The OpenWrt project has released updated versions that fix security vulnerabilities, some of which are classified as critical ...

Custom router firmware has (mostly) disappeared, mainly because Broadcom won't play nice and share its radio drivers with open-source developers. But that doesn't mean it's gone, and OpenWrt is still ...

OpenWrt 24.10.8 fixes CVE-2026-53921, a critical odhcpd stack overflow triggered by crafted DHCPv6 requests that could enable ...

Everyone likes something cheap, and when that cheap thing is a router that’s supported by OpenWRT, it sounds like a win. [Hennung Paul] ordered a Wavlink WL-WN586X3 for the princely sum of 39 Euros, ...

Certain manufacturers seriously dislike open-source firmware for their devices, and this particular hack deals with quite extreme anti-hobbyist measures. The Meraki MR33, made by Cisco, is a nice ...

So in this flat I have a fiber connection, with a PON. I plugged in my own Archer C6, flashed OpenWRT on it, and flubbed with configuration until I got it to work (I wasn't very familiar with OpenWRT, ...

A new router designed in collaboration with the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) and OpenWrt Project is touted as the first router “designed and built with your software freedom and right-to-repair ...

My homemade router exposed what my smart devices were really doing ...

OpenWrt is a free and open source, Linux-based operating system designed for routers and other networking applications. While it’s most often used as an aftermarket replacement for the firmware that ...

For almost three years, OpenWRT—the open source operating system that powers home routers and other types of embedded systems—has been vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks because updates were ...