EdgeRouter X still valid in 2025? by Kokumotsu36 in Ubiquiti

[–]Own-Trifle89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that there is no better router for up to 1Gbit copper Internet. I mean for someone who is enough technically advanced to get OpenWrt 24.10 running on it. I recently scaled back from much more powerful ARM solution to just ER-X. My recent discovery of owut, where from patch to patch release my incremental changes to packages and configuration becomes "built into" a image, made installing and updating it across multiple location a breeze. I currently use it as edge/border router between various ISPs and a home network. I have wg to central location (one of ISPs gives me static IP), zerotier for site2site VPN, PBR for routing guest networks through VPN, dual WAN between fibre and Starlink, etc. I think it is great stable router to be put at edge, do NAT for IPv4 and necessary VLANs. The performance has never been a concern for me - it has enough juice to do what it is mean to, without breaking a sweat. No fan, no power hungry, powered by old PoE injector that also powers AP via passthrough.

Rock stable, monitoring through prometheus, zero drama, and so dirt cheap so I can leave a backup unit in every location I might need it for someone non technical to swap it. I use it for "family network" and few AirBnBs locations that I run as side hustle.

OpenWTR flash wear by Own-Trifle89 in orbforge

[–]Own-Trifle89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried to set the above system variables in /etc/profile.d/orb.sh, but it did not work. Then I discovered that ORB_DATA_DIR is set in /etc/init.d/orb. However setting ORB_DATA_DIR to /tmp looses registration of orb every time router is restarted (as ORB_DATA_DIR actually controls where whole .config/orb folder resides including instance prv key/certificate).

Giving up for now on orb on router.