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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIs there a way to jailbreak them and run them on Linux?
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoOpenWRT My tplink archer has been running it for 5 years or more without issue* *excluding human errors
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoOK, if it runs OpenWRT, what is their problem?
minus-squareIMALlama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt depends who you’re trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn’t know what OpenWRT is.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWill this still allow a mesh setup?
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYou can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it’s possible.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThank you for the information.
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoYes; it’s pretty trivial to flash something like OpenWRT on them as they don’t restrict what you can install whatsoever.
Is there a way to jailbreak them and run them on Linux?
OpenWRT
My tplink archer has been running it for 5 years or more without issue*
*excluding human errors
OK, if it runs OpenWRT, what is their problem?
It depends who you’re trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn’t know what OpenWRT is.
Will this still allow a mesh setup?
You can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it’s possible.
Thank you for the information.
Yes; it’s pretty trivial to flash something like OpenWRT on them as they don’t restrict what you can install whatsoever.