Linksys 1200AC, an inexpensive, open-source 802.11ac Wi-Fi router
"The dual 2.4 and 5GHz band AC1200 router is powered by an ARM 1.3GHz Dual-Core Processor. This is backed by 128MB of Flash memory, 512MB DDR3 RAM. A Belkin product manager said that the memory can be upgraded. It also comes with eSATA/USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, four Gigabit Ethernet ports and a Gigabit WAN port." Daaayum http://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2015-linksys-1200ac-an-inexpensive-open-sou... -- Thomas Milne
On 8 January 2015 at 01:57, Thomas Milne <thomas.bruce.milne@gmail.com> wrote:
"The dual 2.4 and 5GHz band AC1200 router is powered by an ARM 1.3GHz Dual-Core Processor. This is backed by 128MB of Flash memory, 512MB DDR3 RAM. A Belkin product manager said that the memory can be upgraded. It also comes with eSATA/USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, four Gigabit Ethernet ports and a Gigabit WAN port."
Daaayum
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2015-linksys-1200ac-an-inexpensive-open-sou...
The 1900AC was a rolling disaster (although this article claims it's all sorted now, and a look at the OpenWRT documentation seems to concur): I'd definitely take this with a grain of salt and let someone else break the ground on it. Linksys wanted to regain the popularity they had with the WRT54G, but bungled both the initial release and the price point. Let's hope this is better. And I admit the price is better, the amount of memory is pretty huge and eSATA/USB3 are a nice addition. It's unlikely I'd be buying: I just purchased the previously mentioned TP-Link - which is available now and known to work (which I like better than "is promised to work," like the wrt1200ac). -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 08:27:41AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
It's also ugly. ;-)
Do you prefer the style Asus is using: http://www.asus.com/ca-en/Networking/RTAC66U/ -- Len Sorensen
On 01/08/2015 10:33 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 08:27:41AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
It's also ugly. ;-) Do you prefer the style Asus is using:
For some reason some companies come up with ugly designs (The Chrysler PT Crusier being one). I recently had a Hitron cable modem that I wanted to hide in the closet, it was so ugly. I have an old WRT54G here and it looks a lot better than the newer models. I guess the designers are watching too much sci-fi. ;-) As much as I support open source, I wouldn't give these devices shelf space.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:42 AM, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2015 10:33 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 08:27:41AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
It's also ugly. ;-) Do you prefer the style Asus is using:
For some reason some companies come up with ugly designs (The Chrysler PT Crusier being one). I recently had a Hitron cable modem that I wanted to hide in the closet, it was so ugly. I have an old WRT54G here and it looks a lot better than the newer models. I guess the designers are watching too much sci-fi. ;-)
As much as I support open source, I wouldn't give these devices shelf space.
Honestly I've never much cared what something looks like, as long as it works. Maybe cuz people always said I looked weird ;) -- Thomas Milne
On 01/08/2015 11:57 AM, Thomas Milne wrote:
As much as I support open source, I wouldn't give these devices shelf space.
Honestly I've never much cared what something looks like, as long as it works.
Maybe cuz people always said I looked weird ;)
Please stay off my shelf!!! ;-)
On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 01:57:21AM -0500, Thomas Milne wrote:
"The dual 2.4 and 5GHz band AC1200 router is powered by an ARM 1.3GHz Dual-Core Processor. This is backed by 128MB of Flash memory, 512MB DDR3 RAM. A Belkin product manager said that the memory can be upgraded. It also comes with eSATA/USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, four Gigabit Ethernet ports and a Gigabit WAN port."
Daaayum
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2015-linksys-1200ac-an-inexpensive-open-sou...
Best news in the article is that the source for the wifi of it and the 1900ac is now available. Yay. I guess linksys managed to finally get marvell to do the right thing. -- Len Sorensen
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