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Yet more hardware junking up the world for people who can't configure software. Got to wonder how rigorously people who install umpteen of these sorts of device

by ris 8y ago

Yet more hardware junking up the world for people who can't configure software. Got to wonder how rigorously people who install umpteen of these sorts of devices around their home maintain them.

llukas 8y ago
Please share how do you configure standard android phone or smart devices (TV) phoning home.
- snazz 8y ago
  Maybe the GP means that you can run a DNS server on your router? Most people own very locked-down consumer routers, however, so this is rarely an option. Speaking of that, does anyone know of a router that lets you run any operating system (I was thinking OpenBSD) but with better energy usage than a full computer?
  - jinnko 8y ago
    Have a look at OpenWRT
    - mutt2016 8y ago
      Mofirouter ships with it from factory..
  - agurk 8y ago
    By router I assume you mean WiFi AP, firewall and router. I run pfSense on an Intel box I got from AliExpress (i5-6200U, 8GB ram) as my firewall and use its 6x Ethernet ports for basic routing. Despite having a decently powered spec, in operation it takes 8-9W power. Searching AliExpress for pfSense returns lots of options, many will have lower consumption. For WiFi I have a tp-link AP (EAP-225) that takes about 3W. This is a bit more than an all-in-one consumer unit (the one I replaced was a couple of watts), but I'm very happy with its power consumption.
  - nocturnial 8y ago
    You can try openwrt: https://openwrt.org/ https://openwrt.org/ You can install several packages including adblock and cryptdns-proxy. Here's a list of supported routers: https://openwrt.org/toh/start https://openwrt.org/toh/start
  - gordo4 8y ago
    PCEngines APU
  - mkup 8y ago
    I have a positive experience with Turris Omnia. It doesn't run OpenBSD, but it runs OpenWRT-based TurrisOS, and also supports LXC containers (generic ARM-based Linux distros like Debian, Ubuntu etc). By the way, it's possible to install PiHole inside such a container. Besides that, it has builtin WiFi (2.4 and 5 GHz radios) and a plenty of hardware resources (2 Gb RAM, powerful CPU).

by ris 8y ago

Yet more hardware junking up the world for people who can't configure software. Got to wonder how rigorously people who install umpteen of these sorts of devices around their home maintain them.

llukas 8y ago

Please share how do you configure standard android phone or smart devices (TV) phoning home.

snazz 8y ago
Maybe the GP means that you can run a DNS server on your router? Most people own very locked-down consumer routers, however, so this is rarely an option. Speaking of that, does anyone know of a router that lets you run any operating system (I was thinking OpenBSD) but with better energy usage than a full computer?
- jinnko 8y ago
  Have a look at OpenWRT
  - mutt2016 8y ago
    Mofirouter ships with it from factory..
- agurk 8y ago
  By router I assume you mean WiFi AP, firewall and router. I run pfSense on an Intel box I got from AliExpress (i5-6200U, 8GB ram) as my firewall and use its 6x Ethernet ports for basic routing. Despite having a decently powered spec, in operation it takes 8-9W power. Searching AliExpress for pfSense returns lots of options, many will have lower consumption. For WiFi I have a tp-link AP (EAP-225) that takes about 3W. This is a bit more than an all-in-one consumer unit (the one I replaced was a couple of watts), but I'm very happy with its power consumption.
- nocturnial 8y ago
  You can try openwrt: https://openwrt.org/ https://openwrt.org/ You can install several packages including adblock and cryptdns-proxy. Here's a list of supported routers: https://openwrt.org/toh/start https://openwrt.org/toh/start
- gordo4 8y ago
  PCEngines APU
- mkup 8y ago
  I have a positive experience with Turris Omnia. It doesn't run OpenBSD, but it runs OpenWRT-based TurrisOS, and also supports LXC containers (generic ARM-based Linux distros like Debian, Ubuntu etc). By the way, it's possible to install PiHole inside such a container. Besides that, it has builtin WiFi (2.4 and 5 GHz radios) and a plenty of hardware resources (2 Gb RAM, powerful CPU).