Netgear on Monday trumpeted the release of the WGR614L, hardware the company is calling the "first open source router". The new router supports both Tomato and DD-WRT firmware which makes it possible ...

Open-source software for networking is still rare, but analysts and users say that could be changing. Start-up Vyatta Inc. last month released free software that provides basic router functions while ...

Linksys isn't going to abandon the open-source firmware community, despite the FCC's new regulations. Some of the company's routers will continue to support OpenWRT. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Open-source software for uses in networking applications is relatively rare, but start-up Vyatta Inc. recently released free software that provides basic router functions while running on a commodity ...

The open source CloudRouter Project launched its public beta release today, hoping to get the industry interested in its idea for an open source virtual router. CloudRouter got its start in March, so ...

The default firmware that comes preinstalled with the router, is good enough for the general consensus, however, we the tech geeks should explore some custom firmware as well. There are various custom ...

The developers behind OpenWrt have been offering an open source, Linux-based operating system for routers and other embedded devices for two decades. So far the team has primarily focused on making ...

The CloudRouter project, an open source virtual router, is launching today. Peering specialist International Internet Exchange (IIX) is spearheading the project, claiming it's a way for enterprises to ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=31639399#p31639399:27coemyq said: foxyshadis[/url]":27coemyq]It'd be nice if WiFi router/AP companies would just ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=31180939#p31180939:185bi1w6 said: Matty[/url]":185bi1w6]I wonder if this will have unintended consequences in the ...

A flaw in OpenWrt's Attended Sysupgrade feature used to build custom, on-demand firmware images could have allowed for the distribution of malicious firmware packages. OpenWrt is a highly customizable ...