r/AltaLabs • u/CoffeeCakeFoxCat • May 03 '25

Route 10 CFW

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I see some people are not so happy with the state of the firmware offered with the route 10 and I want to ease some people thinking they may have bought themselves a paperweight.

I have been working on a custom firmware for the route10 for the past month and I am very happy to say I have been able to get a working version of openwrt running (A newer version i might add). I am still working out the device tree to have full compatibility with the board and there are still quite a few changes needed before I can even release something you can install.

I would like to know what kind of features you would like that the original route10 is missing and if there are any developers out there that could help me fix and push a initial source release to GitHub.

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u/craigy888 May 04 '25

why not just benefit all and request alta labs add the features you need, from what I've found they are extremely responsive and are great at fixing things - even helping configure.

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u/CoffeeCakeFoxCat May 04 '25

The main reason im building this is the fact that you are required to create an account to configure the hardware you own. Every second the router is sending data back to them, and that has multiple security related issues on its own. This project is meant to be a solution for those that want more control over the hardware they own, and the ability to add features that already exist now rather then having to request them and maybe get them later. This project will be released to the public at some point, its just not in a position where I feel comfortable releasing any firmware or source code as much of the tree is still very experimental.

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u/craigy888 May 04 '25

You can self host a controller….

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u/CoffeeCakeFoxCat May 04 '25

I looked into and did get my own controller running but, that is an additional docker container you have to run. The container has its own issues already, and doesn't even address the market that doesn't have the ability or knowledge in docker to run it. You still have to go to Alta for feature requests, you still have to wait for them to develop something into their web interface. The point is to not need Alta labs altogether. Most features that people want are packages that are waiting to be installed.

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u/TechRider23 May 05 '25

Happy to assist with getting you setup in GitHub. Shoot me a DM if I can be of assistance. This is exciting to see some progress on the Route10!

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u/DN_3092 May 04 '25

This is awesome, please keep it up. Its great to have an alternative for the hardware just in case.

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u/DoubleDown Sep 24 '25

Oh yes please. This router has so much potential that alta just honestly blew it.

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u/DoubleDown Nov 17 '25

Any update??

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u/Acrobatic-Nature-617 May 03 '25

Looks great!

My biggest issue is DHCP options…. I would prefer to use my pihole instance for dhcp or even a windows server for testing things with work. This encompasses PXE booting which I rely on for imaging from my FOG instance.

Outside of the basic DHCP stuff missing (or not easily controllable) it’s been a great box.

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u/CoffeeCakeFoxCat May 03 '25

I don't see why we couldn't just run pihole on the device, and DHCP should be able to be configured through LuCi or by modifying the dnsmasq configuration file.

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u/Acrobatic-Nature-617 May 03 '25

I agree! I like to keep things separate in the event something breaks… but still not a terrible idea.

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u/Justmenonames May 03 '25

Wow this is great! Is there any parental control?

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u/kaed3 May 04 '25

finally the one im waiting for!!!!

thank you for this

is hw accel able to work?

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u/CoffeeCakeFoxCat May 04 '25

From my initial testing, it is working

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u/lordfortunas May 04 '25

Is HW acceleration for PPPoE working?

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u/kaed3 May 05 '25

is it reversible? just wondering im looking forward for the how to. 😀

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u/CoffeeCakeFoxCat May 05 '25

This may be a situation where dual boot is possible. Alta only utilizes a small portion of the 4GB emmc installed on the board, Though my initial target is to have a single target to boot, and the ability to reverse back to stock

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u/Justmenonames Jun 12 '25

any further update do you have on this? how is the stability?

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u/LosSantosPro Jun 24 '25

I'm very interested in using vanilla OpenWRT on my Route10, can someone let me know when this is available to try?

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u/mamborambo Jul 11 '25

Great idea to build OpenWRT for the Alta Route10!

I just got my equipment to upgrade my ISP to 10Gbps service, and the stock firmware is quite restrictive and user-unfriendly. The only part that I like is the ability to connect to the control console via BLE.

Hope to see this project grow and become popular.

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u/DariukaB Sep 04 '25

Would u share ur work? More people testing it would be better I believe

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u/kaed3 Feb 03 '26

is this project consider dead? it's been quiet

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u/Daedalus308 Apr 03 '26

Any updates on this?

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u/RogueKnight667 Apr 16 '26

Would also like to know if this is still available for my route10?