America's crackdown on open-source Wi-Fi router firmware – THE TRUTH and how to get involved UPDATED

[AsRock]

Apple products are for noobs you know this!

No point stating the obvious!

Well @remixedcat has respect for people on here unlike some i see.

Because i own a Apple router i am a noob ?, WTF is that shit.

It cost me a few $ and happens to be the better one of what i been get my hands on, i all so had the RTA15 which i sent back a long time ago as it was not good enough. Just had no reason to replace it, although if the opportunity comes around i will as i always do with routers.

But anyways you have no point unless you are really trying to get your self banned.

 

[remixedcat]

Ugh.. That RTA15 was bad.. A quite infamous router..

 

[OneMoar]

I had a RTN_66u brick its self strait out of the box updating firmware
I highly doubt there was a FCC conspiracy here likely just ASUS's firmware being crap
not a fan of stock ASUS firmware , known to be buggy

 

[AsRock]

Ugh.. That RTA15 was bad.. A quite infamous router..

yup and for $200 at the time i was like hell no lol. Sad to think this Apple Airport 5th gen kicks it's ass lol.

Sure there are better routers out there i just not found the one for me, needs to work right out of the box and have enough options \ features to get me replace this at a good price .

 

[jsfitz54]

I had a RTN_66u brick its self strait out of the box updating firmware
I highly doubt there was a FCC conspiracy here likely just ASUS's firmware being crap
not a fan of stock ASUS firmware , known to be buggy

I had an ASUS RT-AC66U brick out of the box as well and had to use the restore flash, but that was 3+ years ago when it was a new product. I have never had a bad flash since, right up to the most recent firmware. I've since flashed to the last 2 Merlin builds without issue, going back to the ASUS FW in between the Merlin(s). I have tried a mixed setup using a Buffalo router and tried using both as primary and repeater. They don't play well together or I'm making some setup mistake. ASUS recommends using 2 identical units for repeater. The Buffalo has been solid with very few resets but the firmware is very basic. I've never flashed the Buffalo to DDWRT, only used stock FW.

EDIT: see the new MERLIN Beta change log 380.60: http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelog

 

[remixedcat]

yup and for $200 at the time i was like hell no lol. Sad to think this Apple Airport 5th gen kicks it's ass lol.

Sure there are better routers out there i just not found the one for me, needs to work right out of the box and have enough options \ features to get me replace this at a good price .

Pretty bad when an apple product beats it eh? LOL

 

[remixedcat]

Anyways my current pick for a consumer router is the Linksys WRT1900ACS. It's done excellent under both firmware, however DDWRT seemed to unlock the full 5Ghz speeds and it's pretty fast.

Review comparing stock to WRT here: http://remixedcat.blogspot.com/2016/05/linksys-wrtacs1900-review-stock-vs.html

Now the Netgear R7000 nighthawk is a close 2nd. I currently use it as a backup or RE for some odd situations. It's currently on stock FW right now

 

[Makaveli]

Well @remixedcat has respect for people on here unlike some i see.

Because i own a Apple router i am a noob ?, WTF is that shit.

It cost me a few $ and happens to be the better one of what i been get my hands on, i all so had the RTA15 which i sent back a long time ago as it was not good enough. Just had no reason to replace it, although if the opportunity comes around i will as i always do with routers.

But anyways you have no point unless you are really trying to get your self banned.

Apple products are designed for non technical people that is a fact.

The products are often locked down when its comes to having the ability to tweak them.

I didn't say someone that who knows what they are doing wouldn't use one, get some thicker skin and don't get so easily offended on the internet!

And last I checked I'm allowed to have an opinion banned....

And for the record i'm using a Netgear R7000 running Asus Merlin.

 

[AsRock]

Apple products are designed for non technical people that is a fact.

The products are often locked down when its comes to having the ability to tweak them.

I didn't say someone that who knows what they are doing wouldn't use one, get some thicker skin and don't get so easily offended on the internet!

And last I checked I'm allowed to have an opinion banned....

And for the record i'm using a Netgear R7000 running Asus Merlin.

Yes the Airport is simple to setup and use and it works perfectly with no need of 3rd party firmware.

And no you did not say that, you called anyone using one a noob.

I was not offended, i found it pathetic for such a comment.

Yes you may have your opinion just be careful if you make the comment directly at some one.

In the end i don't care, and the only reason you got a response is due to me passing time in Elite Dangerous though a system.

 

[OneMoar]

you can actually flash Merlin on the R7000
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/asuswrt-merlin-on-netgear-r7000.71108/

 

[Makaveli]

Yes the Airport is simple to setup and use and it works perfectly with no need of 3rd party firmware.

And no you did not say that, you called anyone using one a noob.

I was not offended, i found it pathetic for such a comment.

Yes you may have your opinion just be careful if you make the comment directly at some one.

In the end i don't care, and the only reason you got a response is due to me passing time in Elite Dangerous though a system.

I said "Apple products are for noobs you know this!"

"you called anyone using one a noob."

Those two statements are not the same.

And my comment was not even directed to you I was responding to someone else.

If it was I would have clearly put your user name in the post!

And you cared enough to respond adding a disclaimer doesn't change that fact.

 

[bogmali]

Pipe down kids, no need to get heated around here.

 

[johnnygeek]

Unless the ISP get on board and require us to run software that checks our network drivers and firmware...

Other than that nothing can be done to stop people from compiling their own code on current hardware and using it.

as of yet there is no (PC) OS that requires "certified" firmware and drivers although they are close.
but that will never happen on a Linux/GNU platform
as for Android that is a issue too many apps update with out our ability to control ...but i expect there are a few modified androids os out there and more every day

Now if a new line of hardware with faster speeds is released THEN it may be locked up... until we crack it
and when a new PC OS comes out that requires original unmodified firmware on the new hardware... we will crack that too

Just look at PC games and the futile attempts to stop pirating ...Windodos 10 just requires another work around

The other side of this coin is NSA backdoors placed in firmware... when we flash it to our new faster firmware we win 3