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I got a Mi WiFi nano, c6 v2 and a ax73 v1. i know broadcom chipset routers cant be flashed with openwrt. Since i use my routers as dumb aps(most of the heavy lifting is done by my pfsense box) is there any improvements in performance i can get from flashing openwrt like in range and/or speed ? (a homemade mesh network maybe?)
 
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no. Routers are usually hardware optimized out of the box, hence in modern times, default settings work the best. If you already have pfsense for your routing don't bother with OpenWRT.
And I would not recommend using mesh if you can go for individual wiring to each AP.
While OpenWrt has support for mesh mode, your router needs hardware support too.
Head to the link below for more info:
 
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I have individual lan backhaul to each ap. i just dont like connecting and reconnecting to a different wifi everytime i go to a different floor. you think openwrt can fix that?
 
No, it won't fix that. Set, the same AP name for all the WIFI SSIDs and add a maximum threshold dissociation (aka, signal threshold) under your wifi settings if it's available.
Reducing the power of Wifi will have the same effect.

Example -
zxl-conf.png
 
@Aashish.007 Do you know how to properly set up ipv6 in Openwrt?

I am getting ipv6 with the default factory settings of Openwrt for bsnl, is that okay?
 

@Aashish.007 Do you use sqm cake? Do you use the ethernet overhead option for fiber GPON? How much do you add?

Also, do you know how to put a custom ipv6 dns server in openwrt like for ipv4? Can you perhaps tell me how.
 
Yes openwrt says when not sure use 44 overhead. Also what @wheatbread said about ipv6.
If you want the router to be the dns server then you can add ipv6 dns providers in the "dhcp and dns" section and also use dns caching (upto 10000), this I think makes the router work as a dns server and then ut serves dns to the client.
If you use lan/dhcp dns setting then you send the dns service address to the client devices which then do the resolution themselves.
@wheatbread correct me if I am wrong!
 
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