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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIs there a way to jailbreak them and run them on Linux?
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoOpenWRT My tplink archer has been running it for 5 years or more without issue* *excluding human errors
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWill this still allow a mesh setup?
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoThank you for the information.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOK, if it runs OpenWRT, what is their problem?
minus-squareIMALlama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt depends who you’re trying to protect. Joe consumer doesn’t know what OpenWRT is.
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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
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.
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.
Yes; it’s pretty trivial to flash something like OpenWRT on them as they don’t restrict what you can install whatsoever.