Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:01 Post subject: second router for privacy
Hello DD-WRT Family,
I owe Asus RT-AC88U. I would like to add another router in my home that will have separate wifi so the new network would be strictly focused on privacy. I would like to set up wireguard on the New one. Actually I've never used DDWRT yet so please advice me best router to buy.
My ISP is cable so the internet only works on router with certain MAC address. So I would need a router that allows that.
My questions in short: 1. What router to buy for Wireguard+DDWRT+MAC Clone
2. How to connect the routers together so the internet will go from the RT-AC88U to the New one with MAC cloned (and does it compromise safety)
3. What DNS servers should I use for safety?
4. Can the two routers interfere if they will be close to eachother?
5. Does DDWRT automaticly update?
6.How is it different from Merlin and OpenWRT?
I know the questions are mixed and very basic at some point but the topic itself is complex. Im a noob in Networking but I have some IT/technical background in general
thank you,
C
Last edited by ciekawski on Wed Jun 16, 2021 13:53; edited 1 time in total
Thank you blkt for quick answer and claryfing few things. Do you have any alternative to these routers? As they are hardly avaliable in my country. What about Asus RT-AX89X (it's expensive but maybe worth it ... )
https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/ASUS_RT-AX89X
TP-Link Archer AX11000
https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/TP-LINK_Archer_AX11000
But I have no Idea how they work with DDWRT