Quantum Fiber with OpenWrt on a GMKtec NucBoxG9

Back in January 2025, I got OpenWrt running on a MikroTik Hex S and detailed the setup process for CenturyLink fiber. Since then a few things have changed. The Backstory The short story for my neck of the woods (Southern Utah) is that originally, we had a local DSL provider named “Qwest”. You can still see random Qwest logos on some of the infrastructure around here. According to Wikipedia↗, in 2010 Qwest merged with CenturyLink. From that point on, CenturyLink has been one of two ISPs in my area and is the only one I’ve ever used. They’re “not great, not terrible” generally speaking. Since I’ve moved back to St. George about 5 years ago, I’ve happily paid for their gigabit fiber and it’s really been quite reliable. I really can’t recall a single outage. Then, as businesses do be doing business, CenturyLink rebranded themselves as “Lumen Technologies” and also rebranded their residential fiber to “Quantum Fiber”. It seems like the only real reason you’d change the name of an…