Hi Paul, > One thing to check carefully is the version of the router you have. > I bought a second Netgear WNDR3700 and ended up getting a version 5, > which unfortunately is totally different hardware and incompatible > with OpenWRT
Every time I'm in the market for a new broadband modem, like now, I consider buying one supported by OpenWRT, but never manage it. It's partially the difficulty in asserting that the box being bought will still have the compatible innards, like your version 4 v. 5 problem, and also the general lack of modern devices available due to the lag in volunteer effort. I realise their specialised devices, but I'm surprised that projects like OpenWRT don't settle on a collection of chips that they support very well, e.g. good quality Linux kernel drivers, and then see if they can crowdfund a device built around them. I'd expect the manufacturers' reference designs, published to flog their chips, would be a help. There'd naturally be a bit of bike-shedding over what bells and whistles it needs, but some of that might easily fall out from the main SoC choice, etc. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-02-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
