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This tingled my "so cool, I need it" part of my guts since the crowdsourcing campaign, but the price was able to hold me back. What's your favourite reason/use

by scotu 9y ago

This tingled my "so cool, I need it" part of my guts since the crowdsourcing campaign, but the price was able to hold me back. What's your favourite reason/use why you got one? (I'm assuming we have a couple of people here who got it, but if you didn't and know what you would to with it feel free to answer :D)

vetinari 9y ago
It has two separate, physical wifi cards (one for 2.4 GHz, 2x2, and one for 5 GHz, 3x3) and as a result, the wifi performance is unbelievable. Additionally, I've put mSATA SSD into mine and I'm running CentOS for ARM inside a lxc container. Just for kicks and toys.
chme 9y ago
Pro: - Really near to complete linux mainline support. Meaning newest kernel versions can be used and is future proof. Maybe put normal Debian on it. - Security updates. OpenWRT isn't that strong about this if you don't want to compile yourself. - Quite and energy efficient, because its a home router. - Pretty strong CPU and enough RAM for compiling ARM stuff native. - 3x Mini-PCIe slot for future proof design, customizability and upgradability. Con: - Not ARM64. Devices with 2 GB RAM should be a 64 bit architecture[0]. - Price Next to it, I have a PCEngines APU2[1] board running, that might be a good alternative. Cheaper, Mainline-Linux, x86_64 arch [0] http://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=76912&curpostid=76980 http://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=76912&curpostid... [1] http://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm http://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm
- helb 9y ago
  > Maybe put normal Debian on it Yep, https://github.com/tmshlvck/omnia-debian/wiki https://github.com/tmshlvck/omnia-debian/wiki
  - chme 9y ago
    Yes that is Debian. But I said "normal" and implicitly meant with original debian kernel.
    - helb 9y ago
      That should[0] work, too. Debian has armhf port[1]. But yeah, it's not as easy as dding the image to some flash drive and booting the installer… yet. :) [0] https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/TurrisOmnia https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/TurrisOmnia [1] https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort
doubleplusgood 9y ago
I'd definitely get one just for the WiFi boost and the ability to turn it into a caching accelerator proxy for my guest/honeypot VLANs.
akerro 9y ago
1. Running NAS on it with USB attached '2.5 HDD (exposed by smb) 2. Hardware acceleration for openVPN encryption 3. Raspberry-pi compatible programmable pins for home automation that I do 4. Supporting the only company that delivers opensource hardware and software for it, everything works out of box, good for non-technical users 5. The company still develops new software for the router, every month my router gets new shiny things 6. 2.4Ghz + 5Ghz WiFi 7. SFP + gigabit ethernets for fast data storage 8. OpenWRT out of box + simplified UI for non-technical users 9. SIM card socket for backup Internet connection is case of emergency 10. Ability to attach sound card and camera for in-house security Basically, before getting Omnia I had 4 raspberry pi devices that did the same and had lower performance on openVPN. The only thing I miss is DOCSIS socket.
INTPenis 9y ago
In my case the main reasons for getting it were: * Disposable income * Opensource hardware ideology Buying the Omnia I could get rid of the only closed source network device I had in my home, my old Time Capsule/Wifi router.

by scotu 9y ago

vetinari 9y ago

It has two separate, physical wifi cards (one for 2.4 GHz, 2x2, and one for 5 GHz, 3x3) and as a result, the wifi performance is unbelievable. Additionally, I've put mSATA SSD into mine and I'm running CentOS for ARM inside a lxc container. Just for kicks and toys.

chme 9y ago

Pro: - Really near to complete linux mainline support. Meaning newest kernel versions can be used and is future proof. Maybe put normal Debian on it. - Security updates. OpenWRT isn't that strong about this if you don't want to compile yourself. - Quite and energy efficient, because its a home router. - Pretty strong CPU and enough RAM for compiling ARM stuff native. - 3x Mini-PCIe slot for future proof design, customizability and upgradability. Con: - Not ARM64. Devices with 2 GB RAM should be a 64 bit architecture[0]. - Price Next to it, I have a PCEngines APU2[1] board running, that might be a good alternative. Cheaper, Mainline-Linux, x86_64 arch [0] http://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=76912&curpostid=76980 http://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=76912&curpostid... [1] http://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm http://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm

helb 9y ago
> Maybe put normal Debian on it Yep, https://github.com/tmshlvck/omnia-debian/wiki https://github.com/tmshlvck/omnia-debian/wiki
- chme 9y ago
  Yes that is Debian. But I said "normal" and implicitly meant with original debian kernel.
  - helb 9y ago
    That should[0] work, too. Debian has armhf port[1]. But yeah, it's not as easy as dding the image to some flash drive and booting the installer… yet. :) [0] https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/TurrisOmnia https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/TurrisOmnia [1] https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort

doubleplusgood 9y ago

I'd definitely get one just for the WiFi boost and the ability to turn it into a caching accelerator proxy for my guest/honeypot VLANs.

akerro 9y ago

1. Running NAS on it with USB attached '2.5 HDD (exposed by smb) 2. Hardware acceleration for openVPN encryption 3. Raspberry-pi compatible programmable pins for home automation that I do 4. Supporting the only company that delivers opensource hardware and software for it, everything works out of box, good for non-technical users 5. The company still develops new software for the router, every month my router gets new shiny things 6. 2.4Ghz + 5Ghz WiFi 7. SFP + gigabit ethernets for fast data storage 8. OpenWRT out of box + simplified UI for non-technical users 9. SIM card socket for backup Internet connection is case of emergency 10. Ability to attach sound card and camera for in-house security Basically, before getting Omnia I had 4 raspberry pi devices that did the same and had lower performance on openVPN. The only thing I miss is DOCSIS socket.

INTPenis 9y ago

In my case the main reasons for getting it were: * Disposable income * Opensource hardware ideology Buying the Omnia I could get rid of the only closed source network device I had in my home, my old Time Capsule/Wifi router.