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Most people who want a router with open source firmware get one that's compatible with OpenWrt and use that, is there a reason you don't consider that to be usi

by swores 3y ago

Most people who want a router with open source firmware get one that's compatible with OpenWrt and use that, is there a reason you don't consider that to be using open source firmware?

tetris11 3y ago
Router. I'm asking about a modem, or a modem/router combo that every company makes, but doesn't exist in the open hardware world. I love my wrt54gl as much as the next guy, but I hate having two devices to connect to the internet instead of just one.
- moviuro 3y ago
  Search forums local to your country and write documentation on how to use Linux or BSD as a modem. For OpenBSD on Orange France FTTH: https://lafibre.info/remplacer-livebox/remplacer-sa-livebox-par-openbsd-128033-7-2-dual-stack/ https://lafibre.info/remplacer-livebox/remplacer-sa-livebox-... or https://try.popho.be/securing-home2.html https://try.popho.be/securing-home2.html
  - tetris11 3y ago
    That link forever hangs for me :-( The last time I searched for open hardware, even the implementations running Linux on a desktop PC with a caux adapter were not DOCSIS 3.X compatible. The companies that multiplex the signal down the cables keep updating their standards, both a blessing (for speed) and a curse for maintained code
- tapper 3y ago
  wrt54gl in 2024 hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
  - tetris11 3y ago
    Helpful. It's still a champion of customizability and supports most major network modes, meaning you don't need to chuck your old wifi devices away. I still have most of my hardware from a decade ago running, and the WRT54GL serves them all quite well as a repeater.
- Tytonidae 3y ago
  https://openwrt.org/toh/avm/fritz.box.wlan.3370 https://openwrt.org/toh/avm/fritz.box.wlan.3370 VDSL2 Modem with Kernel support. With OpenWRT and mainline Kernel its able to push roughly 100Mbit/s over WAN.
  - tetris11 3y ago
    That's incredible! Looks like an oversight by AVM if they patched it in a later firmware. I wonder if I can find a device not fully upgraded

by swores 3y ago

Most people who want a router with open source firmware get one that's compatible with OpenWrt and use that, is there a reason you don't consider that to be using open source firmware?

tetris11 3y ago

Router. I'm asking about a modem, or a modem/router combo that every company makes, but doesn't exist in the open hardware world. I love my wrt54gl as much as the next guy, but I hate having two devices to connect to the internet instead of just one.

moviuro 3y ago
Search forums local to your country and write documentation on how to use Linux or BSD as a modem. For OpenBSD on Orange France FTTH: https://lafibre.info/remplacer-livebox/remplacer-sa-livebox-par-openbsd-128033-7-2-dual-stack/ https://lafibre.info/remplacer-livebox/remplacer-sa-livebox-... or https://try.popho.be/securing-home2.html https://try.popho.be/securing-home2.html
- tetris11 3y ago
  That link forever hangs for me :-( The last time I searched for open hardware, even the implementations running Linux on a desktop PC with a caux adapter were not DOCSIS 3.X compatible. The companies that multiplex the signal down the cables keep updating their standards, both a blessing (for speed) and a curse for maintained code
tapper 3y ago
wrt54gl in 2024 hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
- tetris11 3y ago
  Helpful. It's still a champion of customizability and supports most major network modes, meaning you don't need to chuck your old wifi devices away. I still have most of my hardware from a decade ago running, and the WRT54GL serves them all quite well as a repeater.
Tytonidae 3y ago
https://openwrt.org/toh/avm/fritz.box.wlan.3370 https://openwrt.org/toh/avm/fritz.box.wlan.3370 VDSL2 Modem with Kernel support. With OpenWRT and mainline Kernel its able to push roughly 100Mbit/s over WAN.
- tetris11 3y ago
  That's incredible! Looks like an oversight by AVM if they patched it in a later firmware. I wonder if I can find a device not fully upgraded