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Raspberry Pi Becomes Secure VPN Router https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/raspberry-pi-becomes-secure-vpn-router/ #NetworkHacks #raspberrypi #smartphone #Wireguard #security #openwrt #router #vpn

Getting Root on Cheap WiFi Repeaters, the Long Way Around https://hackaday.com/2024/09/05/getting-root-on-cheap-wifi-repeaters-the-long-way-around/ #remotecodeexecution #ReverseEngineering #NetworkHacks #wifirepeater #openwrt #linux #curl #uart #CVE #RCE #ssh

DEC’s LAN Bridge 100: The Invention of the Network Bridge https://hackaday.com/2024/08/27/decs-lan-bridge-100-the-invention-of-the-network-bridge/ #ethernetbridge #NetworkHacks #ethernet #History

Portable Router Build: Finding An LTE Modem https://hackaday.com/2024/08/19/portable-router-build-finding-an-lte-modem/ #HackadayColumns #NetworkHacks #network #router #diy

A Really Low Level Guide To Doing Ethernet on an FPGA https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/a-really-low-level-guide-to-doing-ethernet-on-an-fpga/ #NetworkHacks #networking #ethernet #network #FPGA #fpga

Portable Router Build: Picking Your CPU https://hackaday.com/2024/08/13/portable-router-build-picking-your-cpu/ #HackadayColumns #NetworkHacks #network #router #diy

Hacking Airline WiFi the Hard Way https://hackaday.com/2024/07/10/hacking-airline-wifi-the-hard-way/ #in-flightinternet #NetworkHacks

A Cute Sentry Scans Your Net for Scullduggery https://hackaday.com/2024/07/04/a-cute-sentry-scans-your-net-for-scullduggery/ #SecurityHacks #NetworkHacks #tamagotchi #security #ESP8266 #network #wifi

Modeling Network Latency https://hackaday.com/2024/01/17/modeling-network-latency/ #variablelatency #NetworkHacks #self-hosted #speedbump #waveform #latency #network #docker #proxy #TCP

$50 10Gbps Mesh Network uses USB4 https://hackaday.com/2024/01/16/50-10gbps-mesh-network-uses-usb4/ #NetworkHacks #Thunderbolt #10GBASE-T #10gbps #usb4

Remembering ISDN https://hackaday.com/2024/01/15/remembering-isdn/ #NetworkHacks #PhoneHacks #ISDN #T1

OpenWRT to Mark 20 Years with Reference Hardware https://hackaday.com/2024/01/13/openwrt-to-mark-20-years-with-reference-hardware/ #NetworkHacks #openwrt #linux #SBC

OpenWRT to Mark 20 Years with Reference Hardware

The OpenWRT project is now two decades old. The project has come a long way since Linksys was forced to release the GNU-licensed code for the original WRT54G router from which the project takes its name. They've marked the occasion in an interesting manner: by proposing that the plethora of devices supported by the OS be joined by a fully upstream-supported reference hardware platform.

https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/router_unknown.pngSpec-wise it's what you would expect for a hackable router platform in 2024. A MediaTek chipset can be found at its centre, but the hardware is not in this case the important bit. Here will be a platform that won't have to rely on proprietary manufacturer BLOBs, and which will thus likely continue to have up-to-date kernel support long into the future. So many enticing SBCs fall in this regard, and many retain ossified kernel versions after their manufacturers tire of them as a result.

It appears that the future of this project will be subject to an OpenWRT community vote, and we sincerely hope that it will come to fruition. Meanwhile, we couldn't resist a peek at the status of the router that started it all, by our reckoning the original WRT54G was last supported by the OS over a decade ago.

#networkhacks #linux #openwrt #sbc