Routers are tiny computers. They come with their own RAM, CPU, storage, and a barebones operating system glued together by whatever software the manufacturer ships. The problem is that most of that hardware goes to waste. You have a perfectly capable little machine on your shelf, but the stock firmware keeps it muzzled.

Router companies are also terrible at maintaining their hardware. It’s painfully common for a router to become “irrelevant” after a year. But these devices deserve more. With OpenWRT, you can actually give them more. Not long ago, I installed OpenWRT on my old router . It’s been a while since then, and here I am again trying to convince you to give it a shot — except this time, I’m coming with a pile of real examples.

Run a network-wide VPN

One tunnel for every device (e

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