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Router recs please :) (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm trying to make my first server (Immich + Navidrome + Nextcloud running on Debian, will use WireguardVPN for remote access), but my crappy XFinity router (XB7) just won't port forward at all to my server machine. I've tried so many things to make it work, so the best thing I can do now is buy my own router so that I can just use the Xfinity router as a bridge. Do you guys have recommendations for a secure, customizable enough, and long-distance router good for 6 people?

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[–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

You can get dirt cheap routers on eBay (like $30, for Tp-Link) that have active support on OpenWrt. Great little devices to get you started and if it won't be enough you will know more / what you need to upgrade.

However if your XB7 isn't doing / allowing port forwarding, you will still needed that for things to work.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    I second the recommendation for TP-Link running OpenWRT (that's the important part).

    I've been using a few Archer C7s for going on a decade at this point. (So long that they went from "OpenWRT" to "LEDE" to back to "OpenWRT", LOL!) They've been working fine that whole time, and the only thing that annoys me about them is that they're a funny shape instead of being rack-mountable.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Beware! Now there’s a hardware revision for a TP-Link router (I think the C7) that is not supported by OpenWrt and never will

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    we were looking awhile back for one, but none of the tplink models at walmart (the only retailer with routers within 50 miles) supported flashing with a third-party firmware and i didn't want to shop online for one.

    we sorta lucked-out, though.. ended up just using the one from our old provider since they never asked for it back or charged us for it. it's dual band, has wpa3, guest ssid and vlan. enough for us for now. all we had to do is flip a setting from dsl uplink to wan uplink.

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