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Router. I'm asking about a modem, or a modem/router combo that every company makes, but doesn't exist in the open hardware world.

I love my wrt54gl as much as the next guy, but I hate having two devices to connect to the internet instead of just one.



Search forums local to your country and write documentation on how to use Linux or BSD as a modem.

For OpenBSD on Orange France FTTH: https://lafibre.info/remplacer-livebox/remplacer-sa-livebox-... or https://try.popho.be/securing-home2.html


That link forever hangs for me :-(

The last time I searched for open hardware, even the implementations running Linux on a desktop PC with a caux adapter were not DOCSIS 3.X compatible.

The companies that multiplex the signal down the cables keep updating their standards, both a blessing (for speed) and a curse for maintained code


https://openwrt.org/toh/avm/fritz.box.wlan.3370

VDSL2 Modem with Kernel support. With OpenWRT and mainline Kernel its able to push roughly 100Mbit/s over WAN.


That's incredible! Looks like an oversight by AVM if they patched it in a later firmware.

I wonder if I can find a device not fully upgraded


wrt54gl in 2024 hahahahahahahahahahahahaha


Helpful. It's still a champion of customizability and supports most major network modes, meaning you don't need to chuck your old wifi devices away. I still have most of my hardware from a decade ago running, and the WRT54GL serves them all quite well as a repeater.




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