OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released [LWN.net]

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 11, 2015 17:40 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released by michel
Parent article: OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

NetGear now markets a line of routers specifically designed for OpenSource. They work perfectly fine, in my experience.

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OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 11, 2015 18:56 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link] (5 responses)

which line are you thinking of?

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 12, 2015 2:57 UTC (Sat) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (4 responses)

I don't know if they were designed for it, but the wndr line (specifically those which cerowrt supports due to having free firmware as well) work wonderfully. Just updated mine (3700v2) today.

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 13, 2015 22:14 UTC (Sun) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link] (3 responses)

That line works well, but is rather old now.

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 17, 2015 16:30 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link] (2 responses)

Did you mean "old" as in: "stable and working out of the box perfectly", or something else? :-)

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 17, 2015 20:02 UTC (Thu) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

I define "old" as "not manufactured any longer"

the WNDR3700 was at v4 the last time I looked (a couple years ago), so talking about the v2 even at that time was old. There were a couple years there where none of the wndr3700 devices that were being manufactured were usable with OpenWRT because of the change in flash. That has been fixed in the last year or so (I don't know if it made it in to BB, but it was in the available source for compiling your own image, and is in CC)

If a device cannot be purchased new from the manufacturer, I call it "old"

"Old" devices can still be used, and I'm about to buy 60 "old" devices to support an upcoming conference. But I would not point at them as the first choice, but only as a last chance.

OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released

Posted Sep 18, 2015 19:49 UTC (Fri) by lsl (subscriber, #86508) [Link]

Like dlang wrote, the issue is getting hold of one of those stable and nicely working devices. When I tried to get a 3700v2, I was sent a later version (I think it was a v4) at the first try, even though it was described as v2 when ordering. Thankfully, I got a 3800 in the end, and at a reasonable price. They used to appear on Amazon from time to time but only in low quantities.

So yeah, if you already have one of those, they're super-awesome. But when it's basically impossible to buy them, recommending them to potential buyers is not that useful.