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submitted 1 week ago by Squizzy@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I got a pretty great openwrt router, I want to set it up as privacy respecting as possible.

I am aiming to set it up offline as much as posssible before giving it network access.

I have always used ISP provided units so this is new. It comes with adguard and such but I am thinking about a fresh install to be safe?

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

this is brilliant!!! it’s like a poor man’s vlan.

I mean, OpenWRT literally supports VLAN switching.

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah. Probably the better approach. But I was just doing this for a friend that didn't have a router with vlan. Was the approach in my brain. And once the MAC is blocked it's idiot proof. No chance of someone plugging in Ethernet to the TV.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2026
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