Re: Recommendations for a mesh router? [PRIVATE REPLY] -- PCTECH

Subject: Re: Recommendations for a mesh router? [PRIVATE REPLY]
From: Mark Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:07:24 +0000 (UTC)
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David,

My main point about openWRT was and is that it will run on almost any device that can be "flashed" with open source. This includes older devices as well as many newer ones.

So, you do not necessarily have to "shop for a mesh router" per se -- those usually carry a price premium.

Just saying ...

All the best,

Mark S. Waterbury

On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 03:02:20 PM EDT, David Gibbs via PcTech <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 7/19/22 1:50 PM, Mark Waterbury wrote:

I would just mention that, for quite a few years now, you can create
your own "mesh" network by "flashing" the router(s) with some custom
(open source) firmware.

The prime example of this is openWRT.org ...

My current router is already running an OSS firmware.

Doesn't really help when the hardware is failing.

david

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