<div dir="ltr">Deryk,<div><br></div><div>I think you did get some lemons. I have been running my buffalo router for nearly 10 years now.</div><div><br></div><div>Craig...<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-- </div><div>IPv6 is the future!</div><div><a href="http://ipv6hawaii.org/" target="_blank">http://ipv6hawaii.org/</a><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 10:45 AM Deryk Barker (Honorary Colleague) <<a href="mailto:dbarker@camosun.bc.ca">dbarker@camosun.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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...:-_</div>
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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.</div>
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<div id="gmail-m_6001725799122050920divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Discuss <<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@vlug.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@vlug.org</a>> on behalf of Ed Fletcher <<a href="mailto:ed@fletcher.ca" target="_blank">ed@fletcher.ca</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> August 4, 2020 5:35 PM<br>
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<div>I would really like to get the wzr-600. I\u2019ve been searching for a router that will run openwrt for a few months.<br>
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Ed<br>
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> On Aug 4, 2020, at 12:55, Jean Taggart <<a href="mailto:jean.philippe.taggart@gmail.com" target="_blank">jean.philippe.taggart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> \ufeffI have a buffalo wzr-600 and a 450. Both are quite old, but run openwrt. <br>
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> FYI: I retired them, to replace them with PFSense and ubiquity gear.<br>
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> Anyone who wants them are welcome to them. Saves them from becoming e-waste. <br>
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> Sent from my iPhone<br>
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>> On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:51 PM, Ed Fletcher <<a href="mailto:ed@fletcher.ca" target="_blank">ed@fletcher.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> \ufeffI would happily pay for one of these routers. I've been having a hard time finding any that will run OpenWRT.<br>
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>> 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.<br>
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>> Ed<br>
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>>>> On 8/2/20 3:43 PM, Jean Taggart wrote:<br>
>>> Pfsense is my goto nowadays. I have a couple buffaloes with wrt already on them if anyone wants them.<br>
>>> Sent from my iPhone<br>
>>>>> On Aug 1, 2020, at 9:18 PM, Craig Miller <<a href="mailto:cvmiller@gmail.com" target="_blank">cvmiller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>>> \ufeff<br>
>>>> Hi All,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> 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<br>
>>>> <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gl-inet" target="_blank">
https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gl-inet</a><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> TP-Link Archer C7 is also a Popular router which supports OpenWrt<br>
>>>> <a href="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" target="_blank">
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</a><br>
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>>>> I have used both, and they work quite well with OpenWrt. Ones I haven't used, but if you have too much money:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> <a href="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" target="_blank">
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</a><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> <a href="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" target="_blank">
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</a><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> And a GigE high performance router at a low price, the Ubiquity Edgerouter X (no Wifi)<br>
>>>> <a href="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" target="_blank">
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</a><br>
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>>>> I have written about the Edgerouter X, and how to put OpenWrt on it:<br>
>>>> <a href="http://www.makiki.ca/ipv6/edgerouterx_openwrt.html" target="_blank">http://www.makiki.ca/ipv6/edgerouterx_openwrt.html</a><br>
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>>>> Hope this helps,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Craig...<br>
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