Just built a custom #OpenWRT image with CONFIG_DROPBEAR_MODERN_ONLY=y. As a result, the only offered cipher is [email protected]. I thought there was an issue with ChaCha20-Poly1305… So, does “modern” mean vulnerable to Terrapin Attack?
Hey, OpenWrt!
Markus Stubbig legt mit seinem Buch eine der wenigen deutschsprachigen Dokumentationen zu OpenWrt vor, dem von Netzwerkenthusiasten geschätzten Router-Linux.
Raspberry-Pi-Projekte fürs Netz – NAS, Cloud & Router selbst gebaut | c’t uplink
Der Raspberry Pi eignet sich für vieles: Opencloud-Host, Selbstbau-NAS oder als OpenWRT-Router. Die Vorteile davon und wie das geht, erklären wir in c’t uplink.
Someone on another Lemmy instance raised the question of whether an old wifi router could make a usable server of some sort, specifically a decade-old Google AC-1304. Since I happened to have a couple hanging around, I decided to give it a try. ...
K3can Ah yeah .. so that was a typo .. meant to say R4 - I have an R3 as well and am in the same position - (well without the technical capability to actually move things on.. I'm completely new to #proxmox and struggling a bit to even work out routing properly) . I actually have two - I just got a second one for a second location that I run a VPN to. But I'm still suck on things like properly flashing #Openwrt (should it be in NAND or NOR?? ) - so in the meantime I have a couple of Dell Micros that I have proxmox on to run random VMs to try out things.
heise+ | Wie man einen Raspi als OpenWrt-Router für mehrere Netze konfiguriert
Sie haben noch einen Raspi über? Nutzen Sie ihn doch als Router, um Ihr Netz aufzutrennen: Gäste, Kinder, IoT-Geräte und Büro erhalten so jeder ein Séparée.
I have a Pixel 8.... a PC with Linux Mint. How do I learn to "self host". Mainly for photo storage backup. Where do I start? I know nothing, absolutely nothing
Hawk
Toasted_Breakfast I get where the thought is coming from - Playing around with a cheap #OpenWRT router can be a way of getting an idea of routing and networking. - They have a gui and config files you can edit directly. You can figure out things like a #firewall#portforwarding - That kind of thing.
What if you could buy off the shelf a box based on #opensource software and hardware that you could plug into your internet connection. You could connect to via Wifi and it would allow an average person to fairly easily configure, via a guided setup, a self hosted Cloud Drive, Social Media server, home automation service, VPN ...
lemmefixdat4u Oh yeah .. Indeed the #minipc form factor is definately driving this (along with the Router forum factor devices based on #ARM) - Of course the form factor is kind of irrelevant - I think the key is that its something that you can replace your ISP provided router with - Giving it direct internet connection. All the building blocks seem to be there but maybe just aren't quite there yet. #homeassistant are definately doing things on the #homeautomation device - linking software and hardware, so are #Openwrt with #OpenwrtOne - but the three spheres - Home Automation, Router and Home Server don't seem to have come together completely yet.
I've also seen that people are building solutions that are a mix of #Proxmox, #Openwrt and some of the solutions above to bring things together on a single server - But that's definately a level of complexity that is beyond almost everyone at the moment (but is perhaps moving the concept in the right direction.
One thing that I am going to do is take a look what guided tools exist for #Openwrt - Its not something that I ever looked at before but - I think that's a micro example of what would be required to eventually deliver something like this - If users could plug a stock version of Openwrt in and be guided through setting it up to run on their internet connection that would be a step - soft of like how work with #Thunderbird to make setting up an email address in the application just as easy as possible encourages people to use it.
ICYMI, Joe Menn had a good scoop this week about how the US govt is getting set to ban TP-Link devices from being sold in the United States. If that happens, a whole lot of small businesses will probably need to find new networking gear. I have never trusted TP-Link devices and have repeatedly warned readers away from them. They have a history of flooding the market with massively underpriced hardware, and this is a market where generally speaking the cheapest means the most hackable. Here's one reply I sent to a reader in 2023 who inquired about finding what appeared to be an undocumented cloud login page.
