Re:Linux-Router
by dicknuckle on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @12:27AM
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i didn't realize it, but it seems they provide the bootloader sources which most "open source routers" don't. If they also provide the full board schematics then I would consider them completely open source.
imo it is rude to ask for schematics, the experience in open source hardware is that the only people who use it are the vendors who copy it verbatim and then compete on price, while adding nothing. Even the bootloader is a big ask.
I placed one of these boxes behind my ADSL router to do load-balancing. To use it as an Internet router, you'd instead need to couple it with a modem. A colleague whom I trust recommends Draytek kit but (a) I've not tried it, (b) it's not cheap and (c) I'm just a stranger on the Internet, so read around carefully before splashing out.