I got my new router working.
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I've always thought that kind of router seems cool, but I am more of a portable circular saw kevel woodworker.
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It's not even reinstalled, it's purpose built for it: https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one
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Nice! Can it easily add vpns? What about adguard?
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I have not tried either, but since you point it out, I think I will install the adguard...
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Mine runs Wireguard for the whole network along with being a basic media/file server. One USB port with a 2tb drive does a lot.
Also, for the password consider using a password manager so you can autofill, and also consider using a MAC address whitelist so you can be sure only intended devices can connect.
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Report back
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Dude, you can't just throw OpenWRT out there in a group like this. But since you have thrown caution to the wind...I was just updating my DNS settings to the CIRA ones for Canada hosted DNS private/protected. Prior to that I was running
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Not yet. Some network issues are still being fixed by turning off ipv6
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I’m currently running a Deco M9 mesh network and have been thinking about switching to OpenWRT. I just get kinda overwhelmed thinking about the whole setup and config process. Anyone have any recommendations on resources to learn how to do it?
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Yes it's very powerful and a bit daunting at first. I set up multiple VLANs and it was complicated to get the firewall rules right. But for most simple setups it's not actually that complicated. One feature I like is its inbuilt Suricata intrusion detection, which is an extra level of protection not provided by the regular firewall, and can help you detect malware on the network.
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Curious that your download speed increased.
I recently upgraded my old ISP provided router to a tp-link omada router with a couple in wall access points that also serve as switches to have everything that can be hard wired, hard wired. As well as having good Wi-Fi through the house.
It's the little things in life but a nice, fast and robust home network is super satisfying
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Small note, MAC address whitelisting isn’t really a security measure. People can change MAC address quite easily to one on your whitelist.
It might stop non technical children but a teenager with google can bypass that easy.
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I was surprised by the speed increase as well. I assumed that broadband would be the bottleneck, but apparently not.
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When you install a new WiFi router, just make the SSID and password the same as the existing one. No need to update all your devices.
And you can also setup your phone hotspot the same, so if your hardline goes out, you can just light up your hotspot and keep watching Netflix or whatever.
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Four words all upper case.
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Can confirm, in my head op's post meant : "I replaced some old appliance with something quite standard that won't
bother me for years". The fizzing is just replaced with the warmth of undisturbed uptime after about 4-5 years -
You should give us a talk and slide show at the next meeting...
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One word all lower case.
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I just upgraded to openwrt on a bananapi router kit. It makes me happy every time I ssh to one of my devices by hostname instead of IP. Also set up DNS ad blocking and it's a game changer.
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Yeah, that was supposed to read preinstalled
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