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Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?

Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?

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  • > Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?

    No, not really. I build my own routers using commodity hardware and Debian. If I had to go back to consumer hardware, I would get a GL.Inet or other off-the-shelf router that supports OpenWrt and flash it.

    by drnick1
  • > So, do you actually want a router that you can buy with DD-WRT pre-installed?

    No, I'd rather flash it myself and use OpenWrt instead of DD-WRT.

    by MaKey
  • I want it, in the same way I want a laptop with Linux. I can install it myself, and I already have done, but I wish the option was viable for most others, so that more of the market is open source.

    For routers, the only realistic way that can happen is by getting some big vendor to adopt ddwrt or openwrt to offload (some of) the job of writing the firmware. And even then, most people use their ISP provided router. A niche vendor supplying preflashed routers isn't going to make a dent.

    by Telaneo
  • I don't think it will work as a business. The people who want dd-wrt will just install it themselves, not pay additional for it to already be installed. However, I do think you may be able to sell an ad-blocking router with ad-blocking already installed. I think people may consider that enough of a feature to pay for.
    by bigthymer
  • No, I want a router with OpenWrt pre-installed.

    So I buy GL.iNet routers, which come with OpenWrt pre-installed.

    by suprjami
  • Wouldn’t trust it at this point … but what I would trust is a blank router that has a GitHub repo with a containerized build that I could run on my own machine and something ai ish that lets me flash it :)

    Would be legit to be able to have an Llm do a source audit before installing …. Not perfect but damn sure better than nothing

    by happyPersonR
  • I used to use dd-wrt, but I later settled on ASUS routers, and installing "ASUS Merlin" firmware on them.

    I find ASUS hardware high quality in general. And using an open-source project like ASUS Merlin means the pain-points and limitations that I would face with stock firmware have been resolved to (at least to satisfactory extent) when I need reach for the hacker type configurations.

    by someperson
  • My idea is one step further: selling the device with various ad-blocking and user-selectable tiers of security configuration included. Stop your devices spying on you, detect/notify if you have any infected devices on your network. That kind of thing.

    Similarly though, there's limited appeal to those who aren't already capable of setting it up themselves.

    I'm still slowly pursuing this because I believe in it, whether it's profitable or not.

    Edited to add: Part of what I'm setting up: https://lists.uninvitedactivity.com/DNS/, a vague explainer here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990394

    by BLKNSLVR

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