"I realize that NYT and others constantly recommend TPLink b/c of the features vs price point, but I would stay away from this brand, and any that force you to register "in the cloud" before you can use them as local networking devices. You do not want your router to do anything except when you tell it do so, and to my mind all this cloud business being attached to network storage and local network things is troubling."
"If you are at all confident around computers, I'd recommend getting something like a high-end ASUS router and then installing an open source firmware on it, like Tomato or something. Because the default software that is on most routers is complete garbage, and often turns on a lot of stuff you really don't want turned on, or has other stupid default settings. If updating your new $160 router w/ third party firmware that could brick it if you screw it up is too much, then just stick with a Netgear router and make sure you check for firmware updates periodically."
@briankrebs
I could not in good conscience recommend Netgear at this point, both in terms of hardware longevity and security track record. #OpenWRT is a good pick on devices that support it or come natively with it like @turris. If open source is not a priority but networking flexibility is, then
@mikrotik are fairly impossible to beat in terms of features-per-pricepoint (and support old hardware with #RouterOS for basically forever). None of these require cloud registration, of course.
I'm alive btw!! today I finished configuring my home network everything on #openwrt and new cudy router. It was quite fun :blobcatsipsmile: I'll need to get access points tho :blobawkward:
3 wieczory walki z OpenWRT na popierdółkowatym domowym routerku, ale się udało. Jakie mam wnioski?
Jeśli chcesz po prostu postawić w domu sieć z WiFi, to nie jest to takie straszne. Czytaj instrukcje na stronie i pójdzie dobrze, relatywnie najtrudniejsze jest wyrzucenie fabrycznego oprogramowania z routera i zastąpienie go pakietem OpenWRT (ale jeśli z informatyki znasz coś więcej niż MS Office, to nie będzie problemu).
Jeśli chcesz więcej albo masz skomplikowaną sytuację, tak jak ja (niekonfigurowalny modemo-router od kablówki, której dział pomocy technicznej to banda zjebanych bakłażanów, na którym musisz skonfigurować jeszcze wirtualny LAN żeby jeden komputer w sieci mógł omijać ustawienia wewnętrzne, bo ma przypisane stałe IP), to szykuj się na przejazd przez tor przeszkód. Dokumentacja na stronie jest rozległa, ale średnio aktualna, GUI w OpenWRT czasem słabo współpracuje z instalatorem pakietów, więc zawczasu doucz się o logowaniu przez SSH, pracy z konsolą Linuxa i przygotuj się na kilkanaście resetów do ustawień fabrycznych. Zdecydowanie nie jest to "out of the box" i dla ludzi pod presją czasu.
Ale jak już postawiłem, to wszysko lata z prędkością pięciu kilo jabłek od grabarza, i nawet dało się podłączyć dysk przez Sambę, choć pisali, że na takim słabym sprzęcie, jak ja mam, będą problemy. #linux#foss#OpenWRT
@xahteiwi I was getting ready to switch to a more expensive internet plan, but on a whim I decided to stick a cheap OpenWRT box in front of the ISP's router... I have no idea what it did but I can stream video again. So thankful that all this just works and was intuitive enough to let me figure it out.
And LineageOS is keeping my poor Pixel 3a limping along on latest Android, super impressive.
Running GoToSocial on an old wifi router
Someone on another Lemmy instance raised the question of whether an old wifi router could make a usable server of some sort, specifically a decade-old Google AC-1304. Since I happened to have a couple hanging around, I decided to give it a try. ...
Where do I even start?
I have a Pixel 8.... a PC with Linux Mint. How do I learn to "self host". Mainly for photo storage backup. Where do I start? I know nothing, absolutely nothing
My Dream of a Home Router / Server
What if you could buy off the shelf a box based on #opensource software and hardware that you could plug into your internet connection. You could connect to via Wifi and it would allow an average person to fairly easily configure, via a guided setup, a self hosted Cloud Drive, Social Media server, home automation service, VPN ...
Getting Started with Proxmox
Hello everyone, ...