Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 16:15 Post subject: DD-WRT router under £80
Hi,
I was looking around for a new router, which supports DD-WRT so I can set up a router with VPN on it. Looking at Amazon.co.uk, which one would you suggest? I also see WiFi6 is quite new tech, but is there any DD-WRTs that supports it?
I looked at the Linksys MR7350, Linksys MR8300 and the Linksys E5400. Even the TP-Link Archer C80, but either of them are really listed in the router database for DD-WRT, but I have previously also discovered it can work even though it's not listed.
And if you search for DD-WRT on Amazon it doesn't really give you good alternatives, as DD-WRT isn't even mentioned.
I got a Linksys AC1900 myself, but it's quite old and not really obtainable for cheap still. I got mine used in 2020 for like $55.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 16:36 Post subject:
don't bother with single core routers...
WiFi6 is only marketing trick... don't bother with it neither...
check on ebay/amazon Netgear R6400v2, R7000, R7800 (best one) XR500 is reboxed R7800..
last for around 100 quid i got R9000...so far the fastest CPU but it has a complex switch if you need vlans... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
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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Can't really find any of these on any local stores.
And those on amazon was more expensive than the $80 I requested. It's not gonna be a main router anyway, just one off-router for vpn for ONE person, so a single core should be enough.
Asus RT-AC66U? I see the RT-AC68U is on the list, close enough?