> Many years ago, I installed and managed OpenWRT on my routers, […] but I grew tired of the maintenance and keeping up. It had moved from hobby and became a job. I was full-time network administrator for my own house.
Wait, what??
I check OpenWRT once every several months for a new release, and if one exists I spend an hour or two updating my gateway and wireless bridges. There is no extensive maintenance needed even when running multiple servers behind it.
Honestly, I run two VM platforms, a dozen or so VMs, several workstations and a mess of personal machines and devices, and I think I’ve spent half a day on my network in the last year.
Well, all I can say is that this was about 15 years ago. Updates to OpenWRT were not fun, and I was never very confident that I had done things correctly. Whether it was my shortcoming in technical knowledge, or poor documentation, it was more than I had patience for.
Wait, what??
I check OpenWRT once every several months for a new release, and if one exists I spend an hour or two updating my gateway and wireless bridges. There is no extensive maintenance needed even when running multiple servers behind it.
Honestly, I run two VM platforms, a dozen or so VMs, several workstations and a mess of personal machines and devices, and I think I’ve spent half a day on my network in the last year.