Was after a budget friendly router for a small apartment.
This seems to be a decent Wi-Fi 6 router which also has OpenWRT support.
Has been as low as $65.00 back in December 2022, but this seems to be the cheapest since then.
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Got it from the last deal - it's ok as an aimesh node though reboots required every week or so.
Seems better to spend $30 more to get RT-AX56U?
https://www.amazon.com.au/ASUS-Extendable-Subscription-free-…
Looks good. Apart from the speed, any reason why I should consider this over the TP-Link AC1200? It's cheaper and also support openwrt. https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07W9KYT62
any reason why
The USB port allows you to plug in a USB stick or HDD, to function similarly to a NAS. It's not going to be as fast as a NAS though, but a lot of people don't need NAS speeds, e.g. listening to my music archive via my mobile. Or to backup your mobile every night, while you're asleep.
Excellent idea. Thanks.
I'm looking for a good Android backup app, this is the best I've found so far that will backup to NAS:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sentaroh.a…
Everyone, if you know of a better app, please share the info.
@Russ: Try "syncthing fork" on Android, paired with about syncthing instance on a computer, including synctrayzor on windows.
Doesn't need to be on the same LAN to backup. Can set multiple conditions for backup like it must be charging, on a certain WiFi etc, but it's flexible.
There are a bunch of officially endorsed mods on the syncthing download page.
https://syncthing.net/downloads/
@Russ: Also check out this page that is linked from the previous one.
https://docs.syncthing.net/users/contrib.html
That has clients for various operating systems including Synology and some other NAS's. I've used the Docker image by the Linuxserver crew on Open Media Vault as well as synctrayzor on Windows and syncthing fork on phone, tablets and a shieldTV box, though for some time that would not work due to power optimisation problems that meant it wouldn't run in the background, but I think that is fixed now.
The idea is that you install syncthing on any devices you want to sync from or to. You pair devices using either a QR code or manually typing it in, or later by referring newer devices to one existing device that propagates them, and approve them to join your network. You select the files, directories on the device and you can set which direction it syncs, so it can be one way, two way or multi-way. You can filter files out using wild card, and also add a .nosync (just going from memory on the name, so double check that) file to a directory to ignore that directory.
The main service runs in the background and can be accessed by a web browser, but the community contributed GUI's make it a bit easier, though they are often just a wrapper with some minor tweaks.
I set my phones to sync only when they're charging and on the home WiFi, but I'm thinking the last bit as mobile data is so ubiquitous. It uses rsync protocols that only sync the differences/delta if a file changes. It also encrypts end to end.
It does use public servers to find other clients in your personal 'network' but these servers only connect clients (a bit like DNS) and don't see your data, which is encrypted anyway. If you are technically inclined you can setup your own server to connect clients and avoid using public servers.
what is a good quality modem router these days?
Unless you are fttn, why do you need a modem? If you have a modem already, just use it with a newer router and disable the modems WiFi and dhcp server.
Yeah FTTN as in big apartment building…. I would like to avoid using a modem as a bridge given limited space where my phone port is.
This seems much better than the other deal that has 70+ votes lol why are people ignoring the device thats actually being supported?
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Have had one of these with openwrt since one of the previous deals and it has been rock solid acting as a wireless bridge