alternatives exist

Posted Apr 27, 2016 22:23 UTC (Wed) by johannbg (guest, #65743)
In reply to: alternatives exist by Cyberax
Parent article: Moglen: How Should the Free Software Movement View the Linux Foundation?

This is the 21 century so you want the Gig model [1] which also has more RAM, faster CPU and a microSD card slot for file storage.

The hex [2] is also fanless ( and cheaper ).

Perhaps LWN writers should just buy one of these devices and do a review on the routerOS that comes with it which should enlighten most individuals that you better of ( time and price wize ) just buying one of those device with routerOS and it's subscriptions rather than wasting your time and effort trying to hack some remotely function network device out of RPI, Odroid or the likes.

1. http://routerboard.com/RB450G ( $59.95 )
2. http://routerboard.com/RB750Gr2 ( $99.00 )

alternatives exist

Posted Apr 27, 2016 22:40 UTC (Wed) by johannbg (guest, #65743) [Link]

I accidental swapped the price points there

Here is an $18 enclosure for the RB450G.

1. http://www.ispsupplies.com/categories/Indoor-Enclosures/M...

alternatives exist

Posted Apr 27, 2016 22:42 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

RouterOS itself is a fine product, but it's a commercial product. You get a basic license with the board and it's good enough for a simple access point and it's also surprisingly easy to lose your license by reflashing the device.

I have several RBs running regular vanilla Debian for MIPS and I've had no problems at all with it. Recovering from a bad installation is also easy, the board's bootloader has built-in netboot support and is accessible through UART, so you just need to set up a DHCP+TFTP to serve recovery image and select it during the boot.

It's pretty much the best router-type device I've ever worked with. Head and shoulders ahead of ARM-based crapware home routers.