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Re:$55 board turns a Raspberry Pi CM4 into a router by amelius on Friday August 05, 2022 @05:57AM (#32353877)
I recently bought a TP-Link travel router and tried to install OpenWRT firmware on it, but it refused the update. I'm afraid more and more routers will have some kind of signature mechanism that will block any third-party updates.

Note: the specific router (TL-WR902AC) has a support page on OpenWRT, but apparently for newer versions it doesn't work.

If this continues, how will OpenWRT remain relevant?

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Re:$55 board turns a Raspberry Pi CM4 into a router by hammyhavoc on Friday August 05, 2022 @08:47AM (#32355300)
It's relevant? I don't know if it's been "relevant" this decade.
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Re:$55 board turns a Raspberry Pi CM4 into a router by amelius on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:24AM (#32357475)
It's relevant for anybody who wants to run their own flavor of software on their router for whatever reason.
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