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First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released (sfconservancy.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15774903

No need to circumvent anti-consumer mechanisms and risk bricking. This router is liberated by design.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it really the first? I'd be interested to know why the turris omnia and gl.inet routers don't count.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Also why release a new Gbit router in 2025?

Sure, having only Gbit Ethernet is not a reason to throw away existing hardware for most uses.

However, newly designed hardware, especially when designed with sustainability and long-term use in mind should probably do more than 1Gbit.

As for why Turris Omnia may not count if you want to be sensational: It ships with its own variant of OpenWRT with its own (mis)features. It's similar with gl.inet, probably.

But it's somewhat disingenuous of BPI or SFC to claim primacy here. I am fairly sure that "This is the first wireless Internet router designed and built with your software freedom and right to repair in mind. The OpenWrt One will never be locked down and is forever unbrickable." applies to Turris, and likely to gl.inet as well. You can run upstream OpenWRT on either, likely because the support was contributed by the manufacturer. The devices are designed around the same philosophy of providing a device that serves the user.