(But if you don’t mind my asking, what machine did you end up with from CN? How did you approach firmware?)
Comment on Router Hardware: How Much Paranoia is Too Much?
libretech@reddthat.com 3 days agoYes, I’m US-based, and you make a great point that it’s not as though US brands are inherently trustworthy either. That’s why I’m leaning towards an open source (or as open source as possible) firmware, with the understanding that we’re stuck with some proprietary blobs at the moment. I suppose I am thinking about it more from a harm reduction lens versus trying to find a bullet-proof solution.
libretech@reddthat.com 3 days ago
trewq@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Firmware wise? Both are on stock firmware.
Im using hunsn 1u as primary router, i bought it almost two years ago (late apr23). It is running opnsense on proxmox. I initially had problems with opnsense crashing every day. It is stable now eve since i unchecked the memory ballooning option.
Backup is anyrevo mini pc with same coun of LAN ports. If i want to make significant changes i do the changes here.
libretech@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Thanks so much! I’d seen Hunsn mentioned in a few places as well, so glad to hear that it’s working well (and thanks especially for the memory ballooning tip, I’ll try to remember that when I inevitably run into issues later).
trewq@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Right now all we can do is reduce dependencies on proprietary blobs.
It’s extremely difficult, if not impossible, to buy hardware without proprietary blobs here.