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Re:OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router by pseudosavant on Monday July 06, 2026 @03:23PM (#48809302)
I have and love my OpenWrt One for my main router. I have two, so that I have a backup one I can switch to if the first one ever dies. It is the best device to run OpenWrt on as it is fully supported hardware that has great images/packages for it. Routing speeds/buffer/latency are great, everything just works, price is very reasonable.

I don't use it for my APs, but that is mostly because I already had 3 TP-Link routers setup as dumb APs using OpenWrt that have been working great. If I did it again, I'd buy OpenWrt Ones though. Although Deco mesh kits I've used have worked exceptionally well, and have become my recommendation for friends/family that don't want to do things like run arbitrary packages on their router/APs.

Re:OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router by woodrowbarlow on Monday July 06, 2026 @04:02PM (#48809741)
another happy user here too. having openwrt with all features working and no tinkering out of the box (since it's their reference target) is a dream. this, plus the warm fuzzies of buying open-source, makes it worth it to me even with the 1GBps limitation and outdated WiFi (i use a separate AP anyway, like you). i swapped my ports in software to have 1GB WAN and 2.5GB LAN (which also lets me power the router with PoE, which i have coming in on the LAN port).
Re:OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router by pmontra on Monday July 06, 2026 @05:20PM (#48810669)
It's got only one LAN ethernet port. Do you use only wifi or did you add a switch between the router and your devices?
Re:OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router by pseudosavant on Monday July 06, 2026 @07:11PM (#48811689)
I have it going into a 16-port gigabit switch, which my OpenWrt-based APs and wired devices are hooked into.
Re:OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router by nh2 on Monday July 06, 2026 @05:29PM (#48810745)
I have 4 OpenWRT Ones and they are good.

If you just want a good WiFi router or access point, unless you need something cannot do (e.g. WiFi 7 or 10 Gbit/s Ethernet), and if want to spend minimal time messing around with routers today and in the future, just get this one.

After getting this, I see no reason to ever buy any closed-source router again.

No need to learn/remember any other Router config either. It's just all OpenWRT, always looks the same, always works the same. Setting up a new one takes me 2 minutes max.

The recent OpenWRT update also brought the one feature the project was most sorely missing: A simple "Download and install latest firmware" button in the device UI.

Now they just need to add an unattended-upgrades option and I never have to log in again after initial setup.