On 8 March 2016 at 21:01, E.S. Rosenberg <esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il> wrote:
> > > 2016-03-08 9:10 GMT+02:00 Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com>: > >> What exact model of TP-Link have you got? >> > WR740N (v4.x), WR841ND (v5.x), WR1043ND (v1.x) > >> I have a TP-Link AC1750 ADSL2+ modem router which is great except that >> OpenWRT doesn't support this specific model's WiFi well (see multiple >> "Notes" in https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-c5-c7-wdr7500) >> > Did you check recently? The way I understand the notes v2 is fully > supported while v1.x only the 2.4GHz Band is supported (though they do > write that they don't do hardware NAT which will affect you if you have a > WAN line > 300MBit/s). > I've just double checked this morning - the serial label on the router says "v1.0", which means I can't take advantage of 802.11ac with OpenWRT on it :(. > > So I'm half-heartedly on the lookout for something to run OpenWRT or VyOS >> on, with 1Gb ethernet and 802.11ac WiFi and which can be used to do smart >> and efficient routing especially over OpenVPN tunnels. >> > Let us know if you find something.... in a few month OpenWRT should be > releasing 16.x (Designated Driver, if they manage to stick to the roughly > yearly releases) which may bring improved support for your existing device > considering how they already have half decent support there is someone (and > probably more then one someone) working on it.... > > If you want something really powerful with a very powerful OS have a look > at this: > http://routerboard.com/RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT > Perhaps my top priority, after having something that's flexible enough, is hardware which won't take more than 3W to run. Thanks, --Amos
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