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   Kyle Rankin (kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 04:42:47 JST Kyle Rankin

   Software Freedom Conservancy is partnering with OpenWRT (and Banana Pi) to create a wireless router (OpenWRT One) that is focused on right to repair and software freedom.

   I’m interested to see this how this new proactive approach to free-software-backed hardware by SFC pans out compared to FSF’s more passive RYF program.

   https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/nov/29/openwrt-one-wireless-router-now-ships-black-friday/

   #FOSS #RightToRepair

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     Paolo Redaelli (paoloredaelli@mastodon.uno)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 00:14:13 JST Paolo Redaelli

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     • alcinnz

     @kyle
     Thanks. Since many #soho #routers have 4 ports plus one for the uplink I naïvely assumed that they would have picked similar hardware, such as the #bananapi Bpi-wifi6 https://banana-pi.org/web/index.php?topclassid=16&classid=76&id=157&lanstr=en&wap=1
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     Kyle Rankin (kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 00:14:14 JST Kyle Rankin

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     • Paolo Redaelli

     @paoloredaelli @alcinnz I could see even a single port being enough for a home WiFi router uplinked to a proper switch. With two ports (and one supporting 2.5Gb) it could also serve as a general purpose router with one port connected to uplink and the other a switch, if you did happen to have other wired hosts at home.

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     Paolo Redaelli (paoloredaelli@mastodon.uno)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 00:14:15 JST Paolo Redaelli

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     • alcinnz

     @kyle
     Just a serious genuine question: what's the actual use case of a router with only two ports?
     @alcinnz

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     Kyle Rankin (kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 09:54:02 JST Kyle Rankin

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     • alcinnz
     • Paolo Redaelli

     @paoloredaelli @alcinnz My guess is that it was a cost consideration, but I don't have any inside knowledge.