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>Also, this is a device that absolutely does not need to be running Linux; its functionality would probably be achievable with an 8-bit microcontroller and WiFi
by noonespecial 12y ago
>Also, this is a device that absolutely does not need to be running Linux; its functionality would probably be achievable with an 8-bit microcontroller and WiFi module, running none or maybe a minimal realtime OS.
This would make it much mode expensive. They just took a router that they already had and added a relay to a gpio pin. The actual cost of the hardware is probably the same. Re-engineering from the ground up? It should be done but the likes of D-Link aren't going to do it.