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September 29, 2023
April 12, 2016

TechInfoDepot hardware spec

9 things to check after installing wireless access points | Computerworld

What is Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter? using it as access point

Firmwares

FreshTomato – Alternative open source firmware for Broadcom based routers

DD-WRT archaic

Tarifa for old WRT54GL router
HyperWRT - Wikiwand for old WRT54GS router
Tomato Firmware | polarcloud.com for old WRT54GS router, with built-in ad-blocker

DD-WRT vs. OpenWrt: Which open-source router firmware should you pick?

OpenWRT

[OpenWrt Wiki] Welcome to the OpenWrt Project
[OpenWrt Wiki] 歡迎來到 OpenWrt 項目
OpenWrt - Wikiwand
[OpenWrt Wiki] Table of Hardware not Broadcom friendly

X-Wrt - Wikiwand
X-Wrt
X-Wrt, for IoT, a custom Distribution for OpenWrt
a set of packages and patches to enhance the end user experience of OpenWrt
x-wrt/x-wrt: This repository is a fork of https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git

Gargoyle Router Management Utility based on OpenWrt

LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment OpenWrt fork, merged back to OpenWrt in 2018
LEDE - Wikiwand

Merlin

Asus has been using Tomato-RT-based firmware on its routers, Merlin is an improvement of the open source firmware.

Home | Asuswrt-Merlin
RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng: Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase)

5 Reasons why I prefer ASUSWRT-Merlin to ASUSWRT Firmware [RT-AC68U] - YouTube
About Asuswrt · RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng Wiki

Xwrt-Vortex a third party alternative firmware based on Asuswrt-Merlin project

Firmware comparison

For Asus router, use #Merlin if possible

Which one is the best firmware for my wireless router? - YouTube

DD-WRT vs OpenWrt: The Better Router Firmware in 2023?
DD-WRT vs. OpenWrt: Which router firmware should you use? | Windows Central

Compile/Cross-compile

RMerl/am-toolchains: Asuswrt-Merlin toolchains
gnuton/asuswrt-merlin-toolchains-docker - Docker Image | Docker Hub
configure with --host=armv7-a
Cross-compiling collectd for ASUSWRT « irq5.io 2019

[OpenWrt Wiki] Creating packages
[OpenWrt Wiki] Using the SDK
OpenWrt build system – Usage [Old OpenWrt Wiki]
Cross Compile [Old OpenWrt Wiki]
Suricata6: initial commit by Grommish · Pull Request #13924 · openwrt/packages

Spot suspicious activity on your local network with Suricata Intrusion Detection System (IDS) on Raspberry Pi – Juliana Fajardini native compile

Ad-blocking

Diversion - the Router Ad-Blocker - Diversion

PiHole directly on Routers (Tomato, MerlinWRT, DD-WRT, openWRT) - Feature Requests - Pi-hole Userspace

Run PiHole directly on Asus-Merlin/DD-WRT Router - General / Customizing Pi-hole - Pi-hole Userspace
Run PiHole directly on Asus-Merlin/DD-WRT Router (from jonesaaronj)

Configuring the Pi Hole with Asus Routers (Merlin or John's Fork) | Carlos Felicio
Guide for Asuswrt-merlin users with screenshots (forcing all traffic to Pi-hole) : pihole

Entware/Opkg

package manager for softwares/add-ons

Ultimate repo for embedded devices | A software repository for network attached storages, routers and other embedded devices
Entware/Entware: Ultimate repo for embedded devices

Home · Entware/Entware Wiki
Entware · RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng Wiki
Entware: the ultimate repo for embedded devices - My Cloud OS 5 Personal & Network Attached Storage / Community Developed Apps - WD Community

[OpenWrt Wiki] Opkg package manager
openwrt/packages: Community maintained packages for OpenWrt. Documentation for submitting pull requests is in CONTRIBUTING.md

Repo feed is stored in /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf, /etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf.
Repo cache are located in /var/opkg-lists/.


TL-WDR7661 千兆易展版 A1900 双频千兆无线路由器 - TP-LINK 官方网站 ¥ 185/$211@2020-09
下载中心 | 搜索结果 - TP-LINK 服务支持
TL-WDR7650 千兆易展版套装 AC1900 双频千兆无线路由器 - TP-LINK 官方网站
300 块不到的 mesh 无线路由器套装,TPLINK TL-WDR7650 详细评测 - YouTube

TL-WDR6300 AC1200 双频无线路由器 - TP-LINK 官方网站
TL-WDR6300 拆机和刷 LEDE/OpenWrt 固件 | Zhifeng Hu's Blog

Asus

RT-AX88U
RT-AX86U
RT-AX58U/RT-AX3000

Compare ASUS RT-AX3000 vs ASUS RT-AX88U vs ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000

開箱 RT-AX86U 無線路由器 分享器 以及華碩 WiFi 6 路由器選購分析 - Wilson 說給你聽 - YouTube

TUF Gaming AX3000 | Networking | ASUS Global
【华硕系列】TUF-AX3000 SWRT 5.1.5 提升功率 全区域解锁 4t4r-梅林固件-恩山无线论坛 - Powered by Discuz!
Firmware Download | Supported_Devices
SWRT-dev/swrt-gpl: support bcm470x ipq40xx mt7621 mt7986
ASUS 無線路由器 TUF-AX3000 開啟 5Ghz 頻道 4T4R 韌體下載與更新教學 @ 傻瓜狐狸的雜碎物品 :: 痞客邦 :: 5.1.4 official

TUF Gaming AX3000 HW: ver A1
Broadcom BCM6750 3 core@1.5Mhz
2.4GHz 2x2
5Ghz 4x4
USB3 x 1

ASUS RT-AX58U - TechInfoDepot
ASUS RT-AX3000 - TechInfoDepot

[Troubleshooting] Firmware update failed | Official Support | ASUS Global

ASUS RT-AC68U [BEST WIRELESS ROUTER I've ever had] - YouTube

WLAN 的常用维护命令_51CTO 博客_wlan 配置命令
dis wlan client status

Netgear

Nighthawk RAX80

Wifi Adapters

Broadcom BCM94313HMGB 802.11n Mini PCIe
Atheros Ar5bhb63 802.11g Mini PCIe

TL-WN826N 802.11n USB

Intel

AX200 802.11ax M.2

XiaoMi AX3600

Xiaomi AIoT Wireless Router AX3600 Review « irq5.io
Custom Firmware for the Xiaomi AX3600 Wireless Router « irq5.io

Picks

12 款 WiFi6 路由器测评,谁是最强王者!【4K】 - YouTube
【测评】四款入门 WIFI 6 路由器横评 接近 1000 元的差价差距有多大?小米 AX3600 华硕 AX3000 网件 RAX40 TP-Link tl3020 - YouTube

慳成千蚊?!2020 從大陸網購平價又安全的路由器 Router!? - by Upsangel
Wi-Fi6 分享器推薦,讓你網路飛起來的 6 款超狂分享器! | HANK 瘋網路

Review: 6 slick open source routers | InfoWorld

Most AX mobile in 2020 are 2x2 MIMO @80MHz

3000Mbps+
2.4/5G AX/Wifi6
Gigabit Ethernet
160MHz
Mesh
Not Intel chip
Not Chinese brand

(optional) USB 3.0
(optional) HW Wifi Switch
(optional) Guest login