OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released [LWN.net]

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 11, 2015 18:55 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313)
In reply to: OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released by michel
Parent article: OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

A lot of it depends on your requirements.

There is nothing with 802.11ac that really works well right now due to driver issues

a couple years ago as the vendors went to NAND flash, there was a gap in support for the new devices, but they are basically all supported.

There isn't anything current with a DSL interface that's supported (afaik)

But if you can live without a DSL interface and -ac, there's a lot available.

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OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 11, 2015 20:15 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (1 responses)

I'm using Linksys WRT1900AC, it works perfectly with OpenWRT.

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 11, 2015 21:10 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

be aware of bugs #20 and #21, there are driver problems that cause it to lock up sometimes (it seems especially when working with Apple devices on 5GHz, but not exclusively)

the development thread for these APS has hit 300 pages now https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=291342#p291342

I'd agree that this and the wrt1200ac are probably the closest to good for the -ac routers, but there are still driver problems that are hard to fix without cooperation of the manufacturer.

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 11, 2015 23:59 UTC (Fri) by fghorow (subscriber, #5229) [Link]

Lantiq chipset *DSL does work under OpenWRT, but it takes some effort. I'm currently running a TP-Link TD-W8970 <http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/td-w8970> as my DSL box, mostly so I can use fq-codel directly on the slow link. Be sure to get the correct VDSL binary so that you get the correct Annex type for your external DSL provider.

Good luck!