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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

      @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

      @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

      DD-WRT was so popular. Can't believe it has gone silent.

      Why not? When you can get something like the ER-X or ER-L, why bother with a hack.

      Because one costs money to purchase while the other works with what you already have access too.

      That's like saying "Why not use Windows all you have to do is purchase it!" to everyone who can't afford Windows..

      Well - I guess we just call ya a fool for buying that POS that DD-WRT works on if you but it today. 20 years ago, sure, I get it, there was no other option for the poor, not so much today.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @Dashrender
        last edited by

        @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

        Well - I guess we just call ya a fool for buying that POS that DD-WRT works on if you but it today. 20 years ago, sure, I get it, there was no other option for the poor, not so much today.

        So all of India should be able to go out and purchase a brand new Dell XPS 13 for $1600 with Windows 10 Pro?

        Or should they use whatever they can get and install any Operating system that they want on it for free (Linux)?

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

          @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

          Well - I guess we just call ya a fool for buying that POS that DD-WRT works on if you but it today. 20 years ago, sure, I get it, there was no other option for the poor, not so much today.

          So all of India should be able to go out and purchase a brand new Dell XPS 13 for $1600 with Windows 10 Pro?

          Or should they use whatever they can get and install any Operating system that they want on it for free (Linux)?

          Yes - that's what we're talking about here - a $1600 laptop or $1600 anything.

          Keep apples to apples and leave oranges out this.

          The shit routers that ran DD-WRT were $50+ in the US... same damned cost as a ER-X today.

          hell, it's pretty damned hard to find a $50 router at Best Buy today (I won't say impossible, but I don't recall but maybe one open the last time I was there).

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @Dashrender
            last edited by

            @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

            @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

            @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

            Well - I guess we just call ya a fool for buying that POS that DD-WRT works on if you but it today. 20 years ago, sure, I get it, there was no other option for the poor, not so much today.

            So all of India should be able to go out and purchase a brand new Dell XPS 13 for $1600 with Windows 10 Pro?

            Or should they use whatever they can get and install any Operating system that they want on it for free (Linux)?

            Yes - that's what we're talking about here - a $1600 laptop or $1600 anything.

            Keep apples to apples and leave oranges out this.

            The shit routers that ran DD-WRT were $50+ in the US... same damned cost as a ER-X today.

            hell, it's pretty damned hard to find a $50 router at Best Buy today (I won't say impossible, but I don't recall but maybe one open the last time I was there).

            You're missing the point.

            I have this shit router from 2003 running some shit software. I live in India, I can use it today with DD-WRT at no cost and have a current still functional router. Or I can use the shit software router from 2003 and risk it all. Or i could maybe come up with enough money to purchase a new Ubiquiti unit.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @DustinB3403
              last edited by

              @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

              @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

              @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

              @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

              Well - I guess we just call ya a fool for buying that POS that DD-WRT works on if you but it today. 20 years ago, sure, I get it, there was no other option for the poor, not so much today.

              So all of India should be able to go out and purchase a brand new Dell XPS 13 for $1600 with Windows 10 Pro?

              Or should they use whatever they can get and install any Operating system that they want on it for free (Linux)?

              Yes - that's what we're talking about here - a $1600 laptop or $1600 anything.

              Keep apples to apples and leave oranges out this.

              The shit routers that ran DD-WRT were $50+ in the US... same damned cost as a ER-X today.

              hell, it's pretty damned hard to find a $50 router at Best Buy today (I won't say impossible, but I don't recall but maybe one open the last time I was there).

              You're missing the point.

              I have this shit router from 2003 running some shit software. I live in India, I can use it today with DD-WRT at no cost and have a current still functional router. Or I can use the shit software router from 2003 and risk it all. Or i could maybe come up with enough money to purchase a new Ubiquiti unit.

              Sure - that's those people's issue. If the DD-WRT people aren't seeing a need/desire for their code/update anymore (mostly because their base - non indians using your example), then I can see them abandoning it because why work on something that offers little benefit? Instead they could move on to some other project.

