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Review: Turris Omnia, a FOSS wifi router, NAS and Server, based on a highly improved OpenWRT, with BTRFS! (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Edit to add: It appears that the “mt76” Wi-Fi 6 driver is open source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers#Status

Pardon my ignorance, but what Linux device driver(s) does one use for the Wi-Fi 6 11ax 4T4R Mini PCIe Module (AW7915-NP1)? I’ve been under the (hopefully false) impression that open source drivers don’t exist for Wi-Fi modules beyond the 802.11n (A.K.A. Wi-Fi 4) standard.

Edit to add:
Maybe the driver really is open source? I’m not familiar with Linux kernel/driver foo, so I’m not really sure, but this doesn’t look like a binary blob to me: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915
The code seems to be under the ISC license, which I’ve never encountered before, but it seems to me an open source license.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Interesting find! Cant help you thougj

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That seems a bit rough combining all those into one, can't upgrade anything separately.

I'm not sure on the security/safety of combining your gateway and NAS either.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Having a router as a NAS is pretty standard.

But you are right, it may be less secure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They look very cool but IMO a bit overpriced for the proposed hardware spec?

For the same price range you can get a full n100 16GB dual ethernet 2.5gbit with a 5x2.5gbit ethernet switch and wifi extender.

But yeah those aren't FOSS, so maybe that's their selling point?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I haven't found (while cross reading ) details about why the "highly improved" didn't make it to upstream openwrt?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They contribute upstream, another user here is running upstream OpenWRT.

I assume they just have a heavier WebUI and a more "bloated" configuration, which wouldnt suit OpenWRT

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ah that would make sense, thanks!

[–] pastermil 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know... At this point might as well use something not designed for embedded. Debian comes to mind. Or Alpine if you want something more minimalist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If you want to configure all that XD I dont want to.

You say OpenWRT is not designed for embedded computers? I cant imagine why not.

[–] pastermil 1 points 2 months ago

No, I said OpenWRT is designed exactly for embedded, and the use case calls for anything but.