Raspberry Pi 4 as a Router using OpenWrt

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Tried installing OpenWrt on RPi 4 to see what performance i could expect, it was actually pretty good.
I would suggest compiling a image yourself using the openwrt git repository as the default snapshot image from Openwrt's website takes a bit of time to setup.
I am currently using my Linksys router in bridge mode connected to raspberry pi (Using USB to ethernet adapter) which is handling all the processing
This is what i get using wireguard installed on my Pi 4
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I and @Gokul Kannan are trying to get Nanopi R2S for openwrt.
It comes with 2 gigabit Ethernet ports and is rated to support a gigabit internet connection.
But couldn't get hands on one as shipping from china has become a nightmare.
 
Yeah, i also was trying to get my hands on that
But couldn't get it at a decent price, I believe it was available for 3k on an Indian website

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Sadly both of them are overpriced as hell to get in india
 
is the openwrt server down?
you can try checking if packages are loading.
 

Thank you for confirmation.
Do you happen to use AdGuardHome?
I have weird issue with AGH, it stops blocking ads after reboot for few minutes.
 
Nope. I am using Unbound. I tried to configure AGH replacing dnsmasq sometime ago but something went wrong and didn't try it yet. It was working fine though as far as I tested. How do you have it setup, via docker or direct?
 
Direct.
I tried docker version too, but it didnt work after initial configurations.
 
With the new 23.05.2 out, I might try again soon but it's just curiosity than trying to block ads or filtering. I use Brave for most browsing along with other browsers when required.
 
@sloj I have installed odhcpd and adguardhome, and uninstall dnsmasq, and did configuration so that dhcp will be handled by odhcpd and dns server will be AGH. You can try this setup, works flawlessly.
Dnsmasq is prone to issues.
 
@sloj what are the solutions to monitor uptime/downtime of wan connection?
I tried atlas probe, but it writes a lot in the router logs.
 

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