▲ 319 ▼ US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router (www.cnet.com) submitted 1 year ago by weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 102 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (8 children) Is there a way to jailbreak them and run them on Linux? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Imhotep@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (6 children) OpenWRT My tplink archer has been running it for 5 years or more without issue* *excluding human errors permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) OK, if it runs OpenWRT, what is their problem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It depends who you're trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn't know what OpenWRT is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Will this still allow a mesh setup? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] festus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it's possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Thank you for the information. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] festus@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago Yes; it's pretty trivial to flash something like OpenWRT on them as they don't restrict what you can install whatsoever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Imhotep@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (6 children) OpenWRT My tplink archer has been running it for 5 years or more without issue* *excluding human errors permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) OK, if it runs OpenWRT, what is their problem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It depends who you're trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn't know what OpenWRT is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Will this still allow a mesh setup? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] festus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it's possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Thank you for the information. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) OK, if it runs OpenWRT, what is their problem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It depends who you're trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn't know what OpenWRT is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It depends who you're trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn't know what OpenWRT is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Will this still allow a mesh setup? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] festus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it's possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Thank you for the information. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] festus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it's possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Thank you for the information. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Thank you for the information. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] festus@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago Yes; it's pretty trivial to flash something like OpenWRT on them as they don't restrict what you can install whatsoever. permalink fedilink source parent