Custom firmware can increase the capabilities of your Wi-Fi router without having to buy any extra parts. Popular options like DD-WRT or OpenWrt reinforce your router's support for VPNs, QoS, and ...

Installing a custom firmware on your Wi-Fi router is like God Mode for your home network. You can see everything going on, boost your Wi-Fi signal, beef up your ...

OpenWrt ', a Linux distribution for embedded devices, has released ' OpenWrt One ', a router designed specifically for OpenWrt. OpenWrt One comes pre-installed with the open source OpenWrt firmware, ...

If you are installing OpenWRT for the first time you’ll need a Factory image. If you are upgrading from one OpenWRT version to another you need the Sysupgrade image. Generally speaking you can flash ...

Once you go down the tinkering rabbit hole, you start questioning every piece of technology around you with, “I bet I could tweak this to work better.” And when you realize how powerful and ...

Imagine turning a simple, affordable Raspberry Pi mini PC into a powerful 4G LTE router that can spread high-speed internet to your other projects and devices. By leveraging OpenWRT, an open-source ...

For some of us, unused hardware lying around just calls to be used. It seems like [Miles Goodhew] heard the call, and wanted to put a Dell Wyse 3040 thin client to use — in this case as a wireless ...

The default firmware that comes preinstalled with the router, is good enough for the general consensus, however, we the tech geeks should explore some custom firmware as well. There are various custom ...