Nighthawk R7000

Thanks! This looks like the one that will finally retire my Netgear R7000. By god it's been such a workhorse! I've lost track of how many different custom firmwares I've run on it. Freshtomato is my current one, and it's absolutely amazing that I have access to pretty well every modern feature you c

Is it worth it? Heck yeah, even if you ultimately decide to not use it. The learning itself is worth the trip. Start by checking to see if your "spare" router is compatible. OpenWRT is largely incompatible with Broadcom chipsets. For those, you would have to consider DDWRT, or FreshTomato. For examp

Here's a hardware summary: - Netgear GS316EP switches. They're great. - Cable Matters Rackmount 48 port keystone patch panels. - Netgear R7000 Wi-Fi routers. I use them because I already had them on hand. They're fine, but newer devices are probably a better choice now. - OPNsense on a ZimaBoard as

I replied to OP 20 hours ago. But my comment had a link to ExpressVPN help pages, which apparently are not allowed, so the comment was deleted. Here it is without the link: It looks like your VPN provider, ExpressVPN, uses a custom firmware on the Nighthawk R7000 to provide its service. And from my

Is $200 too much for you? You can get used ones for $200 easy, I've seen them for 170-180 locally. You don't really need to get a WiFi 7 router (the latest and greatest model). But even that one brand new is $279. IMO - $200 is a normal amount to spend on a quality wifi router. That was the norm eve

I use earthlink which uses frontier's ONT, I have a netgear nighthawk r7000 and flashed it to freshtomato. I turned on qos with CAKE, and I get B or A results

If the RT-BE88U is within your budget and you aren't concerned by its price, you could certainly buy it and use it. Especially in a wired backhaul AiMesh setup with the RT-AX92U units, where the AX92U units serve essentially as wired access points. In that respect it doesn't matter too much that the

I do exactly what you propose. My home is large, so I have more equipment. But the idea is the same. I use Netgear 16 port PoE managed switches. I use Netgear R7000 routers running Fresh Tomato firmware. I use these strictly as access points. They understand VLANs, and I have separate SSIDs for each

😁🤣Similar thing happened to me with Netgear Nighthawk R7000. Once I discovered FT I put it on there! Working great as an Access Point.

First, I suggest you do a little research. This question has been asked before on r/openwrt so you can look at old threads. Here are some recommendations from the past year: https://www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/search/?q=best+router&type=posts&t=year You could also post to r/openwrt & ask for suggestion