muaveri@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAlternative router firmware: what are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato & ASUSwrt Merlinbinaryfork.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1365arrow-down1external-linkAlternative router firmware: what are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato & ASUSwrt Merlinbinaryfork.commuaveri@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
Just like the operating system on your computer & cell phone, you can change the software running on your router.
minus-squareBrianTheFirst@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI have worked with a gigabit ISP for a number of years, and personally haven’t seen that much improvement in stock firmware. If anything, I feel like it’s more a matter of hardware improving to the point that the clunky stock firmware can run ok.
minus-squareDrAnthony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMaybe I should revise my statement to “consumer routers an informed user would consider buying”.
I have worked with a gigabit ISP for a number of years, and personally haven’t seen that much improvement in stock firmware. If anything, I feel like it’s more a matter of hardware improving to the point that the clunky stock firmware can run ok.
Maybe I should revise my statement to “consumer routers an informed user would consider buying”.