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Best "just works" mesh router for open wrt? (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently have a mesh (wired) google wifi setup but want to switch so something... not google. Preferably wifi 6 but I don't need anything insane.

Cheap is good but I also want to be able to basically ignore it for the next 10 years.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just purchased the Orbi setup and the performance improvement over my gen one Google mesh was shocking. I expected an improvement but my Xbox went from ~40 mbs to 240 mbs for straight game download. I did keep my old Google mesh up and running also and only use it for phones/tablets.

NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z3FGSDH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

oof on the expensive side but might have to do it. Were you able to install open wrt on it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah they were pricey, I should have mentioned that. I did not attempt that install. Wanted to just get it up and running first without any of my usual shenanigans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How is the management of them ? I see they shout about their app but can I just login using a proper keyboard on a computer to setup things like DHCP easily? How much is hidden behind a subscription service (the biggest frustration with my eero's currently)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

No subscription so far. The setup wasn't super easy but I wouldn't say it was difficult. And tbh I think I made it harder than it needed to be. I did most the setup on my phone.