<story><title>Ask HN: Please recommend a router without need for a cloud account</title><text>Hi friends,&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m shopping a router and from what I read in the reviews, ALL mid-end family routers (those between $40 and $100) that I see need a cloud account to access the management page. I&amp;#x27;m wondering if there is anything that does not need a cloud account? Thanks~~</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>webstrand</author><text>The Omnia looks really nice. But in their advertising script they claim they have &amp;quot;LTE antennas&amp;quot;, does anyone know what they mean by that claim? I had thought LTE was only a term used by the cellular telecommunications industry.</text></item><item><author>dredmorbius</author><text>Any system capable of running OpenWRT.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openwrt.org&amp;#x2F;supported_devices&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openwrt.org&amp;#x2F;supported_devices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might find &amp;#x2F; inquire about specific devices at the OpenWRT subreddit:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;old.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;openwrt&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;old.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;openwrt&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Turris Omnia is priced above your preferred range, but is effectively a small server and has excellent capabilities.  It runs a specifically-tuned and live-upgradable version of OpenWRT:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.turris.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;omnia&amp;#x2F;overview&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.turris.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;omnia&amp;#x2F;overview&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cassianoleal</author><text>The way they phrased it could be clearer, but what they mean is that you can add an LTE modem and add 2 antennas on top of the regular 3 WiFi ones.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: Please recommend a router without need for a cloud account</title><text>Hi friends,&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m shopping a router and from what I read in the reviews, ALL mid-end family routers (those between $40 and $100) that I see need a cloud account to access the management page. I&amp;#x27;m wondering if there is anything that does not need a cloud account? Thanks~~</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>webstrand</author><text>The Omnia looks really nice. But in their advertising script they claim they have &amp;quot;LTE antennas&amp;quot;, does anyone know what they mean by that claim? I had thought LTE was only a term used by the cellular telecommunications industry.</text></item><item><author>dredmorbius</author><text>Any system capable of running OpenWRT.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openwrt.org&amp;#x2F;supported_devices&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openwrt.org&amp;#x2F;supported_devices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might find &amp;#x2F; inquire about specific devices at the OpenWRT subreddit:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;old.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;openwrt&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;old.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;openwrt&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Turris Omnia is priced above your preferred range, but is effectively a small server and has excellent capabilities.  It runs a specifically-tuned and live-upgradable version of OpenWRT:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.turris.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;omnia&amp;#x2F;overview&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.turris.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;omnia&amp;#x2F;overview&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>FractalParadigm</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s possible they mean exactly what they&amp;#x27;re writing - my ISP has an option (usually part of their business package but can be had for home users by talking to the right person) where you can rent their WiFi modem that includes LTE&amp;#x2F;5G hardware and service as a backup connection in the event the main coax line goes down.</text></comment>