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On 5 March 2015 7:24:04 AM AEST, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>Bruce Schultz <brulzki <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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>> On 5 March 2015 1:10:40 AM AEST, James <wireless <at> |
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>tampabay.rr.com> wrote: |
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>>> I'd like to be able to download some open source linux to the |
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>router |
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>>> hardware if updates and pathces are not maintained by the vendor? |
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>>> That way I do not purchase something that is to be abandoned in |
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>>> a few years by the vendor. |
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>> Maybe this would meet your needs? |
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>> https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/ |
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>> There's also this link if you want to run gentoo, although you lose |
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>> the networking performance of the original firmware |
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>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3 |
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>Now this is exactly what I'm looking for; a vendor light weight router |
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>and I can put linux on (preferable gentoo) in case the vendor does |
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>not offer updated images or stay up with patches and such. |
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>Very, Very cool! Do you own one? |
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Yes. Sadly it is still in its box in the cupboard for the past few weeks. |
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>Have you or another tried it? |
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>Have you put gentoo on it? |
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I did plan to, but, you know... time... |
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There's some more info here if you scroll down a few comments |
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281991 |
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>Do you know which dev rooted this hardware and/or wrote the |
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>howto web page you reference above? |
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I thought a wiki should keep page edit history, but I can't find it.... |
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Bruce |
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