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The obvious problem with in-home edge compute like that is the shittyness of router implementations, combined with the shitty software out there, combined with
by kodablah 8y ago
The obvious problem with in-home edge compute like that is the shittyness of router implementations, combined with the shitty software out there, combined with the lack of common interfacing with the router by a human just begs to open up a world of devices to botnets. Needs to be interfaced with by humans regularly.
- hathawsh 8y agoRight. Whoever does this needs to be competent at building a safe, stable, and usable router OS.
- zozbot123 8y agoOpenWRT/LEDE is a thing. But don't expect cheap home routers to be able to run useful services-- the cheapest hardware is truly bottom-of-the-barrel, even OpenWRT had to drop support for lots of devices.
- sliken 8y agoUbiquiti makes decent hardware, and now has an upgrade to go from their flavor of linux to debian stretch. I wonder if Ubiquiti would consider selling a "developer" module of the Edgeroute-X or similar with more ram. Or maybe look for a raspberry pi clone with dual ethernet (not connected by USB). Add a 128GB microsd for $20-$25 to have some room for video, photos, email, chat logs, etc.