Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

417
  1. Open-WRT or Asuswrt-Merlin compatible.
  2. 50+ devices
  3. At least 500MB of ram.
  4. Good range or mesh satellites

Right now I am using a Nighthawk with two satellites. Works good but the UI is terrible and it tries to phone home all too often. Because of that I use the Nighthawk in AP mode behind an Asus AC-1900. The Asus is nice and all, but it's getting kind of outdated and doesn't have much onboard ram. Looking to upgrade so I can get rid of the extra hardware. Any suggestions?

1. Open-WRT or Asuswrt-Merlin compatible. 2. 50+ devices 3. At least 500MB of ram. 4. Good range or mesh satellites Right now I am using a Nighthawk with two satellites. Works good but the UI is terrible and it tries to phone home all too often. Because of that I use the Nighthawk in AP mode behind an Asus AC-1900. The Asus is nice and all, but it's getting kind of outdated and doesn't have much onboard ram. Looking to upgrade so I can get rid of the extra hardware. Any suggestions?

(post is archived)

You are currently inside a comment thread.
Click here to see all the comments (19).
[–] • 1 pt

I have done my own router with a FreedomBox Debian server. Very little configuration (once installed), reliable, and is manageable from the internet side. Recommended.

This provides routing, name service, dhcp, firewall, and a variety of proxy options.

Preinstalled options are available.

[–] • 0 pt

What do you use for wifi in a setup like this? I've done this on a pi, but that was purely for the fun of it.

[–] • 0 pt

I use access points connected by powerline ethernet. internet -> cable modem -> freedombox -> powerline ethernet -> ap -> clients

[–] • 0 pt

You can easily install a wireless card in your Linux machine.