Can I Install OpenWrt on my Nighthawk XR1000?

[kwee]

Seeing if anyone can lead me in the right direction on the steps to install OpenWrt on my Nighthawk XR1000. I want more control over my internet and DumaOS/Netgear is not helping me at all with these basic settings and controls. I have issues with 2.4Ghz channel not working and everything going to 5Ghz channel only. QoS issues with bufferbloat.

I'm willing to wipe DumaOS completely and try OpenWrt on this router. I have AT&T fiber 1GB up and down and need to enable IP passthrough to give all the power to the router instead of the modem they provide. Only thing is I don't see this router listed. Seems like they only have the XR500 and XR700 listed on OpenWrt website.

I have 10 devices connected to the router and mainly just use it for gaming and web. Any help on what route I should configure it in openWrt will be helpful. Thanks

[slh]

Table of Hardware

just look up the device page for your device there and follow the instructions.

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Not finding it there isn't a coincidence and implies exactly that - and that's not very likely to 'ever' change for this device.

[bill888]

XR1000 announced a year ago, and appears to use Broadcom tri-core BCM6750 SoC, not Qualcomm IPQ80xx found in XR500.

As a result, there is almost zero chance of it ever being fully supported by OpenWrt. eg. no wifi.

[kwee]

Thanks Bill, What's a router you guys recommend for OpenWrt that can handle Fiber speeds?

[slh]

So you have 500Mbps-1Gbps fiber and need a router READ THIS FIRST

It's such a frequently asked question over the last few years that we really need a post we can point people to. So your cable company rolled out 500Mbps or 1Gbps download speeds, or you have 1Gbps symmetric fiber (GPON/EPON) from ATT or Centurylink or Orange or whoever. You realize your old all in one router from 2009 is not up to the task of handling this, but hey by now stuff should be cheap and available that will handle your new fiber connection right? So you want advice about a router for…

[tmomas]

For hardware recommendations please open a new topic in the Hardware Questions and Recommendations category of this forum.

Please see https://openwrt.org/faq/which_router_should_i_buy before asking for recommendations. This way you will get better recommendations and come to a quicker solution.

Thanks!