Today, we at SFC, along with our OpenWrt member project, announce the production release of the OpenWrt One. 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. This device services your needs as its owner and user. Everyone deserves control of their computing. The OpenWrt One takes a great first step toward bringing software rights to your home: you can control your own network with the software of your choice, and ensure your right to change, modify, and repair it as you like.
    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
      7·
      4 days ago

      That’s the official dev board. You can build a router with that, but most people don’t build their routers up from components.

      GL-iNet definitely predates it though.

      • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        4 days ago

        That’s the official dev board.

        You can buy just the board if you want, but it’s also available as a consumer product: case, power supply, antennas, FCC/EC/RoHS compliance and all.

        GL-iNet definitely predates it though.

        Sure, though so does every compatible router since the 20+ year old Linksys WRT54G predate it. What’s particular about this one is that the OpenWRT team designed it.

        • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Gli-net and others, are built from the ground up explicitly for openwrt. Banana too I think

          The point is, if they are lying in the headline, what else are they lying about?

          • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            Who is this “they”?

            1. Writers often don’t get to choose the headlines. copy editors do.
            2. Whoever the Software Freedom Conservancy is, it is neither the OpenWRT team nor Shenzhen SINOVOIP Co. Ltd.
  • deafboy@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 days ago

    Are there some openwrt based access points with proper client roaming? I use some random off the shelf tplinks as APs, and the connection always drops for a few seconds as I walk through the house. Turns out, I walk around a lot while talking on the phone.

    I’ve been playing with the idea of buying ubiquiti, but that’s quite overpriced, especially considering that the budget option goes 90% of the way for at least 1/10 of the price.

    • Dave.@aussie.zone
      3·
      2 days ago

      You can set up fast roaming (802.11r) which is supported by most mobile clients and gives a much more organised handover between APs. Bit of config tangle but apparently works ok once you get it going.