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Need to replace my shitty apple airport with something more modern. Ideally I'd like to get something that will work with openwrt. Should I by something Asus or go dlink?
Halp. Shameless bump. Just tell me what you're using and if you Kik it
>>55394713
Would you buy a router that looks like a spider ?
The more antennas a router has the better it is, that is a well known fact. Go for that Asus one, OP.
>>55394713
Whatever you do don't get the one in your picture that just lumps in several 3x3's instead of using modern technology
Ubiquiti ac ap
>AMD
>more cores
>Gillette
>more blades
>any random router manufacturer
>more antennas
It's all the same shit.
Seriously though, what is the WRT54GL of the current year?
>>55395087
there isnt one
all modern routers are either:
>shit
>expensive as fuck
>ugly as fuck
>all of the above
Pic related, the last of a functional, reasonably priced and subtle design for routers.
>>55394713 Get ubqt edge router lite and few ac lite's. You could install openwrt on them but it is really dumb idea - you will loose that gorgeous seamless wifi roaming feature.
TPlink
>>55395087
http://blog.fosketts.net/2015/09/21/the-ideal-pfsense-platform-netgate-rcc-ve-2440/
rofl mfw not using a network of 1552i to create a network at max allowable power by the FCC
but really don't be a cuck go buy a bunch of 1142Ns off ebay for $40 a piece and make your own A+ network
TP-Link Archer C7 is pretty good. Good speed, good range, pretty solid
>>55396650
Archer C7: $99
AIR-AP1142N-A-K9: $19 on ebay
get 5 and call it a day
>>55396507
A+ :^ )
>>55396773
>using the smiley with a carat nose
Just be a normie and buy an ASUS one that supports AC, they are pretty good.
Apple airport is good though, many shitty ac device were shared with n bandwidth, how much money are u gonna spend for router op?
>>55397449
T-mobile cells a 'CellSpot' router that's just a rebadged Asus for half the price of the original model. The only difference is that it has a different firmware that has QoS for t-mobile wi-fi calling on by default. But you can buy it even if you don't have a t-mobile account and just use it as a normal router.
>>55394713
>>55394713
>Should I by something Asus
Just the other day, I came across a post by a guy having trouble with a pair of Asus wireless routers.
Turns out Asus had cloned the same MAC address to both. If that's some kind of standard practice, I'd question their competency.
Well, I done bought this. How bad did I do?
>>55397665
you're a fucking nigger
honestly just kill yourself
>>55398320
> performance perfected
You clearly didn't read the box
>>55396507
Or just grab a couple of 3502i's for not much more and just install vWLC in a vm somewhere and have better wifi then some consumer shit-tier router
>>55396131
got an edge router, got an ac pro i think, works find for me, however, do miss firewalls.
>>55395492
I dunnoo lad, I got my router for $20 a few years, it looks more subtle than that and I haven't had any problems yet.
>>55399143
dank wifi mojo
>>55394713
Is that a portal to the nether realm?
>>55397665
This motherfucker is choppy.
Also, I can't set the dhcp range to anything outside of 192.168/16. I use a 10/8 at home. Wtf, this is why I asked first.
>>55396507
I would if they AC.
>>55401553
Why DO you use 10.0.0.0/8 at home? I could see 172.16-31/20.
>Wifi connection to Mothership STRIX established. Now preparing for host nerve function override sequence.
>>55395065
Do you have any fucking clue what beamforming is
Maxes out my connection(60mb/s) on wifi and I can use it down the street. Supports openwrt.
>>55401802
>This is STRIX, now initiating phase 1 of the invasion
>>55397665
Ya done goofed. Maybe in a year or two the dd-wrt firmware will be good for it but the stock firmware sucks ass and they have basically given up on trying to fix it. The best open wrt firmware out right now only works on the 5ghz spectrum.
I have its little brother and its a mess.
>>55401984
>assuming direct control of carbon based life form
This is ROG armored transport, now preparing for evac
movin' out
>>55394713
WRT54GL
>>55395492
function over form is the name of the game. Want a nice shiny shilldo up your ass too? but it looks pretty and cute and MUH MINIMALISM
fuck off. I have a night hawk and a better netgear modem with comcast and I NEVER have problems. Hell I pay for 150mpbs and get 200+ at times
any of the cheaper tp-links that work with dd-wrt are fine
>>55402673
>WRT54GL
stop posting retard
>>55401882
This. I have a c9 though. It's the fucking tits.
>>55394713
>not using a router and separate access point
>>55394713
if price is no option the Asus ones are solid. They have OpenVPN stuff built into the firmware so no need for DDWRT.
>>55402988
But I am sempai
Can someone explain to me why would you need Openwrt?
>>55405504
more control of the router, basicly custom firmwares can make normal routers act as enterprise ones to some degree.
>>55394713
Asus is better imo
>>55405504 It could run shadowsocks, which is faster and cant be easily blocked like openvpn.
>>55405863
>>55406020
Should I do it for my Archer c9? I don't really need vpn or something like that
>>55406181
Your router wont become faster or anything. One reason to do it is to fix crappy factory firmware (like xiaomi meme router), another is to add extra features (usb disks/printers/webcam/audio, torrent, airplay, tor, pbx, radius, proxy, adblock, webserver, owncloud, timemachne backup, snort, uam). Just keep in mind that routers hardware is crap and it will work pretty slow.
>>55397665
>Buying any "Linksys" router after the WRT54G series
Enjoy your overpriced but shit tier Belkin box
>>55406181
if the router works, no, if its fucked, why not.
>>55406364
you get some control over power to antennas so you can increase range, depending on how bad the routers stock firmware is it may increase performance a bit, not god's gift to routers level, but higher than normal at least.
personally, if you are looking for a new router, edge routerX and a wifi access point is i believe the best option, though i don't like the router has a very high reliance on cli for anything and the ui is lip service at best.
>>55406364
>>55406818
Thanks anons
>>55394713
use an old and sturdy computer with 2 gigabit ethernet ports, install whatever firewall/gateway distro you want on it and hook it up to a switch with an access point
COMPEX WLE900V5-23
http://pisarenko.net/blog/2015/02/01/beginners-guide-to-802-dot-11ac-setup/
>>55397665
Small business-tier Ubiquiti or Mikrotik
don't waste time with consumershit
>>55401802
>>55401984
>>55402425
>>55402479
>>55402665
I'm ded
>>55401647
Get a 2802 they run controller software on the AP so you don't even need a controller under like 25 APs
>>55399143
>>55408195
Second hand ciscos or new Ubiquitis, which is better?
>>55395087
Asus RT N66U, use asuswrt merlin on it. Done.
>>55394713
>shitty airport extreme
unless you have like 5 devices going at the same time there's nothing better than the airport extreme if you want speed and range.
everything else has followed AMDs more cores = more better strategy and don't give a shit about overhead which is why the airport extreme is one of the fastest wireless APs for actual use.
>>55397665
what the dick happened to Linsys? they used to be the de facto standard for wifi router but now they're de facto shit.
Why is Mikrotik not a meme yet?
>>55409748
See:>>55406652
Belkin bought the brand from Cisco.
>>55408195
If I had 800 to burn I'd get an arista
>>55395087
Mikrotik.
