Non Openwrt devices?

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Can I talk again non openwrt devices here, for some advice as the manufacture knows nothing about there own products

If I can not, is there anywhere you would suggest I look

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This forum is focused on OpenWrt, so non-OpenWrt devices and configuration is generally not considered on topic.

There are reasonable exceptions for direct integration with an OpenWrt environment. For example, if a user has an OpenWrt router with VLANs and needs some help configuring their managed switch to match the VLANs, reasonable/best-effort help will not be an issue as there is a direct relationship with the OpenWrt configs.

This forum is not, however, able to provide complete support for non-OpenWrt systems -- those should be directed to the manufacturers/vendors/maintainers of those products/firmware. And the same will be true the help requested is rather tangential to OpenWrt.

Finally, if the device/firmware in question is based on a fork of OpenWrt, the maintainers of that fork should be the ones involved in helping, as there may be significant and material changes to the way OpenWrt functions -- stuff that is a black box to us.

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In this particular instance Google or Duckduckgo are your friend. Make sure to include manufacturer name, device model number, and any relevant details in the search query, eg. what specific option is causing your issue.

There are lots of possible sources of good information, but a search engine is the right tool at this point for you.

Good luck!

Edit: ninjaed

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Also worth documenting well priced device or abandoned cpe device to see if it is worth your effort to get openwrt running there... and benefit larger public.

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I think it is, but tp-link know nothing about there products
I am having bandwidth issues with the new setup, yes its me again, the one with the RE200/RE305/PLUSNET/RE450

I will try the tp-link community then, as the direct live chat know nothing

to save on post I will answer three in one

Its quite a pacific(is that the right spelling) thing to my setup and may even be the air time used

You read between the lines there or maybe you just remember me

This setup does work but the link speed seems limited, the stock firmware does not give you the speed as a number

I actually wish RE450 V4 was supposed by openwrt
its a good access point and extender, but could give you more details about the connection other than strong,perfect and weak, how does it know what speed your aiming for, it dosn't

anyway I will try Google again, maybe the tp-link community
I have basically told you my issues in this post, so I am sorry about that, you said not here and I sort have, anyway thats my post

100% I will not make another post on this

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They know more about their products than we do.

There is also the internet at large -- as mentioned... Google and other search engines. You can also try sites like Reddit.

Not at all surprising. We told you to get a proper mesh hardware+firmware solution that is commercially available. Not extenders and the like. In other words, a kit that is designed specifically for mesh.

Good. You've exhausted all available options here.

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Thanks for the refresh, your gadgets have different commercial support channels and you have to reach out to those.

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Live support chat never knows anything, they are not humans to begin with.
They are one of two alternatives.

  1. AI bot.
  2. Just a bunch of ready to use answers that try the answer most meaningful and if you ask enough questions you start getting the same answer as earlier again when you have looped all the preset answers.