Thinking of replacing a very old home wifi ethernet router. I think I got this one for free with coupon. On newegg it is still for sale at $128 and 18 years old????

What do linux users use? WRT running some dd/open wrt or other?

Is there better solutions? Pi running a firewall/router?

Thanks.

I have used openwrt in an old router. It was better than the router's stock firmware, but nothing spectacular.

I also had IPFire on a netbook. But the netbook broke down. I liked IPFire the best. I would go back to it if I could.

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I use Protecli hardware for Ethernet at home but have ignored wi-fi because some of the appliances which I have been overruled on require some strange networking that the ISP is tight lipped about, such as IPTV. IPTV is not secret and does not look complicated but figuring out the details requires more knowledge and interest than I have. Anyway, the Protecli can run proper OpenBSD with all the LAN (or WAN) services you can imagine plus it has full PF capabilities. I suppose it could also run various Linux distros (GNU or other) but I find OpenBSD more convenient for a router / server.

Which market, EU or North America or elsehwere?

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My ISP long ago switched from allowing a customer-owned WAP to requiring rental of their WAP. There does not appear to be a way to avoid the monthly rental fee.
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I bought one from Netgear which had the most current features at time of purchase.

I update it from time to time but do not look for any open source solutions.

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ISP NTU configured in bridge mode, TP-Link AX3000 WiFi 6 router, standard firmware, nothing custom, I need this router to be 100% reliable.

I get pretty much my full 1gb on the cable and between 400mb - 900mb WiFi through the house.

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Yes, I made something similar, and it just works. There is no need to "maintain" it (if it was already configured).

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My ISP is the local phone company and they use DSL right now, although they promise to run an optical line to my house before next summer.

I bought a decent router with two antennas, and the main thing that I did to it was to immediately run a software update and then enable "automatic updates." You never really know how long that "new" unit has been sitting on a warehouse shelf. As long as the software can be updated, it probably doesn't really matter when a router was made as long as it's still working.

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I have an ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000. Wifi-6 home gateway. Works well, was expensive but it was one of the first Wifi-6 devices and I was an early adopter.

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Thanks for the comments. Guess I'll just have to use what I brought.

I've used both Linksys and Netgear and gotten my money's worth out of both. My current router is a Netgear.

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I presume you mean their hardware with your own firmware. Not having control of the firmware is a major PITA on the best of days. I have one proprietary router, Technicolor, which is apparently built on a stolen, locked down version of OpenWRT. They're unwilling to comply with the licensing prerequisites for either the distro they seem to be using or the kernel itself which they are obviously using. While both aspects are annoying, and the stolen nature of the software is the tip of the ice berg in regards to quality control failure, the real trouble comes from its locked down nature as there is only a small handful of settings one can actually affect. So if you do get Linksys, Netgear, or any other custom hardware, do be very sure that it is a model which you can at least flash with OpenWRT yourself.

Freedom's not free but it seems to be increasing in both price and preciousness a heck of a lot of late.

Again you might look at Protectli though it is overkill. It is possible to add third-party wireless cards.

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I run PFsense on an appliance PC with a separate wireless access point. Just a matter what are your requirements as to bandwidth and wireless capabilities and if you want to go with DIY or something off the shelf. I have read that you can get good speeds with an overclocked Pi 4.

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No, I'm not that advanced.

But I do configure them, closing incoming ports, changing the default password, configuring the DNS server, etc.

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Untangle firewall had a distro for two of the home routers. Didn't have either model.
Pfsense would help us if they opened the ARM distro.