Open source Netgear WNR3500L 802.11n router supports Tomato, xWRT firmware

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  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    I believe this will be my new router. Thanks for the heads up, Rob.

    Now to find what the markup over here will be and where I can get it...
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    That looks awesome. Survey says this will likely become my wireless router of choice.
  • miragemirage
    edited October 2009
    Good to see Netgear in the game too. Let's see what will Linksys release and where prices will settle. Then, it is time to upgrade my WRT54GL.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    I love dd-WRT so much. I might have to fork out the cash for one of these this winter. dd-WRT + the added horsepower (my current router is a measly 200MHz) = the goodness.
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    A bit spendy isn't it?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    The $140 MSRP is a little on the high side, but I expect to see it around $120 after etailer discount. That puts it in league with other 11n products, with a hell of a lot more versatility.
  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    The price will drop quickly enough.
  • Jennifer Schultz
    edited October 2009
    Oh how cool. I can't believe there is an open source router now! I recently got the Netgear WNDR 3700 and I am loving it!! It's not time to switch - but if you're in the market - I recommend this one too!
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2009
    It would appear this opensource router - isn't so open source after all.

    Harald Wlte's blog

    To sum up you can't just drop any open firmware on it, you have to use specially compiled binaries of opensource firmware to work on it. So if you want to run Tomato, you can't get tomato fro the official site you have to get the WNR3500l version of tomato from the WNR3500l site.

    What's probably even more problematic though is that it's kernel is closed source and silly things like WPA/WPA2 won't work under most 3rd party kernels.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    FML. That's what I get for taking something like this at face value. Thanks for pointing that out before I wasted money on that router kryyst.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    I've contacted Netgear PR for a response on this issue.
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