alt Hacker NewsIs OpenWRT on Unifi APs any good? I hadn’t heard of it before, and I couldn’t find any performance comparisons on a quick search. Ubiquiti has gone downhill on a lot of things the last 5 years or so, but their radio firmware has always been a step up (within their price range) for me. I wouldn’t mind ditching the Unifi controller software though.
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yuvadam • today at 9:37 AM
I don't recall their latest hardware is supported, but why would you want that anyway if you're not looking to go all in on their controller stack?
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I'm using an U6+ with OpenWRT on it, flashed straight after unboxing and it's the only thing serving wireless in my household
It's alright except for some shenanigans with DHCP trying to compete with the router, I fixed that by just disabling DHCP on the AP if I recall correctly.
Speeds are pretty much as advertised on the box, the main thing using wireless is the TV as it has a 100mbit LAN port and it it's always smooth sailing. VLAN-separated SSIDs work great as well.