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Is there a recommended hardware and step by step guide for those new to this? Can you do mesh networks?

Based on reddit [1] and other some other recommendations I got an asus ax4200 and put openwrt on it. I'm fairly happy, but some people have run into connection dropping (possibly due to ISP power saving resulting in link dropping down to 10 mbs, and something then goes wrong.) With forum help [2] I found a workaround: either turn off auto negotiation (works) or using a lan port as a wan port (have not tried).

https://www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/comments/1cr1lvp/is_the_asu...

https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/14192#issuecomment...

> Is there a recommended hardware and step by step guide for those new to this?

What exactly are you planning to do? OpenWrt is quite flexible. There's this https://openwrt.org/toh/buyerguide.

> Can you do mesh networks?

Yes. Note also https://openwisp.org/ if you want to do a whole fleet of OpenWrt routers.

I've always found openwisp to be tailored to massive fleets of OpenWrt routers (100+). Not really for a home setup where you have a handful of devices (5-10). Alternatives are welcome since I haven't found anything yet.

this non-official version (uses upstream TOH data though) is much more responsive and has better filters: https://soif.github.io/OpenWrtTOH/

Wiki has you covered for beginners guide

This is a great resource. Should part of the official project.

https://forum.openwrt.org/t/better-and-faster-table-of-hardw...

The OpenWRT One is a good starting point, if it covers your needs.

It sounds great, but is there any way to receive those from a retailer based in the U.S. rather than shipped from China?

Where do you think the US retailers get them from?

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