For some reason, I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of #DLNA.

I’ve been tinkering with the idea of an off-grid setup for when electricity or internet is down and built around my GL.iNet Slate AX travel router.

Sure, it’s not #plex or #jellyfin but it’s close enough when it can be run for days/weeks off a battery bank.

#homelab #selfhosted #travelrouter #selfhosting #offgrid

GL.iNet Mudi 7 specs are out and it's now available for pre-order ($319, down from a $399 price target for general release), to ship in April.

https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-e5800/

noteworthy details:

* 5G and 4G, 6x internal and optional 2x external antennas
* dual SIM support
* tri-band WiFi 7, 1x 2.5GbE port
* 600Mbps Wireguard and 700Mbps OpenVPN
* USB type-C tethering and OTG
* quad-core Qualcomm CPU
* 2GB RAM and 8GB eMMC
* up to 13.5h battery life and USB-PD fast charge

given that it's a Qualcomm CPU I would not expect mainline OpenWrt support any time real soon, but it will be running GL.iNet's build of OpenWrt + their software, and should have access to most packages available on vanilla OpenWrt.

based on my experiences with #GLiNet I would wait for the firmware to stabilize before buying this, with the expectation that increasing competition in the travel router space will push that $399 price target down over time.

#Mudi #Mudi7 #TravelRouter

The latest UniFi Travel Router firmware update, version 6.5.246, has a couple improvements I’m excited for:

1. The UTR can now uplink to Wi-Fi networks that use 802.1x, or “enterprise” authentication.

2. It can broadcast a secondary network—useful for people who have an IOT SSID at home and want to travel with things that connect to that network. (But the mobile app doesn’t support configuring this just yet.)

#Ubiquiti #UniFi #UniFiTravelRouter #TravelRouter
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Travel-Router-6-5-246/be3244ad-f633-4063-b969-26c9d9acfba5

My UniFi Travel Router (UTR) setup: bind to home with Teleport, broadcast my home SSID, and record a G6 Instant back to my UNVR. I also tested WiFi uplink, wired WAN, and USB tethering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiLa-8lZzY

#unifi #travelrouter #networking #homelab

Slate AX: Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit travel router

https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-axt1800/

#HackerNews #WiFi6 #TravelRouter #SlateAX #TechGadgets #Networking

Part 2 in my #hardwarehacking adventures - I've setup a IRC server that runs on the #tenda4G185 MiFi device. It was another fun deep dive into cross compiling, various IRC servers and then using #openssh to make reverse ssh tunnels.

https://projects.solarcene.community/posts/irc_details/index.html

#reverseengineering
#arm
#linux
#travelrouter
#zte
#lowtechcomputing