Comment on Router scan

PaddleMaster@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You might also be able to replace the firmware with something like DD-WRT or OpenWRT or Tomato or other third-party firmware.

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  • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good idea.

    You can still get the newest DD-WRT builds even on the WRT54G.
    That is a Wi-Fi router from 2002.

    Of course, the features are sort of limited. I tried the VPN build (on WRT54GL), but I couldn’t get the OpenVPN client to connect. I found some thread mentioning it may be missing something, but I don’t know if that’s the issue.

    Anyway, without overclocking I’d expect like 2Mbps. I mean, it barely handles HTTPS. Just trying to load the WebUI maxes out the CPU for several seconds if trying to use HTTPS.
    Perhaps it’s not missing anything software-wise, but it’s just so slow it times out during handshake.
    So I just put the std build on it in case it will be useful at some point.

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• maya@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thank you for advice and additional info. I bought a modern router Cudy WR3000 with WiFi-6 support. And it has the last firmware update available.

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