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Alternative router firmware: what are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato & ASUSwrt Merlin (binaryfork.com)

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Just like the operating system on your computer & cell phone, you can change the software running on your router.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Or I’ve heard you could run it in a Docker container on a bigger machine

You can definitely run it in a VM (which is how I handle it) but container support wouldn't surprise me.

The "silly" part was more that if you have x86 you can use opnsense/pfsense but I'm with you in that SQM is a big draw as well as less risk of compatibility issues as my APs are also flashed with openwrt. And the BSDs were well behind on wireguard support when I first switched to x86, although they have since caught up now I believe.