From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E77F138CA3 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2015 01:14:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54FB2E0922; Thu, 5 Mar 2015 01:13:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f43.google.com (mail-pa0-f43.google.com [209.85.220.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CDE2E083E for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2015 01:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by padfb1 with SMTP id fb1so28862380pad.7 for ; Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:13:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:subject:from:date:to :message-id; bh=vG7Ih7WDgEuuXsy8I3cM51RD7RSiqyQoMZvI+YFiwwI=; b=WEsWJw4W2r7XWOov/L50fTy5rqzEswfOxkoPMbnUDNZUErrIYrhr1qAowVmOFStETZ DZzhjO8j5QIGqwvptkAhxlUyt5xRjtC4RfThv0hbL3QbnKi+EExXiFUTySzTtiKtXtLj M4Y52jIxy4+Ylh3zuz+JSIjHX8C0W78kroMhPNhfOtHdmJpSXSc4bA85MvqkdIEM+KB2 Wiy9z1wK1jdjpeBLKrXSs6IJDCApL3BMsH2tHVSkoWGENJORa6MxrjduW6hf+jal4pYp ura4FRilj7jeUWkzfro1IqFD465jQI+6Oeq3/84C+XdKyBcm3/t0ARO9dsqqRPLP0Kih lGig== X-Received: by 10.70.128.15 with SMTP id nk15mr10925309pdb.121.1425518035368; Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:13:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.9.84.202] (pa49-181-37-83.pa.nsw.optusnet.com.au. [49.181.37.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id y2sm5199705pdm.31.2015.03.04.17.13.53 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:13:54 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <0C1911BB-D14A-4030-84E9-BD9AB5E33087@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new linux router From: Bruce Schultz Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:12:06 +1000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org,James Message-ID: <5FF6E7DA-9314-4B78-9076-BCB83DAA2347@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: aa019f7f-3f58-4c92-ad77-d0336bdb09ea X-Archives-Hash: 3029cdada9d1b872d838039d115c5a19 On 5 March 2015 7:24:04 AM AEST, James wrote: >Bruce Schultz gmail.com> writes: > >> >> >> On 5 March 2015 1:10:40 AM AEST, James >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