OpenWrt 25.12.0 Released

38 points by eu

keybits

We recently got fibre to the home at our place in rural Ireland. With a 1Gbps link I took the opportunity to update our main router (chose a GL.iNet Flint 2) and make sure our wireless access points were well supported by OpenWRT (all have MediaTek Filogic chipsets).

It's very satisfying to have all these devices on the same open source OS. Some things I find useful:

SQM for reducing bufferbloat and improving connection quality scores for stable video calls and low latency gaming (the Flint 2 has enough CPU to mange this well for our network)
mwan3 for automatic failover if our fibre goes down (we still have a local wireless provider connected) and routing IoT devices to a different WAN connection
802.11r fast transition on all wireless access points so that clients rapidly connect to the strongest wifi signal (we don't need a wireless mesh as I have ethernet cable running around the house). It's so quick that voice calls aren't even interrupted as you walk around the house
ability to create vlans and guest wifi (I also got some managed switches)

And that's without even mentioning the ability to install all kinds of software such as Pi-hole etc!

Kudos to the OpenWRT developers. If you haven't nerded out on your home network, it might be worth a try - I've had a lot of fun and now enjoy a super fast, secure and stable home LAN running on open source software.

caius

Out of interest what hardware are you using for access points?
- keybits
  Indoors:
  
  Unifi U6+
  
  A repurposed Linksys E8450 as an AP (was my router)
  
  Outdoors:
  
  Cudy AX3000 (AP300 v1 on OpenWRT firmware selector)
  
  all MediaTek chipsets and all running OpenWRT 25.12.
ecco

OpenWrt is just great. Been using it for several years now and it's been really solid. Thanks to all the contributors!
gnafuthegreat

I upgraded my WRT1900ACS v2 this morning without a problem, but then I've already been running the release candidates since 2 or 3. I won't consider a router that doesn't have OpenWrt support, and OpenWrt has allowed me to greatly extend the lives of used, good-enough routers for my modest home needs. I am very excited for the OpenWrt Two (the One doesn't quite fit anything I need; I've always used an all-in-one Wi-Fi router with a few ports).
Hales

Updated a friend's router a few hours ago, didn't realise that the release I downloaded was so fresh until I saw its ssh motd telling me to use apk.

After upgrading I had to "kick" his NBN connection for WAN DHCP to succeed, possibly because of the DUID changes people mention in the release thread. (This is a silliness of the NBN infrastructure, ie an Australia-specific issue. You either have to do this or wait something like half an hour for the old lease to expire).