OpenWrt, now 20 years old, is crafting its own future-proof reference hardware

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OpenWrt, now 20 years old, is crafting its own future-proof reference hardware
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The original Xbox was what got me into openwrt. I was in college, got a hold of an xbox and wanted to play with my friends online. I could spend $50 or more on the WiFi adapter Microsoft sold, or I could spend like $25 on an Wrt54G and flash it with openwrt, connect that to my WiFi as a wireless bridge and connect the Ethernet to my xbox. Worked like a charm and I had a multipurpose device instead of a single use Xbox WiFi adapter, for cheaper.

That's what I did when I didn't have physical access to the network where I was living. My little Asus that I flashed with Tomato saved my sanity.