[ale] Router recommendation(s)

Raylynn Knight seca900rider at gmail.com
Sun Dec 28 20:40:59 EST 2014


I have a few used Routerboards running OpenWrt.  Most of the 7xx and 4xx boards can run OpenWrt.

Ray Knight


> On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:52 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/26/2014 09:20 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> I installed a RouterBoard RB750-GL as my main router. 
> 
> I've replaced working mikotek/routerboards at clients with pfsense boxes to get
> better control over bandwidth management and greater stability under load.
> 
> Still, the routerboards ARE nice, though they had to be called to the carpet to
> get the company to honour the GPL. Looked at the way they distribute the GPL
> parts a few months ago - have to fill out a form and send US$45 for them to
> provide the code, I vaguely recall.  Hopefully there is a mirror of that stuff
> somewhere else by now. Basically almost all of routerOS is GPL software.
> http://www.mikrotik.com/downloadterms.html
> 
> Anyway - getting the GPL code from them just "feels nasty", so not so sure I
> want to give a company like that any money at all. We each have to decide where
> we are on that scale.
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