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Cake day: August 11th, 2023

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  • Been running OpenWRT for 16 years (okay some of those years was dd-wrt, and LEDE… But you get the point.)

    Using them as dumb AP’s is what I really appreciate openwrt for… I can buy consumer grade hardware and get an actually stable experience as a WiFi AP. Not the typical “oh the WiFi is slow/stopped working? You have reboot it twice a month!” You get with the manufacturer’s shit software. I have a full opnsense box that handles firewall duties and vpn’s etc… So I really only like and need the stability of the hardware as an AP.

    I also stock pile WiFi routers running OpenWRT and give them to friends that don’t have a lot of money when I help with tech upgrades, knowing the WiFi router will be rock solid and not cause any issues. They truly are ‘set it and forget it’ units.