▲ 855 ▼ Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's Open source hardware too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Whilst that's a nice slogan, in Electronics "open source" doesn't mean anywhere as much as it does in Software because it's generally just knowing which components go into the circuit, which is but a fraction of the work (laying out the board is a massive chunk of work, in some cases most of it, and at high enough clock speeds circuit design is an art in itself). Mind you, I like the Orange Pi and Banana Pi guys, and the idea of an SBC designed for being an open source router is pretty appealing, though nowadays maybe pfSense would be a better choice than OpenWrt. Finally this thing having only 2 ethernet ports + WiFi makes it little more than a regular $70+ SBC board + a box - something easy enough to put together by any technically inclined person - which isn't exactly exciting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Open hardware (by oshwa definition) would include the board layout permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) pfSense would be a better choice than OpenWrt I heard pfSense had a hard time with wireless radios, and that's where OpenWrt shines comparably. Is that not true? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yes, FreeBSD doesn't handle many wireless cards. Same applies to OPNsense, my preferred version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Whilst that's a nice slogan, in Electronics "open source" doesn't mean anywhere as much as it does in Software because it's generally just knowing which components go into the circuit, which is but a fraction of the work (laying out the board is a massive chunk of work, in some cases most of it, and at high enough clock speeds circuit design is an art in itself). Mind you, I like the Orange Pi and Banana Pi guys, and the idea of an SBC designed for being an open source router is pretty appealing, though nowadays maybe pfSense would be a better choice than OpenWrt. Finally this thing having only 2 ethernet ports + WiFi makes it little more than a regular $70+ SBC board + a box - something easy enough to put together by any technically inclined person - which isn't exactly exciting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Open hardware (by oshwa definition) would include the board layout permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) pfSense would be a better choice than OpenWrt I heard pfSense had a hard time with wireless radios, and that's where OpenWrt shines comparably. Is that not true? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yes, FreeBSD doesn't handle many wireless cards. Same applies to OPNsense, my preferred version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Open hardware (by oshwa definition) would include the board layout permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) pfSense would be a better choice than OpenWrt I heard pfSense had a hard time with wireless radios, and that's where OpenWrt shines comparably. Is that not true? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yes, FreeBSD doesn't handle many wireless cards. Same applies to OPNsense, my preferred version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yes, FreeBSD doesn't handle many wireless cards. Same applies to OPNsense, my preferred version. permalink fedilink source parent