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Netgear Launches Open Source-Friendly Wireless Router

Posted by timothy on from the market-linksys-chose-to-mostly-ignore dept.

An anonymous reader submits news of Netgear's release of the "open source Wireless-G Router (model WGR614L), enabling Linux developers and enthusiasts to create firmware for specialized applications, and supported by a dedicated open source community. The router supports the most popular open source firmware; Tomato and DD-WRT are available on WGR614L, making it easier for users to develop a wide variety of applications. The router is targeted at people who want custom firmware on their router without worrying about issues, and enjoy the benefits of having an open source wireless router."

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  1. Re:What's the point of a new wireless-G one? by LordEq · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem is how to use the same "free" radio frequency (2.4 GHz) both for "b/g" and "n" without interferencing

    * SLAP *

    Don't do that.

  2. Re:no USB? by Daimanta · · Score: 4, Funny

    And no monitor included? No printer function either?

    I'm not going to buy this piece of shit.

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  3. Re:I think they already tried this once... by bobbozzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    My dad has a Netgear that looks like that; it constantly overheats and completely drops wifi connections (ethernet works fine).

    Ventilating it and adding some aluminum fins onto the main chip helped only somewhat.

    I wonder, is this new one any better?

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  4. Drop out? by Walzmyn · · Score: 3, Funny
    OK, I'm not a networking guy. (My nerd credientials fall in biology) but does this mean that my linux box would work better with this router?

    Currently the wife's XP laptop will never drop off the wireless. If my Linux laptop is connect they will both drop about once a day. If I turn on my linux desktop which is wired in, the wireless laptops will drop out about once an hour.

    1. Re:Drop out? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      You'll need an additional piece of hardware to iron things out.

      N.B.: I'm not a networking guy either. (My nerd credentials fall in fire-fighting.) I hope that hardware helps though. It invariably does for me. ;-)

  5. Re:What's the point of a new wireless-G one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet they include 801.11n support in the HURD.

  6. Re:What's the point of a new wireless-G one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let him say what he wants.

    Stop interferencing.

  7. Re:What's the point of a new wireless-G one? by Workaphobia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cromulence abounds.

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  8. Re:What's the point of a new wireless-G one? by mrsteveman1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, that was a very fuckusanct thing to say wasn't it...

  9. Re:What's the point of a new wireless-G one? by Workaphobia · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps, but it's at (+4, Simpsons Reference) right now.

    Man: "Well I believe I'll mod that down."
    Kang: "Go ahead. Throw your vote away."

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  10. Re:Problems... by houstonbofh · · Score: 3, Funny

    It always seems that whenever a company releases something open-source they have to make at least one component proprietary. As this allows Open-WRT to be installed on it perhaps it is really open, but just about every device that uses something open-source has something that makes it hard to install something new on it or they don't use a 100% open source OS (examples, N800, EEE PC, TiVo, etc)

    EEE PC? You mean this EEE PC running Ubuntu right here? It can't do that? Hmmm... Well I better stop altering reality then...

  11. Re:What's the point of a new wireless-G one? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

    I provide the WiFi in hotels.

    Oh, YOU'RE the guy.

    Don't let me find you.