Alternative Router Firmware: What are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato, and ASUSwrt Merlin?
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Learn what open-source router firmware projects are, which are the best ones and why you may want to give them a try. Updating the firmware of your

Just like the operating system on your computer & cell phone, you can change the software running on your router.

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Or I’ve heard you could run it in a Docker container on a bigger machine

      You can definitely run it in a VM (which is how I handle it) but container support wouldn’t surprise me.

      The “silly” part was more that if you have x86 you can use opnsense/pfsense but I’m with you in that SQM is a big draw as well as less risk of compatibility issues as my APs are also flashed with openwrt. And the BSDs were well behind on wireguard support when I first switched to x86, although they have since caught up now I believe.