I love my GL.iNet router. It runs OpenWRT. I swapped to it a few months ago after getting a service upgrade and having my ISP try to force an Eero upon me.
Edit: they sell mobile routers too iirc (saw your other message).
Seconding this for anyone looking to buy one. Their pre-installed OpenWRT firmware is easy enough to use, and you can also set up AdGuard Home on some models (like a pi-hole but on your router).
I would never, ever use the router or modem an ISP tries to stick you with. They charge you monthly for those, for one thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had monitoring stuff on them, for another.
i should i specified a mobile router. the prices on used/refurbished mobile routers are starting to rival brand new as inventories are starting to vanish because of the ban and i’m getting sick of my chinese phones getting blocked by american carriers.
i’m planning on doing openwrt/tomato/etc. too and the homework i’ve done so far suggests that supportable routers are a bit older so i suspect that i’ll have more leeway when it comes to the ban.
GET. FUCKED.
everything the us loses because of its panopticon is very deserving and moral.
i’m scrambling to obtain a router before the panopticon ban hits routers.
I love my GL.iNet router. It runs OpenWRT. I swapped to it a few months ago after getting a service upgrade and having my ISP try to force an Eero upon me.
Edit: they sell mobile routers too iirc (saw your other message).
Seconding this for anyone looking to buy one. Their pre-installed OpenWRT firmware is easy enough to use, and you can also set up AdGuard Home on some models (like a pi-hole but on your router).
I would never, ever use the router or modem an ISP tries to stick you with. They charge you monthly for those, for one thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had monitoring stuff on them, for another.
thank you for mentioning this. GL.iNet’s mobile router didn’t show up in my searches and it instantly blows my top contenders out of the water.
No problem! They’ve got quite a few of them, so hopefully something there works.
make sure to get an openwrt compatible one. you are not gonna regret it.
i should i specified a mobile router. the prices on used/refurbished mobile routers are starting to rival brand new as inventories are starting to vanish because of the ban and i’m getting sick of my chinese phones getting blocked by american carriers.
i’m planning on doing openwrt/tomato/etc. too and the homework i’ve done so far suggests that supportable routers are a bit older so i suspect that i’ll have more leeway when it comes to the ban.