Comments on: Competitive analysis of the Fonera 2.0 vs Belkin, Linksys, Asus and D-Link

By: Jordi - FON

Jordi - FON — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:52:08 +0000

@Tarkin, we are talking here about Fonera 2.0 with USB support for external USB devices managed by the device and accessible by the applications running on the device, “any Linksys or Buffalo” do not have this by default, can you specify a model? The only ones with USB and enough flash and RAM memory to do this type of task are MUCH more expensive. Thanks!

By: Tarkin

Tarkin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:16:43 +0000

Any Linksys or Buffalo router hacked with DD-WRT/Open-WRT/Tomato will beat the Fonera single handed (Features); you can even choose to purchase a gigabit Ethernet and/or N-draft enabled router if you wish. Or just stick with a basic cheap model. There's even a FON Hotspot setup for DD-WRT (FON Hotspot).

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:51:58 +0000

I like the sound of this – only thing I’d like to see added is 802.11n. Antenna is nice but extra speed for home network is even better. As is, for home network media use I will still need a separate N-compliant device, and I’m not sure how to include the Fonera2 in such a network. Perhaps it can act as a bridge on a b/g/n network yet still perform its upload/download/media server functions?

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By: Luis FON

Luis FON — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:20:29 +0000

@ PabloS, to edit the wiki all you need is a wiki account you will find this option (“log in / create account”) on the top right

By: Jordi - FON

Jordi - FON — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:38:28 +0000

@PabloS, Fonera 2.0 is the first 100% hackable Fonera, and not just that, we encourage those who have experience on embedded devices to do their hacking and play with it so other Foneros can use their improvements. Please feel free to come around to http://www.Fonosfera.org and share your hacks!

By: PabloS

PabloS — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:59:55 +0000

@LuisFON, thanks for the reply mate. Yes, I’ll definitely add it to the wish list. (update: I cannot edit that wiki page [permission error] )

Do you know hackable the Fonera is? I mean, do you think It might be worth the effort for the memory/CPU allocated at the moment with that HW?

I might give it a try.. perhaps an openswan could be ported here.

cheers.
PabloS

By: Luis FON

Luis FON — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:17:39 +0000

Hi PabloS

The VPN and/or a way to “connect to home” is a great idea and I’m pretty much sure some tests are being done in any case why don’t you add it to the “whishlist”

http://wiki.fon.com/wiki/Fonera_2.0_Whishlist

By: PabloS

PabloS — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:02:25 +0000

Martin, does the Fonera supports any type of VPN or SSL tunnel implementation? I mean, as if it were a firewall with a VPN endpoint for lets say, 8 users.

if not, have you or your team test something like that with the new hw?

Cheers