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OpenWRT router (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Dust0741@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I am looking for a router, and OpenWRT came up. I was looking at their table of hardware and the ASUS RT-AC3100 seemed like a good option, as its cheap used, (~$40 USD) and supported by the latest OpenWRT version.

Thing is, its EOL, per Asus. Does this mean that it won't be supported on OpenWRT for much longer?

Is there a way to see or estimate when a router will no longer work on OpenWRT?

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[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looking at you Flint 3 DOWNGRADE!!!

[–] Vorpal@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Flint 3 seems like a worse overall router when it comes to computational power and chipset. The only thing it has going for it is WiFi 7 (instead of 6) and 2.5 G ethernet on all ports. The Flint 3 is also more power hungry, which isn't great given the high energy costs in Europe.

Most people don't benefit from WiFi 7 (WiFi 6 is already good enough for almost everything) and if you want more than 2x 2.5G ports, consider getting a (managed) switch to extend the router with.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Not to mention how apparently 2.5 and 5ghz bands suffer on the Flint 3 just to get Wifi 7.

Hope no one's buying them (though I imagine a lot of people see 3 > 2 and blindly trust it's better in all cases).

Flint 3 probably would've been better as a different product line. As it currently stands, It seems a bit misleading to attach it to the Flint 2 when so much is different at its core.