Replacement for TP-1043ND

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Hi,

I've been using TP-1043ND v1 and v2 for years with OpenWrt and it has been prety good.
However, my main router (v2) is now showing signs of its age, so I'm wondering if I could find in black friday some sweet deal to replace it.

Last year I bought a Netgear N7000 without asking opinion here and the result was that it's not fully supported in OpenWRT, so this year I don't want to run into the same mistake.

Having this in mind, I'd like to ask for recommendations taking into consideration the features I use:

  • USB, which allows me to:

    • Have rootFS on a pendrive and having several sw such as openvpn, knockd, DDNS, my scripts, opkg, etc.
    • Monitor a UPS
    • Have a 3G modem to send sms
    • Interfacing with an arduino (use-serial comm)

  • Gigabit Ethernet

  • VLANs

  • Virtual WIFI (I have a second wifi interface bridged to the WAN interface, for guests)

  • TP-1043ND radio is 2x3. Maybe we could have something better? 5GHz WIFI is not a strong requirement.

  • Cost - The cheaper, the better :slight_smile:

So, any suggestion?

Thanks,
Jabss

2

Lots of opinions and suggestions in the very long

Between that and the Table of Hardware, you should be able to narrow it down and start looking at device-specific threads, or asking device-specific questions.

3

Just get something ARM(v7) or better

4

Hello,

Got a sweat deal on a Linksys EA8500 for 150€ on amazon.de, shipping to Portugal included.

This model seems to have everything I need:

  • 4x4 radio
  • Fast processor, Dual core
  • USB2/eSata + USB3
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • Pretty decent amount of RAM (500MB)

And since the chipset is Atheros, I'm expecting extensive OpenWRT support for WLAN and VLANs.

Just flashed OpenWRT. :slight_smile:

Thanks for your replies,

Cheers,
JoaoABS