The Grumpy Editor's Tomato review [LWN.net]

The Grumpy Editor's Tomato review

Posted Jan 12, 2010 7:41 UTC (Tue) by cmot (subscriber, #53097)
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's Tomato review

D-Link markets its DAP-1160 access point/router (no DSL) as "Open Source
Access Point" explicitly. There is some kind of source download, but
since it does what we need it for with the default firmware, I haven't
investigated if it's actually usable to build a customized firmware or if
there are free firmware replacements. Anybody has done so?

And, a bit OT, another piece of hardware which deserves a plug (I just
bought one, I don't work there or anything) because the manufacturer not
only tolerates FOSS firmware replacements, possibly even after a threats
etc., but actively encourages it: QNAP's storage appliances. The default
firmwares are nice, but of course I just had to run Debian on mine... :-)

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The Grumpy Editor's Tomato review

Posted Jan 12, 2010 22:42 UTC (Tue) by Chousuke (subscriber, #54562) [Link]

Heh, I just bought a QNAP TS-210 the other day. It hasn't arrived yet, so I can't say if I like it or not, but Debian was the feature that made me decide on it, ultimately.

The default firmware may well be good enough for me, but it's reassuring to know that I can use Debian should QNAP's own software prove insufficient.