[Discuss] OpenWrt Router for sale today

[Craig Miller]

Deryk,

I think you did get some lemons. I have been running my buffalo router for
nearly 10 years now.

Craig...
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 10:45 AM Deryk Barker (Honorary Colleague) <
dbarker at camosun.bc.ca> wrote:

> By which I presume you mean you've been looking for a few months and not
> that you are looking for a router which will run openwrt for just a few
> months...:-_
>
> deryk
>
> P.S. based on my experience of a different Buffalo router (ditto hard
> drive) a few months is all you can expect. Maybe I just got a couple of
> lemons.
>
> -------
> Deryk Barker, Faculty Emeritus
> Computer Science Department
> Camosun College, Victoria BC
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Discuss <discuss-bounces at vlug.org> on behalf of Ed Fletcher <
> ed at fletcher.ca>
> *Sent:* August 4, 2020 5:35 PM
> *To:* discuss at vlug.org <discuss at vlug.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Discuss] OpenWrt Router for sale today
>
> I would really like to get the wzr-600.  I’ve been searching for a router
> that will run openwrt for a few months.
>
> Ed
> --
> Ed Fletcher
>
> "Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty
> sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat."
> - Christopher Morley
>
> > On Aug 4, 2020, at 12:55, Jean Taggart <jean.philippe.taggart at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have a buffalo wzr-600 and a 450. Both are quite old, but run
> openwrt.
> >
> > FYI: I retired them, to replace them with PFSense and ubiquity gear.
> >
> > Anyone who wants them are welcome to them. Saves them from becoming
> e-waste.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:51 PM, Ed Fletcher <ed at fletcher.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> I would happily pay for one of these routers.  I've been having a hard
> time finding any that will run OpenWRT.
> >>
> >> Also, does this list not automatically put a Reply-To: header on all
> emails forwarded to the list?  I'd thought that was pretty standard in the
> old days.
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
> >>>> On 8/2/20 3:43 PM, Jean Taggart wrote:
> >>> Pfsense is my goto nowadays. I have a couple buffaloes with wrt
> already on them if anyone wants them.
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>> On Aug 1, 2020, at 9:18 PM, Craig Miller <cvmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hi All,
> >>>>
> >>>> Ed asked about what routers that can run OpenWrt, are sold (new)
> today. I had a list of 3 routers, but I am not finding it. However all of
> GL-iNET run a customized version of OpenWrt, and can easily be upgraded
> (use the sysupgrade image) to full OpenWrt
> >>>>
> https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gl-inet
> >>>>
> >>>> TP-Link Archer C7 is also a Popular router which supports OpenWrt
> >>>>
> https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-AC1750-Wireless-Gigabit-1350Mbps/dp/B00BUSDVBQ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=tp-link+archer+c7&qid=1596340908&sr=8-2
> >>>>
> >>>> I have used both, and they work quite well with OpenWrt. Ones I
> haven't used, but if you have too much money:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://www.amazon.ca/Linksys-MU-MIMO-Dual-Band-Gigabit-EA8500/dp/B00UVN21DK/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=linksys+8500&qid=1596341217&sr=8-8
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://www.amazon.ca/Linksys-Max-Stream-AC2200-Tri-Band-Renewed/dp/B07MHWCD93/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=linksys+8300&qid=1596341399&sr=8-3
> >>>>
> >>>> And a GigE high performance router at a low price, the Ubiquity
> Edgerouter X (no Wifi)
> >>>>
> https://www.amazon.ca/Ubiquiti-ER-X-UBIQUITI-Router-Black/dp/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=ubiquiti+edgerouter+x&qid=1596341661&sr=8-2
> >>>>
> >>>> I have written about the Edgerouter X, and how to put OpenWrt on it:
> >>>> http://www.makiki.ca/ipv6/edgerouterx_openwrt.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope this helps,
> >>>>
> >>>> Craig...
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