Bruce Schultz <brulzki <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > On 5 March 2015 1:10:40 AM AEST, James <wireless <at> 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? Have you or another tried it? Have you put gentoo on it? Do you know which dev rooted this hardware and/or wrote the howto web page you reference above? James
