My Linksys E8450 has succumbed to the OKOD (OpenWRT Kiss of Death). In case you are unaware, the OKOD essentially is the E8450 spontaneously dying. loss of power, or a reboot can lead to it completely dying — the lights don’t come on, and it is essentially bricked. Afaik, it is currently unknown exactly what causes it.

Anyways, it may be possible to recover, and I am currently working on that, but should I not be able to recover it, I will need to purchase a new router. To that end, I am looking for recommendations for a new router that is equal to, or better than the Linksys E8450 (it must be well supported by OpenWRT).

I may just buy another E8450, but I am curious if there is a better alternative.

  • Shadow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    25 days ago

    Basically those and things like them. There’s a bunch of different models on amazon if you just search for mini firewall. Maybe the protecli fw2b? I think mine is made by qotom

    If that’s overkill, ddwrt is probably the next best thing I guess?

    • UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Thanks for your input. I may need to bite the bullet some time soon. I’m dubious of the to good to be true, no name offerings from the usual e-commerce sites. Hmm.