muaveri@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAlternative router firmware: what are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato & ASUSwrt Merlinbinaryfork.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1332arrow-down1external-linkAlternative router firmware: what are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato & ASUSwrt Merlinbinaryfork.commuaveri@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square45linkfedilinkfile-text
Just like the operating system on your computer & cell phone, you can change the software running on your router.
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoYou can also run openwrt on x86 boxes and not just a random selection of embedded devices. That might feel silly, but you get the benefit of Linux’s more advanced bufferbloat mitigation and a nice clean and relatively easy to understand UI.
You can also run openwrt on x86 boxes and not just a random selection of embedded devices. That might feel silly, but you get the benefit of Linux’s more advanced bufferbloat mitigation and a nice clean and relatively easy to understand UI.