For the first year or two, yes. The real proof, though, is for how long the manufacturer supplies firmware updates for security. Sometimes the only way to continue to securely use a device that has been abandoned is to install 3rd party firmware.
That's fair -- I didn't think of that. (Yay for country living where I don't have any drive-by hacking or wireless interference)
Regardless of whether you live in the country or in downtown NYC, you are connected to the same internet and vulnerable routers get hacked from the internet (WAN) side all the time.
That depends on the chipsets used in the device, mainly Broadcom. Broadcom doesn't produce fully open source drivers, and OpenWrt won't use proprietary ones. Some chipsets are supported, but they aren't usually using drivers from Broadcom, so it often doesn't work completely. The RT-N66U only has partial 2.4GHz support (no N capability) and doesn't support 5GHz at all. (Two different controllers for the two bands is common.) OpenWrt also can't see the full RAM capacity. DD-WRT is willing to use proprietary driver blobs, so it's able to provide full functionality of the hardware.
Yeah, that is why I ended up getting a $55 refurb option when my old TP-Link router finally needed replacing (after like 8 years of use or something). WiFi 7 will be nice once it is in everything on the market. Until then, it's not super interesting to me at home.
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I've been looking at the Asus GT-AX6000 as it gets good feedback on SmallNetBuilder, but honestly. I'm trying to hold off for more WiFi 7 choices.
WiFi 7 seems like a legit upgrade, with measured speeds of 2+ Gbps, seemingly bottlenecked by the 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port on the Unifi 7 Pro. Multiple bands connected at once also means no more interruptions by moving slightly out of 5/6 Ghz range and needing to reconnect to 2.4.
Oh yeah, I don't debate the theoretical benefits, especially in a dense setup but for my needs at home (a small handful of mobile devices doing basic gmail, streaming, facebook, etc. and a couple of wifi cameras) it is pretty pointless to spend money on.
For me it's mostly to get rid of the last bit of range issues. It annoys me that sometimes it takes a while before my phone switches to 2.4 Ghz when signal drops to unusable. Throughput is nice but not a must have, although faster than wired in real life, not just on the spec sheet is pretty crazy.
Oh that sounds amazing. It's also nigh useless until I get a new phone that's WiFi 7, because most of my wireless devices don't really move much. Many of them need hardwired, but that requires buying cables, which will mean pulling cables. Eventually sure, but not right now.
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Wow that was a great router 10+ years ago. Ahead of its time. You could buy almost anything now and see a big improvement assuming you have modern devices. I'd recommend TP-Link or Asus.
