[mythtv-users] cutting the cord issues?

[Mark Perkins]

> I also have an alternative (less positive) story. I have an Asus
> RT-N66U, which is very capable and which on paper supports DD-WRT and
> LEDE. But in practice its performance when running open-source firmware
> is stifled by the fact that its Broadcom chipset, in respect of wifi,
> uses a softmac approach which requires an opaque firmware blob from
> Broadcom, and the open-source community has not yet figured out how to
> use that properly. So I have to stick to the factory firmware and have
> to put up with their glacial security patching pace. Meaning that I
> can't risk exposing it to the open internet as my main broadband router.
>
> HTH, Jan
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Have you looked into the Asus Merlin firmware for your RT-N66u? Might be a 
suitable middle ground.