OpenWRT is a powerful piece of open-source software that can turn plenty of computers into highly configurable and capable routers. That amount of versatility comes at a cost, though; OpenWRT can be ...

Imagine turning a simple, affordable Raspberry Pi mini PC into a powerful 4G LTE router that can spread high-speed internet to your other projects and devices. By leveraging OpenWRT, an open-source ...

Where a device like this makes sense... When you want a router that does more than what is needed for a standard NAT and routing setup: Some examples off my head: 1. Run a VPN to your home network at ...

One of the things I love about Raspberry Pis is that there are a million and one different uses for them. You can make them a media center, a smart home controller, a security system—pretty much ...

This custom Wi-Fi router works off-grid with Starlink and can control my solar power station. Here's how I went about it.

Trying to replace a commercial router with a Raspberry Pi sounded like a fun weekend experiment. I already use Pis throughout my apartment for Home Assistant, media streaming, and a handful of ...

Spring Break 2022. It was my first real opportunity to travel in exactly two years, after a little thing called a global pandemic scuttled a family trip to (of all places) China. You lose a lot of ...

After my recent misadventures setting up an OpenWrt installation on a scruffy e-waste-level x86 PC, quite a few people chimed ...

Seeed Studio has introduced a new router board featuring two Gigabit Ethernet ports, HDMI and USB ports, a microSD card reader, a 40 pin GPIO header, and a tiny OLED display. The board measures 146 x ...

Every current Raspberry Pi model is capable of incredible things if you just put your mind to it. You can start with 10 easy Raspberry Pi projects that only require basic gear, then level up to the ...

Wireless routers make life a lot easier by allowing your phones, tablets, PCs, TVs, and all sorts of other devices to connect to the internet without running a series of Ethernet cables around your ...

I thought the port selection was pretty good for a basic home router, where I assume there's some unmanged switch involved. The HDMI (and tiny display!) are going to help when this ...