Router recommendation 2017

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Shrink0
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Router recommendation 2017

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I'm searching for a good and low budget router to run this image with TOR for my restaurant.

After searching in this forum I have no clue which one to buy because the produncts are no longer available or in a different version available which is not (yet) supported.

E.g. often mentioned (enough cpu power, USB support) TL-WR1043ND is about 40$ but you can only but it in V4, support is up to V3 (and image-files are available until V3). V4 has a different CPU.

Can anyone give me a recommendation for a router which supports TOR package?
Thank you!

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C7 v2

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Re: Router recommendation 2017

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TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 is pretty high budget.

and
WARNING 1: Current firmware (1.9.0 and earlier) has been reported to brick recent models of Archer C7 v2 (Early 2016 and later)
https://www.gargoyle-router.com/download.php
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Re: Router recommendation 2017

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To get any kind of decent speed through TOR you're going to want a mid-high end router.
Money = performance like in most things.
http://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoyle_ispyisail.php for the latest releases
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Re: Router recommendation 2017

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I don't care about speed it's just for a few customers of my restaurant.

C7 v2 - there is another thread where C7 v3 is mentioned. So if I buy this one, I probably get the wrong version aswell.

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The Gargoyle-Router is definelty not low budget.

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Shrink0 wrote:The Gargoyle-Router is definelty not low budget.
You will be dis-pointed with anything lower

4MB routers randomly crash and just stop working

if you want to use a low spec machine use an old firmware

1.6.2 or even older for a really old router

Be warned older Gargoyle firmware have unstable wifi. I think its related to wifi density. I never had a problem but others did.

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Re: Router recommendation 2017

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Ok, thanks for pointing that out.

Last question back to TL-WR1043ND (which has 16MB and 750MHz CPU which should be equal or even better speed compared to Gargoyle Router and most bang for a buck)

Is there a way to install Gargoyle on V4? https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd


I mean a generic image exists at
https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots ... actory.bin

so it should be possible to install Gargoyle aswell?

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