              Sorry, the dirt farmers are always going to get screwed, it's just life. (though I don't really consider it getting screwed - FYI).

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                Sorry, the dirt farmers are always going to get screwed, it's just life. (though I don't really consider it getting screwed - FYI).

                Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                I get that there are possible better alternatives to DD-WRT but your stance here is, pay for something better or pound sand.

                So pay for Windows or pound sand @Dashrender, obviously it's superior.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                  Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                  yep - that's exactly what I said. Yep, Exactly.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @Dashrender
                    last edited by JaredBusch

                    @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                    @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                    Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                    yep - that's exactly what I said. Yep, Exactly.

                    Because we all know @DustinB3403 is a super awesome font of super awesome knowledge.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                      @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                      Sorry, the dirt farmers are always going to get screwed, it's just life. (though I don't really consider it getting screwed - FYI).

                      Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                      I get that there are possible better alternatives to DD-WRT but your stance here is, pay for something better or pound sand.

                      So pay for Windows or pound sand @Dashrender, obviously it's superior.

                      Let's return to my original comment

                      @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                      @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

                      DD-WRT was so popular. Can't believe it has gone silent.

                      Why not? When you can get something like the ER-X or ER-L, why bother with a hack.

                      I'm speaking about why it's gone silent - well, why do you think DD-WRT has gone silent - let's drop all the crap about poor people in india and return to my comment - the reason the project went silent.

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                        last edited by

                        @JaredBusch said in DD-WRT:

                        @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                        @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                        Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                        yep - that's exactly what I said. Yep, Exactly.

                        Because we all know @DustinB3403 is a super awesome font of super awesome knowledge.

                        I am a super awesome font.

                        https://origin.fontawesome.com/

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                          last edited by

                          @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                          @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                          @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                          Sorry, the dirt farmers are always going to get screwed, it's just life. (though I don't really consider it getting screwed - FYI).

                          Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                          I get that there are possible better alternatives to DD-WRT but your stance here is, pay for something better or pound sand.

                          So pay for Windows or pound sand @Dashrender, obviously it's superior.

                          Let's return to my original comment

                          @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                          @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

                          DD-WRT was so popular. Can't believe it has gone silent.

                          Why not? When you can get something like the ER-X or ER-L, why bother with a hack.

                          I'm speaking about why it's gone silent - well, why do you think DD-WRT has gone silent - let's drop all the crap about poor people in india and return to my comment - the reason the project went silent.

                          Maybe the lead developers got hit by a bus.

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                          • B
                            bnrstnr @Dashrender
                            last edited by

                            @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                            Yes - that's what we're talking about here - a $1600 laptop or $1600 anything.
                            Keep apples to apples and leave oranges out this.
                            The shit routers that ran DD-WRT were $50+ in the US... same damned cost as a ER-X today.
                            hell, it's pretty damned hard to find a $50 router at Best Buy today (I won't say impossible, but I don't recall but maybe one open the last time I was there).

                            ER-X doesn't get you any WIFI. For $128 (MSRP) you can get an ER-X ($59) and a Unifi AP ($69 Wireless-N model).

                            At BestBuy you can get a TP-Link Wireless-AC router that's been tested to work with DD-WRT for $39.99. I would say it's still very much relevant to power user types on a budget.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                              @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                              @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                              @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                              Sorry, the dirt farmers are always going to get screwed, it's just life. (though I don't really consider it getting screwed - FYI).

                              Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                              I get that there are possible better alternatives to DD-WRT but your stance here is, pay for something better or pound sand.

                              So pay for Windows or pound sand @Dashrender, obviously it's superior.

                              Let's return to my original comment

                              @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                              @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

                              DD-WRT was so popular. Can't believe it has gone silent.

                              Why not? When you can get something like the ER-X or ER-L, why bother with a hack.

                              I'm speaking about why it's gone silent - well, why do you think DD-WRT has gone silent - let's drop all the crap about poor people in india and return to my comment - the reason the project went silent.

                              Maybe the lead developers got hit by a bus.

