Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.?

Re:Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, T... by ljoshua on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @08:08AM (#13114284)

I have a TP-Link Archer C7, and while it has generally been pretty good, the last six months or so it will simply drop all connectivity and require a reboot. Pretty frustrating (happens 2-3x/week) and has me looking for another replacement. This is with stock firmware though, so I would hope, but haven't tried, that alternative firmwares would fare better.

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Re:Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, T... by mstade on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:36AM (#13114839)

I've had the same issue happen, running Archer C7 running OpenWRT. But I'm not 100% sure it's actually the router or whether it's really a problem with my ISP. I haven't seen the issue in a couple of months now, yet I've made no changes to my setup.

I did have considerable issues getting both wifi interfaces to work well at the same time, but that's probably more due to my own incompetence more than anything. I did finally manage to make it work, much like how you'd wiggle antennae on an old tv back in the day and suddenly you got a signal.

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Re:Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, T... by KitDuncan on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:35AM (#13114831)

Why not just try flashing OpenWRT? I've been using the Archer C5 with OpenWRT for over a year and everything has been working flawlessly. Setup is incredibly easy as well.

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Re:Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, T... by Veratyr on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @01:09PM (#13116819)

In my experience the alternative firmwares were worse.

I ended up contacting TP-Link support and they were actually quite helpful though. They sent me a beta firmware that's mostly resolved the issues. I don't know if it's been publicly released yet though (I got it around a year ago now from memory).

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