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lenovomen
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 20:11    Post subject: OpenWrt and DD-WRT compatibility router Reply with quote
What router would you recommend in 2022 that is not expensive yet reasonably priced and compatible with DDWRT and OpenWrt?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 21:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
I already gave you an answer on that in another thread. Archer C7 V5 or A7 v5.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
Recommended: R7800 (XR450/XR500), R7500v2, EA8500 (serial flash), R9000 (R8900/XR700), x86 (J4125).

Both DD-WRT & OpenWrt support: R7800, R7500v2 or EA8500 but likely need to find a used router. Also x86.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:17    Post subject: Reply with quote
Best bet Netgear R7800 or XR500 second hand, with option to return if you cannot flash it to DDWRT...as those could have a bad blocks...in flash memory...i never had a bad one, so far i got 20+ R7800 second hand form ebay/amazon for different projects...

R7800 is the best price/performance/ddwrt support router... Cool

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Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
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lenovomen
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:35    Post subject: Reply with quote
And what do you think of Netgear WAC124 router? It has MediaTek MT7621AT CPU, 128MB RAM/ROM.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 10:24    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you are going the wrong way with this, if you want DD-WRT/OpenWRT support and opensource drivers support, the recommended Atheros devices are the way to go.

What you suggest is not DD-WRT supported afaik and to support new routers you need to buy 2 of them send 1 to Brainslayer so he ca add support and that will take a very very long time and initially will likely have issues.

And please consider that opening threads to discuss different routers is not the best thing for everyone, you already have 2 threads about this same subject. There are also different thread stickies that already suggest best routers. Like this there here

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:24    Post subject: Reply with quote
the WAC124 is also supported
Mediatek also has a good opensource support
although the drivers are sometimes a bit buggy

You can read about it in the Mediatek forum - there are often strange WLAN problems.

https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2022/07-30-2022-r49599/netgear-wac124/

https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wac124

but in the end the OP has to know that himself, he has already been told in 3 different threads which routers are recommended by the community.

Tatsuya has tested 2 mediatek cards on an x86 and found plenty of bugs - don't think he prefers mediatek over atheros

see bugtracker
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 13:12    Post subject: Reply with quote
One more question. What about routers that are not on the DD-Wrt compatibilible list, but have the same processor as another "compatibilible" device?

For example:
* Linksys WAC124
* Xiaomi Mi Router Redmi AC2100 (RM2100)

Can I install the system on it? Or the system will check other components before installlation?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 13:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
if those are not in the supported list

lenovomen wrote:
Can I install the system on it? Or the system will check other components before installation?


NO if those are not supported it wont work...

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TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
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TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
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Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 14:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
DD-WRT or OpenWRT need to specifically support a device fully otherwise you may end up with a nice paper weight. Even then, sometimes bricks happen.

There can be devices that are not on supported list but are for instance rebrands of one that is, and if possible one can convert the device to the one that is supported and then install DD-WRT, however with your level of knowledge this isn't something Ide recommend to you, unless of course you can afford to learn by doing and investing both money and time.

DD-WRT and OpenWRT are not full blown Linux distros they are specialist purpose built that must fit in the targets flash memory.

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