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OpenWrt, now 20 years old, is crafting its own future-proof reference hardware (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I still have my WRT54G around somewhere. Loved that thing. What I found interesting was that when the firmware went open demand for that model went through the roof. Wish more companies would realize that there is a demand for that market.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I had mine running for probably 10+ years but eventually started acting screwy a few years back. I went ahead and upgraded to a TP-Link and I’ve bee satisfied with it. I haven’t looked into if you can still get these custom firmwares for modern routers - but I’ve also been satisfied with the interface and the performance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can. ASUS actually based their official firmware off of one of them, and there is a custom mod of that too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

gl.inet bases all their firmwares on OpenWRT AFAIK

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah. I've had a couple of their little travel routers which are a lot of fun. But apparently you can't flash custom builds on one of their more recent models.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I think that model is still being sold for like us$50, or the same price it's been for a decade

The hardware has definitely outlasted any love from the os.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yea that model was manufactured / sold forever. It really was awesome at the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

But how are you gonna push your internet security monthly subscription with open firmware silly