Just curious to know what routers users are using. I currently use an Asus RT-AX86U but I’m in the market for an updated router. Currently the Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Router 7 (UDR7) has my full attention but I wanted to check what others had to say before making the purchase. By the way, the reason I…

[image] djkilla: OpenWRT One, the Banana version and the Fritzbox to be so popular Well if you use opnsense you can use any x86 or generic arm, or even a VM. Be mindful that if you actually intend to flash a openwrt on a device its probably easier to use something like the turris etc. I would…

[image] username0990: this setup consumes more power power at the wall for an optiplex like that would be 30-40w and the icx7250 draws about 50w you can get the 24 port non-poe variant of the 7250 and that supposedly only draws 30w but the gain is you can basically get 10g on everything you…

I’m using the Flint 2 from GL.iNet with vanilla OpenWrt. Works very well, but Flint 3 now exists.

Well, spent the last day checking out the OpenWRT One. There’s tons of firmware to load up and get additional settings or access to whatever you need. Installing add-ons requires a bit of command line but for me overall, I would probably stay with the already installed firmware that comes with the u…

I’m using a Firewalla Gold Plus and loving it. My next move will be more DIY but this is something that is time consuming and easy to mess up if you rush it, so this was my in between. Also, I love their features and those give me inspiration for what I want and don’t want to for my own setup.

Router: NanoPi R4S using OpenWrt. APs: ZyXEL NWA50AX Pro using OpenWrt. Switch: HPE 1920-24G using OpenWrt.

You can’t go wrong the OpenWrt One, it’s far more robust and feature complete than comparably priced plastic boxes from Asus and the like. It’s also under YOUR control, and not backdoored like the Ubiquity stuff. A router shouldn’t phone home, period.

I use the following: Firewalla Gold Pro(10Gig) This is my main Router/Firewall. 2x10gig and 2x 2.5gig ports. My main Desktop is plugged directly into it. Firewalla Access Point 7 Wireless Access Point, plugged into the FGP All of my IoT devices are connected to this on a separate VLAN(VLAN30) …

You have the newer version of my setup…jealousville population: me I did recently add a relatively cheap refurbed tplink TL-SG2428P 28-Port Gb Switch 24 being PoE+. This was to connect my basement floor to my second floor. I highly recommend running larger conduit on the outside of your house and …

from the links @bsd provides that is like $1,200+ of equipment for a home network. What kind of workloads / activities are you using it for?

What router are you using?

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U53R January 10, 2026, 11:51pm 32

Gl.iNet one. They have super neat feature to randomize BSSID.

See

Also they have LuCi interface to add more advanced config. And they one from not-so-many manufacturers that have HTTPS in admin panel.

Yes, they have so much more to do but we’ll, who doesn’t?

They even moved to NTS instead of NTP (who else did that?):

2025-11-18: Use chrony instead of ntpd

Plus their support super helpful. They even helped me to write script!

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