• Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    25 days ago

    I’m not sold.

    Only two Ethernet ports. No SFP. Only available on AliExpress. Dishonestly marketed as the “first router designed specifically for OpenWRT”.

    Perhaps they are the first to make a router for OpenWRT the FOSS project, but certainly not the first to make one specifically for compatibility with the OpenWRT the Linux-based OS.

    CZ.NIC (Czech Republic) makes several fully open-source routers under the “Turris” brand that run their own open-source variant of OpenWRT called “Turris OS”. It’s basically just an Open-WRT based distro with a custom frontend + root ssh and LuCI, and you can go vanilla if you want to.

    GL.iNet (China) makes dozens of routers all designed for OpenWRT. They come standard with a custom install that includes a custom frontend and a handful of integrations, but you’ve gotta root ssh and LuCI, and you can go vanilla.

    There are probably more out there. I think GlobalScale makes a few also, once on Kickstarter.

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      25 days ago

      This is link to CZ.NIC’s Turris offerings.

      They ship to “many countries” besides Czech republic, according to their page.

      The router itself is quite expensive at around 400 euros for the wifi model.

      In case it is not obvious, they are primarily Czech domain registrar.