I once bought a router to use for my internet when I moved into my new house just to find out that it “wasn’t compatible” with Verizon’s service. I still have it (because I’m terrible about returning things). Is there any point in keeping it? Is there anything fun or interesting that I could do with it?

  • slowd0wn
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    31 year ago

    Custom firmware like tomato or ddwrt can be fun to just play around with and learn more about networking. I used my old router temporarily as both a wifi repeater and as a wifi receiver using custom firmware. I didn’t need it for any particular function, but it was fun to experiment with

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      Yeah, I think I’m going to tinker with it in this way. I have some knowledge about networking, but I know that I could learn more, for sure.