OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support - Liliputing

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MediaTek Filogic 880 processor
1 x 10 Gigabit SFP port
1 x 5 Gigabit Ethernet port
4 x 2.5 GbE Ethernet port
1 or 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports
WiFi 7 (tri-band)

OpenWrt Two is expected to sell for around $250 when it hits the streets in late 2025

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SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s not bad pricing wise. There’s very very little prosumer gear that’s multi gigabit and it’s all much higher price, or it’s just a PC with several NICs.

If and when we move to hyperfibre this is going to be pretty high up on the list.

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- Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Hyper fiber??? I don’t even have regular fiber here and y’all are moving on to HYPER???
  
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  - themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    For some it’s long overdue. Fiber is soon to be 20 years old at my house.
    
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  - Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I have gigabit (0.7 up) and for 10€ plus (so a total of 40€/month. Just to annoy our American friends ☺️) I can get 10Gb symmetrical. The nerd/geek in me wants it but I just don’t need it
    
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  - LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    My best friend is still on 15Mb/s in central London 💀
    
    I just moved to a new place with full fiber optic and it’s the first place I lived in where that’s a thing.
    
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- pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Hyperfibre sounds like some weight-loss supplement.
  
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  - alltomorrowsregrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    With new HyperFibre I can shit through the eye of a needle at 20 paces!
    
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JaumeI@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

But the first OpenWrt-branded device has only two Ethernet ports, which is an odd choice for a router.

Well, technically it’s the only choice for a router… We are getting so used to the router/switch combo we will forget what exactly is a router. Which is probably good, I guess.

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- grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I mean, technically there’s no reason a router can’t route between more than two networks. For example, I’ve got both fiber and cable Internet (for no real good reason – I ought to cancel one and save some money) and I’ve configured my OpenWRT router to have two different uplinks, reconfiguring one of the four LAN ports to WAN2 instead.
  
  I’ve also got the other ports configured for separate VLANs (walling my untrustworthy Chinese ONVIF cameras off from being able to phone home, for example), but I think that’s technically not “routing” 'cause it’s OSI layer 2.
  
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- catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Routers can run just fine off only one port too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_on_a_stick
  
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  - lengau@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    This takes me back to my childhood… My dad would take me to the fair and get me a deep fried router on a stick and a roll of cat5.
    
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- brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s not entirely true. Having a router with multiple interfaces is useful for multiple physical networks like VoIP, OOB, dmz, etc. We use vlans a lot for that now, but it’s not fair to say only two ports is the only choice.
  
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- MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Only some have an internal switch, others just have multiple NICs.
  
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- frezik@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  A router is also a open-by-default device. It’s not something you would usually use at home unless you’re into that sort of thing. Things we tend to call a “router” are all-in-one router/firewall/switch/access points.
  
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- rice@lemmy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That is what a router is, switches are generally a separate thing. It is only the home hybrids that combine the two different things.
  
  I have two separate networks in my home + WAN the router combines all 3 as they are designed for. The switches just switch the packets in those separate networks. (and not to get all fancy with layer 3 switches)
  
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  - shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Nah, I have a NetGate (pfSense) rackmount router/firewall with multiple ports. Isn’t that pretty standard with enterprise gear now days? Only 2-port routers I’ve seen are ones I build from old PCs.
    
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- jim3692@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Are you too used to Cisco devices? Mikrotik routers also have multiple ethernet ports, that are not connected to an internal switch.
  
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pogodem0n@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I was recently looking for a decent WiFi 7 router to replace my aging Archer A6. Then, looked up the table of hardware at toh.openwrt.org and almost none of the WiFi 7 routers from mainstream brands was supported. Glad to see something first-party releasing soon. I’ll definitely buy one when it releases.

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- hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The Asus BT8 has recently had support added in snapshots.
  
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Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I just want standalone wifi7 aps with openwrt

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bruhduh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
250$?! I can buy n100 minipc with 90$ and wifi7 intel card for 20$

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- jim3692@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Will that minipc have those 10g/5g/2.5g ethernet ports? If you don’t need that ethernet bandwidth, we all know there are cheaper options.
  
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  - bruhduh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    we all know < You and me know, but not everyone, most people don’t even know what lemmy is
    
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- FalseDiamond@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Where can you buy an N90 for 90$? Legit question.
  
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  - AceBonobo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Aliexpress
    
    GMKtec G3 Mini PC Intel Alder Lake N100 Windows 11 Pro Mini PC 8/16GB DDR4 256/512GB PCIe M.2 SSD WiFi 6 BT5.2 Desktop Computer a.aliexpress.com/_mLn5rCb
    
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- MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They often only have 1 ethernet port that’s 1GbE or 2.5GbE at that price, and a wifi client card doesn’t make a very good AP.
  
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ftbd@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
From the image, it doesn’t seem like it has rack mounts, which is kind of an odd choice. There are lots of switches that have a similar form factor, but can be put in 10" or 19" racks depending on which rack ears you put on it

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- grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It really grinds my gears how many things could be almost trivially designed to be rackmountable, but aren’t for no good reason. I guess in some cases it’s for market segmentation so they can charge more for “enterprise” gear, but in a lot of cases they don’t make any of that stuff to begin with so it clearly isn’t.
  
  Also, I want a version of this thing that’s rackmountable and has no wifi, and then another in the form factor of a ceiling-mounted PoE access point.
  
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  - shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I could whip up rack ears but making threaded holes confounds me. Even got a tap and die set, still can’t figure it out.
    
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  - ftbd@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I also wouldn’t use the built-in Wifi on this, but I can understand why they’d want to offer an all-in-one solution
    
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- brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I run an older half depth supermicro server with a sfp+ PCI card for my router. At this point, it feels like dedicated boxes just aren’t worth it for routers except for enterprise where I need a support contract.
  
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rosco385@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I was just about to cough up for a Banana Pi R4, but I might wait for this now.

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- Geologist@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I have a bpi-r4, it’s fantastic, totally recommended.
  
  No idea about its wifi 7 though, I didn’t buy the addon board, and went with unifi u7’s instead.
  
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- Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Have you heard of our lord and saviour the used Thinkcentre tinys? (Like m710)
  
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mumblerfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Can you do “roaming” / “fast-transition” solutions with the openwrt one and/or two? (What is called “mesh” by e.g. tplink)

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- wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Sure, 802.11k,r,v is supported and Dawn/usteer can handle steering.
  
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  - mumblerfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Awesome. Thanks. What is dawn/usteer?
    
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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Interesting that it will only have 1 10GbE port, I’m not really sure how you’re supposed to use 10Gb internet service if you can’t get 10Gb out of the router into your LAN.

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- rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The idea is that you use the 10Gb port as a trunk, then you use your switch to split it into separate physical ports using VLANs.
  
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  - MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Ah that makes sense, so not very useful if you have over 5Gb internet service I suppose.
    
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ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
With this kind of speed, we could invent Call of Duty games where the Zombies want slightly more than brains. Generative A.I. uses internet data for training so at first, the zombies will probably request Doja Kat in the racial chat rooms showing feet but human progress marches ever forward. Within a decade, Zombies might just want to get drunk and go to Popeyes.

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- ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Braaaaiiiinnns. A 16 piece family deal, spicy, with a side of red beans, mashed potatoes, and extra biscuits.
  
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Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
What would be a good alternative to go between the modem and a mesh access point?

Two Ethernet (gigabit) would be required.

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