Open Source Netgear Router

Network equipment manufacturer Netgear has released the world's first open source router . Model Netgear WGR614L (renamed model WGR614v7) works in the standard 802.11g and is designed for home use. She has already gone on sale for $ 69.

The router is based on the Linux platform, initially comes with all the source codes for the firmware and drivers, and the CPU of the device with a nominal frequency of 240 MHz can be officially overclocked. The manufacturer directly points out this fact, advertising its new product. In addition, it is officially allowed to install firmware from other manufacturers, including Tomato and DD-WRT, into the open source router.

Even the user's manual for the router can be called “open source”, it was compiled taking into account the edits of users on a specially created forum.