Timeline for can we use OpenWRT as a router alternative
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| Aug 11, 2021 at 6:45 | answer | added | dirkt | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 10, 2021 at 10:55 | comment | added | Silbee | There are many resources on the net that tell you how to install solution X or Y from scratch that may fit your needs. Try attempting some of them and return with specific questions of problems that arise during your attempts. No one's going to magic up a tailor made how-to for you based on the tiny bit of information you have provided. | |
| Aug 10, 2021 at 9:40 | comment | added | Let's L.C.E | @dirkt more description please. and yeah how to set two NIC at the same time ? Imagine you have an public IP address from your ISP and you want to make a NAT for local small network (near 50 endpoints) | |
| Aug 10, 2021 at 5:42 | comment | added | davidgo | It is entirely practical to turn an x86 box into a router using, for example, Linux. Ive been doing it for 20+ years. dd-wrt is, at its core, a linux distro designed for embedded boxes but uses the same architecture. If you dont have the knowhow to do it on with Ubunto or a Redhat or Slackware variant there are router distros. I know of Zeroshell, ut that look eol. PFSense may be useful to you (although that is BSD) | |
| Aug 10, 2021 at 4:00 | comment | added | dirkt | And it's a lot easier to just use some existing small Linux distro on your Laptop, and turn it into a router in this way instead of using OpenWRT. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 23:33 | comment | added | Ramhound | You should read the instructions on the website. It has everything you need to be sucessful. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 23:05 | comment | added | Let's L.C.E | @Ramhound thanks for your help. I think you right pfsense is better for what I need. If you have more clarification how to set it up I'll be glad to read it | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:35 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:31 | comment | added | Ramhound |
I never said "it's better to buy a Cisco router" What I said was, there are existing solutions for x86 hardware that exist, but OpenWRT isn't one of those solutions. I never once used the word "Cisco" in any of my commentary. If it will avoid additional discussions, pfsense, is probably what you are looking for. Note: AMD64 is compatible with all Intel/AMD 64-bit processors.
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| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:27 | comment | added | Let's L.C.E | shortly, you say that: better to buy Cisco router for small network instead of setting up through OpenWRT ? | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:22 | comment | added | Ramhound | All Intel/AMD x64 hardware is x86 hardware. x64 is an extension of x86 architecture. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:15 | comment | added | Let's L.C.E | honestly laptop hardware is x64 not x86 | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:12 | comment | added | Ramhound | Until you recompile OpenWRT to work on x86 hardware there is no way to setup OpenWRT on your laptop. There are better solution that exists for x86 hardware than OpenWRT. Honestly, unless you have a working build, there isn't much to provide. How you go about building OpenWRT to work with x86 is a very complicated process, a process that is not impossible, but certainly very difficult for one single person. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:11 | comment | added | Let's L.C.E | Okay that's clear, but can u give me more description how to set it up? I never did that and want to do so. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:03 | comment | added | Ramhound | You would need to update, resolve all code conflicts, and build OpenWRT so it can successfully run on x86 hardware. You would need to have a vast knowledge of the WiFi device in your machine. You most likely would need to write your own Linux kernel drives since the only one that's that are compatible with OpenWRT are targeted towards ARM hardware. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 22:02 | comment | added | Let's L.C.E | copy that, but I want to convert PC as a router instead of buying cisco routers for small network, and how can I do it ? | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 21:55 | comment | added | Ramhound | OpenWRT is typically only compiled against ARM devices. You would have to compile OpenWRT against x86 that includes providing the proper device drivers. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 21:53 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 9, 2021 at 21:50 | history | asked | Let's L.C.E | CC BY-SA 4.0 |