OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released
OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released
Posted Sep 22, 2015 8:09 UTC (Tue) by dlang (guest, #313)In reply to: OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released by mstone_
Parent article: OpenWrt "Chaos Calmer" 15.05 released
your wifi device has a constant speed wired network on one side and a variable speed wireless network on the other side. that takes a lot of smarts to handle (and arguably, nothing currently handles it right)
wifi drivers are a problem, but so are the drivers for the DSL/Cable/Fiber interfaces (you don't think that they are normal ethernet do you?)
Also, since many people don't have any wired devices, why add the additional failure points of having two devices instead of one?
The cost of adding wired router functionality to a wifi device is really low. A stand-alone 5 port switch sells for <$40 retail with the need for a separate case, power supply, stock number packaging, shipping,e tc. how much do you think it costs to add the switch chip and ethernet jacks to a wifi systems? I'll bet it's somewhere in the low single digital $ range, and wouldn't be surprised if it's <$1
