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When considering the total time spent, yes. However, I had previously run dnsmasq instead of the default kresd so that the Omnia would resolve hostnames in my

by secure 8y ago

When considering the total time spent, yes. However, I had previously run dnsmasq instead of the default kresd so that the Omnia would resolve hostnames in my local network from DHCP leases, and it was such a pain! Updates would frequently break the dnsmasq setup, so I was glad when they finally integrated DHCP lease-based name resolution in the Omnia. For me, running custom software on the Omnia is a frustrating experience. Working on router7 was a pleasant experience. Lastly, from my experience with gokrazy.org, I expect the total maintenance/debugging time for the router to be really low, and not in C and obscure build systems, but in Go, about which you can read my thoughts at https://michael.stapelberg.de/posts/2017-08-19-golang_favorite/ https://michael.stapelberg.de/posts/2017-08-19-golang_favori... :)

voltagex_ 8y ago
I struggled with the auto updates on the Omnia as well. I wish they'd upstreamed their code so I could run vanilla OpenWRT. I'd say the Turris Omnia will slowly die in favour of the Mox [1] so it's probably a good time to jump. 1: https://mox.turris.cz/en/overview/ https://mox.turris.cz/en/overview/
iforgotpassword 8y ago
> Updates would frequently break the dnsmasq setup That's surprising to hear. Dnsmasq has been my go-to solution for almost 10 years. Dhcp hostnames via DNS just works out of the box. I have two subnets at home, serving dhcp 4/6 on both. The only thing that was a pain (mostly because I had to understand it first) was setting up dhclient6 for prefix delegation and get hooks in place so the dnsmasq config would be updated when the prefix changes, but even that addition already survived a dist-upgrade already. But should that stuff crash and burn next time I dist-upgrade I might take a look at router7, even though I personally really dislike go, but along as I don't have to write code in it I'm fine. Considering how happy I'm with i3 I'm pretty sure you did a good job here too. :)
- secure 8y ago
  I’m not saying that dnsmasq itself broke (though I have seen my fair share of weird effects with dnsmasq itself, too), but the _dnsmasq setup_. On the Omnia, you need to somehow get the default kresd resolver out of the way, or make it forward queries to dnsmasq. Either option was frequently overwritten by an update, effectively breaking the setup. And thanks for the praise, but if Go is not your thing, maybe this is not the best project for you :).

by secure 8y ago

voltagex_ 8y ago

I struggled with the auto updates on the Omnia as well. I wish they'd upstreamed their code so I could run vanilla OpenWRT. I'd say the Turris Omnia will slowly die in favour of the Mox [1] so it's probably a good time to jump. 1: https://mox.turris.cz/en/overview/ https://mox.turris.cz/en/overview/

iforgotpassword 8y ago

> Updates would frequently break the dnsmasq setup That's surprising to hear. Dnsmasq has been my go-to solution for almost 10 years. Dhcp hostnames via DNS just works out of the box. I have two subnets at home, serving dhcp 4/6 on both. The only thing that was a pain (mostly because I had to understand it first) was setting up dhclient6 for prefix delegation and get hooks in place so the dnsmasq config would be updated when the prefix changes, but even that addition already survived a dist-upgrade already. But should that stuff crash and burn next time I dist-upgrade I might take a look at router7, even though I personally really dislike go, but along as I don't have to write code in it I'm fine. Considering how happy I'm with i3 I'm pretty sure you did a good job here too. :)

secure 8y ago
I’m not saying that dnsmasq itself broke (though I have seen my fair share of weird effects with dnsmasq itself, too), but the _dnsmasq setup_. On the Omnia, you need to somehow get the default kresd resolver out of the way, or make it forward queries to dnsmasq. Either option was frequently overwritten by an update, effectively breaking the setup. And thanks for the praise, but if Go is not your thing, maybe this is not the best project for you :).