Maybe this is too nerdy for this group. I got an OpenWRT ONE router, replaced the old TP-Link one I had. The bad press got to me. The new one is fast, I could not believe how much faster things like downloading files is now.
The worst part was that I had picked out a complicated password with lots of punctuation, and typing that on phones and on-screen keyboards for TVs and game consoles was painful.
Also I pinged Google, and got an IPv6 response for the first time.
Yes it’s very powerful and a bit daunting at first, but for most simple networks it won’t actually be that complicated. I set up multiple VLANs and that was a bit tricky, getting the firewall rules right. I like having VLANs so I can wall off some devices from the main home network, and I like the Suricata intrusion detection, which gives an extra level of protection and can help reveal malware infections on the network.
Also, as a very dull man, I kind of enjoy watching the dashboard and the logs.