Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Green Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Getting along without a keyboard Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:39:00 +0100 Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <4amfrk-ar77.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net HABXD46OEZvQf0xoDPAP5QoOmVLxU2vaJb1teAes5G4/Ui4kA= X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:WVqGur4YH+gx4PXdHiPfVc8F6Pg= sha256:uzueJDyJrKPN8y0rtXxNX/xvPFaXTD9CA9ghv7bbDck= User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20240224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.8.0-41-generic (x86_64)) Bytes: 1957 bp@www.zefox.net wrote: > > I've played with the idea of getting an open-wrt-compatible router in the > past, but dropped the idea after finding nothing suitable at the local > thrift store. Perhaps I should look again. > I am using Asus routers now which, by default, run a version of OpenWrt called AsusWrt. However, even better, is asuswrt-merlin which is easy to install instead of Asuswrt and gives you all sorts of customisation if you want. Not all Asus routers can run Asuswrt-Merlin but there's a fair number that can and many of them are available at very reasonable prices secondhand on eBay or from such as CEX. The user interface GUI is really nice (though quite complex because there is so much that can be configured). My previous routers were Draytek Vigor which have a pretty good reputation but I really find the Asus ones much better in all sorts of ways. -- Chris Green ยท