[Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

[Frantisek Borsik]

Hello Rich,

The answer for me is anything from https://www.gl-inet.com - I have
installed a few, no problem at all with anything. It's fairly cheap as well.


All the best,

Frank

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On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 11:15 PM Rich Brown via Bloat <
bloat at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> For the last several years, I have responded on various boards to
> complaints about bad latency with a happy-go-lucky "Or just try OpenWrt!".
> [recent example:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/1ay509v/comment/krx120h/?context=3]
> I used to mention IQrouter, but that's no longer a possibility.
>
> Not wanting to give hollow advice, I decided to gather information about
> router models that support OpenWrt without much risk to a newcomer's:
>
> - home/family network
> - free time
> - wallet
>
> My hope was to collect a few recommendations for units that might permit a
> someone who was intrigued by our "Just try OpenWrt!" enthusiasm to spend a
> few bucks and a few hours and see if it made things better. So I threw this
> note over the wall to the OpenWrt forum:
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/best-newcomer-router-2024/189050
>
> Along with two options (only available on eBay), I got back a whole lot of
> unsatisfactory responses. (See
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/best-newcomer-router-2024/189050/21)
>
> But then thoughtful messages started arriving, discussing the state of the
> world for modern OpenWrt routers, and why the firmware really isn't as easy
> to install as one might wish, how capable routers aren't as inexpensive as
> one might hope, etc.
>
> Am I right to despair? Are there no routers out there that we can
> recommend in good faith that are easy to install, powerful enough (for SQM)
> at ordinary speeds, and won't break the bank?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Rich
>
>
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