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OpenWrt 24.10.0 – First Stable Release

by pm2222 on 2/6/25, 2:17 AM with 155 comments

• by choobacker on 2/6/25, 6:19 AM

  OpenWRT is pretty great at offering features and security for consumer devices. Glad to see a release!

  I used it for a while, but after I've had it for a few months, and want to improve/diagnose something, I can't easily tell which config I've changed from defaults, and so can't easily diagnose how I might have screwed it up, or predict how changes will impact the rest of the system.

  I moved my router to NixOS, where I can now see the ~250 config that covers the custom setup needed for my ISP/LAN.

  If asked, I'd still recommend OpenWRT for most techies, since it's easier to get started.

• by kalleboo on 2/6/25, 6:35 AM

  OpenWrt is great. I recently got 10 Gbit internet at home and had to replace my Ubiquiti USG3, and running OpenWrt on a Lenovo Tiny PC is easy and efficient.

  OpenWrt 24 adds support for configuring the ISP's IPIP6 tunnel I need to access IPv4 on my IPv6-native connection - for now I've been manually installing the newer package straight out of the 24 RCs into my OpenWrt 23 install but now I guess I can upgrade the whole install!

  I also tried pfSense/opnSense but it seems like the FreeBSD kernel struggles with 10 Gbit network connections without picking very specific hardware, but Linux works perfectly (had a similar experience with TrueNAS CORE vs SCALE)

• by kozak on 2/6/25, 11:19 AM

  I always wanted to try OpenWRT but was put off by the necessity of doing hardware modifications to stock routers to gain root access. So naturally, once I found out that they were releasing some official hardware for OpenWRT (the OpenWRT One router), I ordered it as soon as possible. The router is excellent! It solved my bufferbloat issues and much more.

• by newsre4der on 2/6/25, 8:30 AM

  All routers should use OpenWRT as a base

• by sunshine-o on 2/6/25, 2:21 PM

  I recently found out I do not need the main Wi-Fi anymore at home so I do not really need my main OpenWrt physical router anymore (I still need a the secondary AP running OpenWrt for IoT devices).

  So I am going to now run my OpenWrt router as a VM on one of my home server just to get rid of some cables and clutter.

  I really love OpenWrt but was tempted to try something new like pfSense or OPNsense, mainly because I now find PF way less confusing.

  I also saw some people just love to build routers with OpenBSD and there are some great guides out there [0]

  Any opinion or alternative I should consider?

  - [0] https://openbsdrouterguide.net/

• by selykg on 2/6/25, 1:52 PM

  Hopefully this is a simple question. I have a busted (seemingly) EdgeRouter from Ubiquiti that needs replacing.

  I am currently on an old ASUS that was from the before times and it's "fine" but not updated any longer (even with the 3rd party firmware). So I'm in the market to get something new.

  What's a nice all in one unit for OpenWRT? I have a very small 1000sqft house so generally speaking I have zero issues with range and everything is wireless anyway. I just want reliability and set it and forget it, generally speaking.

• by M95D on 2/6/25, 5:59 PM

  I'm disillusioned by OpenWrt. For a few years I did pull requests adding packages, fixing stuff, improvements. Only the minimal 1-2 lines PRs were accepted and merged, while big important changes that I worked on, tested and keep updated for years were never merged. Most were simply ignored with no feedback.

  Instead they seem to focus on getting GPUs and Doom working... and now they even do hardware dev. And it's not even decent hardware, it's crippleware ewaste hardware.

• by pm2222 on 2/6/25, 4:23 AM

  APK will have to wait till 25.

• by gtirloni on 2/6/25, 2:32 PM

  I'm a SRE and love to work with infrastructure, tweak things, etc, and have my own home lab. For years (decades?), I have gone the DIY route with networking gear and it's been painful to tell family "oh, just another 15min or maybe 4h and this will work great?" after I was updating things or messing around.

  This year I decided to replace all networking equipment with Ubiquiti (gateway, APs, switches). It's really expensive and it makes me feel like a sell out but I have had zero issues (it's been 6 months now).

  I'm really happy that OpenWrt has a stable release and others continue to make progress. I'll probably be deploying some _spare_ devices that won't break my main network, try patches, submit bugreports, etc. But I'm enjoying the peace of mind now.

  Not contributing much to the discussion about OpenWrt, sorry.

• by AlgebraFox on 2/6/25, 8:14 AM

  Just upgraded. All customization were automatically applied with no issues so far. Amazing work OpenWrt team.

• by blackeyeblitzar on 2/6/25, 8:14 AM

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

• by akaitea on 2/6/25, 8:08 PM

  Been using OpenWRT on a Ubiquity EdgeRouter X for years and it runs great, using adblock directly on it as well, granted there are no nice statistics for adblock like on PiHole but the important thing is that it does the job. Have a separate dumb AP also running OpenWRT which needs upgrading and the next router must support OpenWRT it has practically become a required feature

• by harha on 2/6/25, 1:07 PM

  I’ve had quite a hard time compared to setting up my router with opnsense, but I do get how challenging it is to offer something that lets you configure everything on just about any device.

  It would be quite hard getting sane defaults for all sorts of configs, e.g. multi AP setup as in my case.

• by tuananh on 2/6/25, 10:37 AM

  i went with a mini pc, passive cooling & opnsense. It's been a great for the last few years. Stable as a rock.

• by ndsipa_pomu on 2/6/25, 10:35 AM

  Anyone know if this supports the nanopi range?

  Edit: they've got sysupgrade packages for the r6c at least so the answer is yes

• by nticompass on 2/6/25, 12:53 PM

  Should I update my router over SSH while I'm at work, or should I just wait until I get home?

• by TMWNN on 2/6/25, 6:22 AM

  I use the Merlin firmware for my Asus router. I've long heard of OpenWRT but do not know how they compare.