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sudo mesh wants to support a few different types of devices. This page lists the routers we want to support, ordered by approximate priority.
THIS PAGE IS OUTDATED. SEE [[Mesh/Home and extender nodes|Home and extender nodes]] instead.


= First milestone =


Our first hardware support milestone includes the following devices.
sudo mesh supports only a few routers for use as home nodes but supports a bunch more for use as extender nodes.  
 


== Ubiquiti Picostation 2 HP ==
== Ubiquiti Picostation 2 HP ==
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*Ethernet ports: 5 non-PoE
*Ethernet ports: 5 non-PoE
*USB ports: 1
*USB ports: 1
=== TP-Link TL-WDR3500 ===
This was recommended by the Guifi net people who visited on August 28th 2014. It's basically a Western Digital N600 with two large'ish external omni antennas. The case is a bit physically larger. Unfortunately it's $42.


= Second milestone =
= Second milestone =
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= Fourth milestone =  
= Fourth milestone =  


Support an open hardware router (does not yet exist, though a Beagle Bone Black with an Atheros Chipset is probably as close as we're likely to get soon).
Support an open hardware router (does not yet exist, though a [[Beagle Bone Black]] with an Atheros Chipset is probably as close as we're likely to get soon).


= Fifth milesone =
= Fifth milesone =


Support an even more open hardware router, possibly with everything implemented with FPGAs and DACs. Possibly not even limited to the wifi standard.
Support an even more open hardware router, possibly with everything implemented with FPGAs and DACs. Possibly not even limited to the wifi standard.

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