172823[source]▶
Tomato on the WRT-54G was the all time best in my opinion.
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3. bobmcnamara ◴[08 Sep 25 20:02 UTC] No.45173218[source]▶
I tried setting it up as a test router and ran smack into their ancient kernel and iptables not supporting statistics drop mode.
4. tracker1 ◴[08 Sep 25 21:35 UTC] No.45174329[source]▶
Agreed... probably the best experience for a SOHO router+wifi. I currently use OpnSense on an N305 mini pc for my router and the separate wifi AP has it's own management interface. Works for my needs.
5. shrx ◴[08 Sep 25 22:27 UTC] No.45174894[source]▶
Interesting, on my latest router (WRT3200ACM) I've had the opposite experience - I had to switch from OpenWRT to DD-WRT since the former was too buggy to use (couldn't get the WiFi to work reliably).