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minus-squareBocky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down26·2 days agoThis tech is still relevant in 2025?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoI thought OpenWrt was kind of dead. Everyone uses pfsense as their open source router.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoIMO, pfsense is for if you want to use an x86 PC as a router, while OpenWRT is for if you want your ARM-based commodity home router to run open source firmware.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoit’s not just for routers. you can (and should) use it on your access points. I have six APs in my house for 100% WiFi coverage inside and outside my home.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoI’m actually so incredibly lazy I use a firewalla purple. And I love it. You’ll never take it away from me! Hiss!!!
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoAre you thinking of ddwrt? OpenWrt is alive and thriving
minus-squarecellardoor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoCan second the other comments. OpenWRT is alive and well in parallel to PfSense. Different use cases for each.
This tech is still relevant in 2025?
What tech? Wifi?
I thought OpenWrt was kind of dead. Everyone uses pfsense as their open source router.
IMO, pfsense is for if you want to use an x86 PC as a router, while OpenWRT is for if you want your ARM-based commodity home router to run open source firmware.
it’s not just for routers. you can (and should) use it on your access points.
I have six APs in my house for 100% WiFi coverage inside and outside my home.
I’m actually so incredibly lazy I use a firewalla purple. And I love it. You’ll never take it away from me! Hiss!!!
Are you thinking of ddwrt? OpenWrt is alive and thriving
ddwrt is what I was thinking of
Can second the other comments. OpenWRT is alive and well in parallel to PfSense. Different use cases for each.