                              Yep - that would/could be another reason. No more/less valid that my comment.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @bnrstnr
                                last edited by

                                @bnrstnr said in DD-WRT:

                                @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                                Yes - that's what we're talking about here - a $1600 laptop or $1600 anything.
                                Keep apples to apples and leave oranges out this.
                                The shit routers that ran DD-WRT were $50+ in the US... same damned cost as a ER-X today.
                                hell, it's pretty damned hard to find a $50 router at Best Buy today (I won't say impossible, but I don't recall but maybe one open the last time I was there).

                                ER-X doesn't get you any WIFI. For $128 (MSRP) you can get an ER-X ($59) and a Unifi AP ($69 Wireless-N model).

                                At BestBuy you can get a TP-Link Wireless-AC router that's been tested to work with DD-WRT for $39.99. I would say it's still very much relevant to power user types on a budget.

                                Well, there go. I suppose that's definitely possible - but if that was being widely use - it's odd that DD-WRT fell silent - unless as Dustin said - the dev died or just got bored, etc, etc, etc.

                                though - most would tell you around these parts - you shouldn't be mixing these components into a single box, but that's another thread.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @bnrstnr
                                  last edited by

                                  @bnrstnr said in DD-WRT:

                                  At BestBuy you can get a TP-Link Wireless-AC router that's been tested to work with DD-WRT for $39.99. I would say it's still very much relevant to power user types on a budget.

                                  Budget, yes. especially in the third world. power users? I don't know if I would go that far.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                                    @JaredBusch said in DD-WRT:

                                    @Dashrender said in DD-WRT:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                                    Everyone who uses Linux is a dirt farmer in your mind then?

                                    yep - that's exactly what I said. Yep, Exactly.

                                    Because we all know @DustinB3403 is a super awesome font of super awesome knowledge.

                                    I am a super awesome font.

                                    https://origin.fontawesome.com/

                                    Nice try dumbass, but I used the correct word. fount and font, are both valid uses.

                                    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/font
                                    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fount
                                    https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/08/14/poll-results/

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

                                      @bnrstnr said in DD-WRT:

                                      At BestBuy you can get a TP-Link Wireless-AC router that's been tested to work with DD-WRT for $39.99. I would say it's still very much relevant to power user types on a budget.

                                      Budget, yes. especially in the third world. power users? I don't know if I would go that far.

                                      Are you saying there are few if any power users in the third world, and the few that do exist use something else?

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

                                        @bnrstnr said in DD-WRT:

                                        At BestBuy you can get a TP-Link Wireless-AC router that's been tested to work with DD-WRT for $39.99. I would say it's still very much relevant to power user types on a budget.

                                        Budget, yes. especially in the third world. power users? I don't know if I would go that far.

                                        Are you saying there are few if any power users in the third world, and the few that do exist use something else?

                                        I've implied nothing of the kind. I'm providing a use case for non-power users in the third world.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by DustinB3403

                                          @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in DD-WRT:

                                          @bnrstnr said in DD-WRT:

                                          At BestBuy you can get a TP-Link Wireless-AC router that's been tested to work with DD-WRT for $39.99. I would say it's still very much relevant to power user types on a budget.

                                          Budget, yes. especially in the third world. power users? I don't know if I would go that far.

                                          Are you saying there are few if any power users in the third world, and the few that do exist use something else?

                                          I've implied nothing of the kind. I'm providing a use case for non-power users in the third world.

                                          I'm genuinely trying to determine what you mean. What are third-world non-power users using if not the crap that comes pre-loaded and not DD-WRT (since that seems like what you meant to imply)?

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                                            bnrstnr @DustinB3403
                                            last edited by

                                            @DustinB3403 said in DD-WRT:

                                            I'm genuinely trying to determine what you mean. What are third-world non-power users using if not the crap that comes pre-loaded?

                                            I don't understand what he means either. I would argue that DD-WRT was solely created for power users (third-world, first, wherever) stuck (for whatever reason) with cheap consumer gear.

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