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mjevans 56 minutes ago [-]
Presently it seems to be unlikely to find an inexpensive (<150 USD) router that will run OpenWRT, supports modern wifi modes, and is reasonably fast.
I settled for a MikroTik model when replacing my mom's router. It almost fits the criteria. I can even port forward via SSH on it.
The one thing it won't do natively? IPv6 6RD, the cursed legacy ISP junk CenturyLink has for IPv6 on DSL or, according to some posts I encountered looking for a solution, their rare fiber runs.
So now it has a script I found online, triggered to run every 10 seconds because the PPPoE interface doesn't provide an 'on change' event hook. If the IPv4 address has changed the script tears down and puts back up the IPv6 address on the 6in4 tunnel and lease blocks.
blutack 10 hours ago [-]
Just in case it helps anyone else, tio (https://github.com/tio/tio) is a great featureful alternative to picocom.
pelasaco 10 hours ago [-]
i was searching for it today.. not available in my arch, unfortunately..
snap is a Ubuntu thing, nobody else uses it. Even Ubuntu users don't want to use it.
Nobody uses brew outside MacOS.
tio is in the AUR. Recent controversies aside, it's as easy as installing a regular package. But maybe GP doesn't have 10GB to install the entire build chain.
BlackRabbit1 12 hours ago [-]
The 841N works with OpenWRT. But AFAIR pretty much an EOL device with not much flash/ram.
pelasaco 10 hours ago [-]
the idea is more to get into hardware hacking.. the hardware is kind of irrelevant ... the most important thing is a sane UART exposed, documentation, videos about it and etc..
justsomehnguy 8 hours ago [-]
If this thread is about the same model then yeah.
OTH I have a DIR-612 somewhere which is just chugging. I do need to add some ip dilters, but not less the enterprise would pay me.
This reminds me of my first experience messing with serial on a router haha! Also, cool website!
queenkjuul 8 hours ago [-]
I had one of those sitting in a drawer for years. I think i did get OpenWRT on it at one point. Eventually it just stopped working altogether, but i felt like i got more than my money's worth out of it. Even brand new that router cost next to nothing.
Funny enough i have the same multimeter too
youareinsuffera 10 hours ago [-]
Clearly the problem is the firmware was not written in Rust. I suggest a Rust rewrite so that these sort of errors will go away.
leothetechguy 7 hours ago [-]
Not a bad idea ;)
pelasaco 10 hours ago [-]
:)
wait until somebody read it.. its one vibe coding session away from done..
justsomehnguy 8 hours ago [-]
I've LOLed too but just an idea of a router FW in a memory safe language... is awfully convincing.
I settled for a MikroTik model when replacing my mom's router. It almost fits the criteria. I can even port forward via SSH on it.
The one thing it won't do natively? IPv6 6RD, the cursed legacy ISP junk CenturyLink has for IPv6 on DSL or, according to some posts I encountered looking for a solution, their rare fiber runs.
So now it has a script I found online, triggered to run every 10 seconds because the PPPoE interface doesn't provide an 'on change' event hook. If the IPv4 address has changed the script tears down and puts back up the IPv6 address on the 6in4 tunnel and lease blocks.
Nobody uses brew outside MacOS.
tio is in the AUR. Recent controversies aside, it's as easy as installing a regular package. But maybe GP doesn't have 10GB to install the entire build chain.
OTH I have a DIR-612 somewhere which is just chugging. I do need to add some ip dilters, but not less the enterprise would pay me.
wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=161581&postdays=0&postorder=asc
Funny enough i have the same multimeter too
wait until somebody read it.. its one vibe coding session away from done..
[1] https://router7.org