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Commotion Wireless – FOSS mesh networking. DD-WRT – Based on OpenWrt kernel since v. 23 (Dec. 2005), paid and free versions available. [2] Gargoyle – A free OpenWrt-based Linux distribution for a range of Broadcom and Atheros chipset based wireless routers. LibreCMC – An FSF-endorsed derivation of OpenWRT with the proprietary blobs ...
Based on OpenWrt, the project's goal is to aim for compliance with the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG) and ensure that the project continues to meet these requirements set forth by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). LibreCMC does not support ac (Wi-Fi 5) or ax (Wi-Fi 6) due to a lack of free chipsets. m0n0wall: Discontinued
Gargoyle is a free OpenWrt-based Linux distribution for a range of wireless routers based on Broadcom, Atheros, MediaTek and others chipsets, [2] [3] Asus Routers, Netgear, Linksys and TP-Link routers. Among notable features is the ability to limit and monitor bandwidth and set bandwidth caps per specific IP address. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Tomato is a family of community-developed, custom firmware for consumer-grade computer networking routers and gateways powered by Broadcom chipsets.The firmware has been continually forked and modded by multiple individuals and organizations, with the most up-to-date fork provided by the FreshTomato project.
Brocade - acquired Vyatta, purchased by Broadcom [3] Billion Electric; Calix; Cisco Systems; Control4 - acquired by SnapAV; Cradlepoint - acquired by Ericsson; Dell - acquired Force10; Digi International; DrayTek; D-Link [4] ECI Telecom; Enterasys - acquired by Extreme Networks in 2013 [5] Ericsson - acquired Redback; Extreme Networks ...
Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards.
Operating system Wi-Fi support is defined as the facilities an operating system may include for Wi-Fi networking. It usually consists of two pieces of software: device drivers, and applications for configuration and management. [1] Driver support is typically provided by manufacturers of the chipset hardware or end manufacturers.
On November 2, 2016, Singapore-based chip maker Broadcom Limited announced it was buying Brocade for about $5.5 billion. [1] As part of the acquisition, Broadcom divested all of the IP networking hardware and software-defined networking assets. Broadcom has since re-domesticated to the United States and is now known as Broadcom Inc.