[Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

2024-02-25 Thread Rich Brown via Bloat
For the last several years, I have responded on various boards to complaints about bad latency with a happy-go-lucky "Or just try OpenWrt!". [recent example: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/1ay509v/comment/krx120h/?context=3] I used to mention IQrouter, but that's no longer a

Re: [Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

2024-02-25 Thread Frantisek Borsik via Bloat
Hello Rich, The answer for me is anything from https://www.gl-inet.com - I have installed a few, no problem at all with anything. It's fairly cheap as well. All the best, Frank Frantisek (Frank) Borsik https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714

Re: [Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

2024-02-25 Thread Rich Brown via Bloat
> On Feb 25, 2024, at 5:28 PM, Sebastian Moeller wrote: > > the coming OpenWrt One, which I am quite excited about, way mote excited that > I should). Me too. > Is that what you asked for, hell no. But it might do as a replacement in a > pinch... I suspect that's what I'll have to wait

Re: [Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

2024-02-25 Thread Rich Brown via Bloat
> the problem is the 'easy to install' requirement. Too many vendors (including > ones that used to be easy to install) are adding extra hoops to jump through > on the newer models. Yes. My fantasy (I can still have fantasies, right? :-) is that people buy one of our recommended routers for a

Re: [Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

2024-02-25 Thread Sebastian Moeller via Bloat
Mmmh, maybe regroup and refocus and look for a relative simple wired-only variant, then e.g. the naonopi 4RS might do, 2 ethernet ports, comes with an optional case (not sure whether it is pre assembled) enough oomp to SQM at 300 Mbps (as far as I heard, I have not tested that myself

Re: [Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

2024-02-25 Thread David Lang via Bloat
On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, Rich Brown via Bloat wrote: Am I right to despair? Are there no routers out there that we can recommend in good faith that are easy to install, powerful enough (for SQM) at ordinary speeds, and won't break the bank? the problem is the 'easy to install' requirement. Too

Re: [Bloat] Disappointment on "Best Newcomer Router" front

2024-02-25 Thread Sebastian Moeller via Bloat
Hi David, > On 25. Feb 2024, at 23:57, David Lang via Bloat > wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, Rich Brown via Bloat wrote: > >> Am I right to despair? Are there no routers out there that we can recommend >> in good faith that are easy to install, powerful enough (for SQM) at >> ordinary