<![CDATA[Just set up a dedicated IoT hotspot on a Raspberry Pi 4 running OpenWrt, and it works great!]]>Just set up a dedicated IoT hotspot on a Raspberry Pi 4 running OpenWrt, and it works great!

OpenWrt is perfect for this: clean routing, full control, no bloat. Added AdGuard DNS to block all the unnecessary (and harmful) telemetry these devices keep sending.

Every home should have one of these πŸ”’πŸ“‘

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116427643154452192https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116427643154452192Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:40:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just set up a dedicated IoT hotspot on a Raspberry Pi 4 running OpenWrt, and it works great! on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:49:30 GMT]]>@gary_alderson I don’t know that Netcore model yet, but it sounds interesting!
I could get one and do some testing on my side, especially for IoT segmentation and routing experiments.
I’ve already been playing a bit with Raspberry Pi 4 + OpenWrt, so this could be a nice next step to compare hardware.
Thanks for the pointer πŸ‘

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nickbearded/statuses/116427441448074964https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nickbearded/statuses/116427441448074964Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:49:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just set up a dedicated IoT hotspot on a Raspberry Pi 4 running OpenWrt, and it works great! on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:39:50 GMT]]>@nickbearded what is the cheapest alibaba arm device it will run on Netcore N60 Pro MediaTek MT7986A (Quad-core A53)? about 40 bucks, i have a few mango glinet and they are decent. you could also mkt this as a 4g/5g iot testbench. i see this as a way to sell product buy from alibaba in bulk, sell for double. it is a discrete product but also a gateway product fw flashing protocols arm

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