Hacker News with Generative AI: Routers

OpenWrt 2 will be a high-performance router with 10 Gbit LAN and WiFi 7 support (liliputing.com)
OpenWrt is an open source, Linux-based operating system designed for routers and other wireless devices. It’s been around for more than two decades and for most of that time it’s been offered primarily as an operating system that you could install as a replacement for the firmware that ships with existing devices.

Open Source, Networking, Hardware, Routers

8 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 3 comments

Citronics built a router based on the Fairphone 2 mainboard (cnx-software.com)
Belgium-company Citronics has designed a router based on the mainboard of the Fairphone 2 smartphone, connecting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 “system-on-module” to a carrier board with Ethernet, USB ports, and other connectors, while leveraging 4G LTE, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity from the phone’s core board.

Hardware, Routers, Smartphones, Open Source

44 points by zdw 55 days ago | 23 comments

Juniper Networks Routers API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (juniper.net)
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Cybersecurity, Network Security, Vulnerability, Juniper Networks, Routers

3 points by zdw 66 days ago | 0 comments

US could ban TP-Link routers over hacking fears: report (nypost.com)
The US government is weighing a ban on a popular brand of Chinese-made home internet routers over fears that their links to cyberattacks pose a national security risk, according to a report.

Cybersecurity, Government, China, Technology, Routers

174 points by esaym 129 days ago | 245 comments

Ask HN: Should it be illegal for ISP's to crackdown on third-party routers? (ycombinator.com)
where I live, my ISP does not allow using any third party routers for broadband use. Additionally, other devices like STB and other IOT devices sold by the ISP now refuse to work entirely if it detects any other routers being used. Somehow this feels wrong to me. I wonder how bad the situation is elsewhere?

Networking, ISPs, Consumer Rights, Routers

10 points by dj0k3r 187 days ago | 5 comments

OpenWrt One WiFi 6 router with Filogic 820 SoC launched for $89 (cnx-software.com)
The “OpenWrt One/AP-24.XY” is a Filogic 820-based WiFi 6 router board manufactured by Banana Pi whose software is directly managed by OpenWrt developers with assistance from MediaTek.

OpenWrt, Hardware, Networking, WiFi 6, Routers

36 points by voxadam 205 days ago | 16 comments

D-Link says it is not fixing four RCE flaws in DIR-846W routers (bleepingcomputer.com)

Cybersecurity, Security Flaws, Networking, Routers

7 points by gpvos 232 days ago | 0 comments

Linksys Velop Routers Caught Sending WiFi Creds in the Clear (hackaday.com)

Security, Networking, Hardware, Routers

15 points by sharpshadow 285 days ago | 1 comments

The Rise of Packet Rate Attacks: When Core Routers Turn Evil (ovhcloud.com)

Cybersecurity, Networking, Denial-of-Service Attacks, Routers

37 points by pjf 297 days ago | 5 comments

High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models (arstechnica.com)