General custom firmware for any kind of router

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mirko1234

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Hello,

I have an old network router and I want to turn it to a wi-fi repeater.

The problem is that my router is made by an unknown italian company (model. Hamlet HRDSL512) and its default firmware doesn't have a repeater/WDS option by default and there are no custom firmware ( eg DD-WRT, Open-WRT or Tomato) specifically tailored for my router.

So my question is: is there a general custom firmware that works with any router regardless of brand and model (respecting the minimal hardware requirements of course) or a way to find a custom firmware designed for another router but that will work with mine too anyway?

Thank you
 
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Your problem is if you even have to ask this question you do not have the skills to accomplish what you want. For routers that are not on the supported list you would have to build custom images from the source files. Anyone who has the ability to actually build images from source files understands at least the fundamentals difference between the different hardware platforms.

Now this assumes that the router you talk about uses one of the standard chipset that even supports third party firmware. Although most third party firmware is a unix variation all the really important stuff related to the wifi chips is in a binary file that is very similar to a device driver you find in a computer. Some of these you can only obtain if you...
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dark_lord69

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"is there a general custom firmware that works with any router regardless of brand and model"
no, that would be ignoring the fact that the chips inside are made by different companies and assume that all routers have the same configuration/capabilities.

"a way to find a custom firmware designed for another router but that will work with mine too anyway?"
Potentially, but you'd have to find what other routers use the same chip(s) inside. I would say that the odds of you finding one though is pretty slim. You might find it better/easier to just get a different router/repeater.

Good luck with your search
 
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bill001g

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Your problem is if you even have to ask this question you do not have the skills to accomplish what you want. For routers that are not on the supported list you would have to build custom images from the source files. Anyone who has the ability to actually build images from source files understands at least the fundamentals difference between the different hardware platforms.

Now this assumes that the router you talk about uses one of the standard chipset that even supports third party firmware. Although most third party firmware is a unix variation all the really important stuff related to the wifi chips is in a binary file that is very similar to a device driver you find in a computer. Some of these you can only obtain if you have paid a license agreement with the company. So if they are not released you can not obtain them.

This problem would be similar to if say you bought a web cam that runs on windows 10. Now you want to run it on linux. If the manufacture does not provide the device driver then it can't be done even though there likely is nothing technically preventing it other than the manufacture decides they do not want to provide you any information.
 
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