![]() The motivations for installing third party firmware on a router are often pretty simple: for adding features, increasing stability, or the desire for a better designed UI. This is by no means a be-all or end-all review, but hopefully gives a bit of perspective for users setting up a connection for the first time and looking for a router, or wondering about the differences between a few different popular platforms. Ganesh and myself are currently sitting on two 802.11ac routers from Buffalo and Netgear, and a big part of this piece is simply feeling out what axes of performance need measuring for a typical router review. The first focuses on the current hardware landscape, and the second is a performance investigation of the third party software packages. ![]() I've split the follow up into two sections as a result. In the responses to that article, a few major things stuck out for me: what is the current landscape as far as hardware goes, and what performance impact if any is there that arises from running a third party software package on a router. There are so many arguments for using some open source package instead of the first party software which is usually derived from the board software package the SoC vendor hands out. Picking that hardware is often a function of what software can be tossed on top, and having a consistent and familiar set of configuration pages makes setup and maintenance much less of a nightmare than dealing with the third party alternatives. ![]() Unless you’re entirely mobile, getting online these days pretty much requires the use of some kind of NAT router. ![]() A few months ago we asked a simple question - what do you use for your router, and what would you look for in a router review. ![]()
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