Here, we publish our notes on various aspects of network computing, including hardware, software, and services.
Sophos has great networking equipment. Also, Sophos actively encourages their customers to upgrade to newer models. Older models, while still serviceable, periodically go out of support. Specifically, XG 85, SG 105, and XG 105 (and their wireless counterparts) went out of support in August 2022. All...
This note is intended for users who have some experience in general computing and system administration but are relatively new to OpenWrt. It is loosely based on the relevant sections of the official OpenWrt on x86 Hardware wiki page:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86 ...
This note is intended for the relatively new users who have some experience with general computing and system administration but still need a little friendly handholding in some OpenWrt-specific matters.
If you decide to go through with this procedure (which is not very difficult), we suggest read...
Recently, we did several OpenWrt installs on Cyberoam CR15wiNG and CR25wiNG devices. Both of these models include wireless networking. Both have matching wired-only sister models, CR15iNG and CR25iNG respectively, so the installation process for those should be nearly identical, but shorter (no need...
This note is intended for users who have some experience in general computing and system administration but are relatively new to OpenWrt. It is loosely based on the relevant sections of the official OpenWrt on x86 Hardware page:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86
Th...
This note is intended for the relatively new users who have some experience with general computing and system administration but are not (yet) comfortable with flashing firmware and need some friendly handholding to get through the process.
If you decide to go through with this procedure (which is...
We are occasionally asked what sort of affordable x86 equipment is good to run OpenWrt on. Here are a few options we think are worth considering:
- A tiny PC with dual Ethernet sockets (Intel NUC and clones, Zotac Zbox, etc.) This will be router only and will require a switch and/or access point...
This note is intended for the relatively new users who have some experience with general computing and system administration but are not (yet) comfortable with flashing firmware and need some friendly handholding to get through the process.
If you decide to go through with this procedure (which is...
This note is based on the official OpenWrt installation instructions for the MX60:
https://openwrt.org/toh/meraki/mx60
but expands on some tricky points.
Introduction
Cisco sold Meraki MX60 as a “cloud-managed security appliance”. It comes in two flavors; MX60 proper has one WAN port and f...
The L-50 is a fairly versatile device (eight LAN ports, a WAN port, and a DMZ port that can be pressed into service as either the ninth LAN port or the second WAN port) and comes in four flavors. L-50 is a wired router, L-50W is a wired-and-wireless router, L-50D is a wired router with a built-in AD...
