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Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, fair enough. I'm kind of an intermediate user, because when I think of Access Point and Router, I think of the same device. But yet, I'm definitely a big advocate of open source software and hardware. But I do not self-host very much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Less about open source, more of just a practical stance. The thing about networking is that standards change all the time, and it’s better to have a single device serve a single role on the network than to cram all those functions into a combo box.

So an ideal network has a separate router, switch, and access point. Ideally two of each in redundant configurations but that’s not required for most people.