I’m currently running an OpenWRT fork that is getting old and hasn’t been updated in awhile. I may try to put mainline OpenWRT on it, but also looking for alternatives.

Any replacement probably needs to have external antennas. I use a directional yagi antenna I made for 2.4GHz for better reception. What’s the word for a good deal and feature combo when you’re not a triple-A gamer? Anyone running a Linux that is not OpenWRT and worth checking out?

  • RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I used OpenWRT for ages on all kinds of different hardware. The next logical step up for me was into the Ubiquiti product line. That gave me a lot of the power and configurability of the OpenWRT world in something that was a lot easier to use. (Plus, their access points are quite nice.) I chose the Dream Machine Pro. It was rack-mountable, so I bought a cheap rack and put it on a shelf. I also decided to buy Ubiquiti access points and switches to take advantage of all the network management features of their OS. I have one place where I monitor, update, and configure everything, and it’s about twenty times easier than keeping things updated in OpenWRT.