[Mesh] New Supported Hardware Research

[grant]

You are absolutely correct, Matt. The MyNet devices are overdue for
replacement. I like the idea of finding a few newer routers that SudoMesh
recommends/supports. However, I also would like to see firmware and scripts
that are more modular to avoid this kind of "lock-in" and allow for easier
future upgrades.

Also, gonna throw it out there that althea has a pretty good list of router
options.
https://github.com/althea-net/althea-firmware#supported-device-targets
Their firmware has very similar requirements to sudowrt, if you ignore all
the crypto- and incentivized routing stuff :P They also do some interesting
stuff with Wireguard, which I know some sudo folks have expressed
interesting in supporting. Disclaimer: this is in no way a plug for althea,
they just have solid docs.

IMO, GLi.Net's stuff is interesting and not too expensive, for example GL.iNet
GLB1300
<https://www.newegg.com/p/0E6-00RD-00004?item=9SIAFN26U08180&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googlemkp-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googlemkp-pc-_-pla-gl.inet-_-network+-+wireless+routers-_-9SIAFN26U08180&gclid=CjwKCAiAlajvBRB_EiwA4vAqiGMWj5zpmxyzYvCXUY-zjF2J1g38As6wppmmyBqxoeNqbxbIkvVUxRoCdjgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds>
is only ~$90 and could certainly perform all the necessary functions of a
People's Open Node.
The Linksys EA6350
<https://www.newegg.com/linksys-ea6350-ieee-802-11ac-ieee-802-11a-b-g-n/p/N82E16833124530?Description=Linksys%20EA6350v3&cm_re=Linksys_EA6350v3-_-33-124-530-_-Product>
also looks promising as a cost effective N600/N750 replacement.
I like your suggestion of the MikroTik hAP ac lite, MikroTik makes cool
stuff.

-Grant


On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 1:03 PM Matt Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com> wrote:

> From what I understand, Western Digital has dropped their line of My Net
> products, and instead is supporting My Cloud devices. Those will be really
> fun to hack on later on as they get old and cheap (especially for
> distributed networking projects, no?) WD has already stopped offering
> support for the My Net products and have definitely stopped selling them.
> So eventually we will also run out of n600 and n750 stock. Plus, the price
> has gone up to near-MSRP for the n750:
>
> https://camelcamelcamel.com/N750-Dual-Router-Wireless-Accelerate/product/B007KZQM9Q
>
> Following the suggestion from Guifi.net visitors years ago -- to build our
> network to provide a good service experience, we should use new hardware
> (when we can) to get performance boosts from improvements to radio,
> power-management, and standards technologies. It seems like we may want to
> find the next router to support, and I'm curious what folks have looked at
> lately!
>
> It seems the search may be for affordable, good quality,
> dual-band/dual-radio routers that are openwrt-compatible. Plus, devices
> that support new technologies like 802.11ac (Wave 2?) and 10/100/1000 MBPS
> wan/lan ports (more easily take advantage of fiber services from Sonic.net
> / Cruzio / etc). Interestingly, we may also find affordable options from
> brands like MikroTik that seem to have more US distribution than before if
> I recall correctly.
>
> Here's  my short list from quick research, lmk what you think:
>
>    - Netgear R6220
>    https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R6220.aspx
>    - TP-Link Archer C7
>    https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-c7/
>    - MikroTik hAP ac lite https://mikrotik.com/product/RB952Ui-5ac2nD
>
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