On 5 March 2015 7:24:04 AM AEST, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >Bruce Schultz <brulzki <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> >> On 5 March 2015 1:10:40 AM AEST, James <wireless <at> >tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > >>> I'd like to be able to download some open source linux to the >router >>> hardware if updates and pathces are not maintained by the vendor? >>> That way I do not purchase something that is to be abandoned in >>> a few years by the vendor. > >> Maybe this would meet your needs? >> https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/ >> >> There's also this link if you want to run gentoo, although you lose >> the networking performance of the original firmware >> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3 > > >Now this is exactly what I'm looking for; a vendor light weight router >and I can put linux on (preferable gentoo) in case the vendor does >not offer updated images or stay up with patches and such. > >Very, Very cool! Do you own one?
Yes. Sadly it is still in its box in the cupboard for the past few weeks. >Have you or another tried it? >Have you put gentoo on it? I did plan to, but, you know... time... There's some more info here if you scroll down a few comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281991 > >Do you know which dev rooted this hardware and/or wrote the >howto web page you reference above? I thought a wiki should keep page edit history, but I can't find it.... Bruce -- :B
