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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Networking => Topic started by: Dan Eicher on July 19, 2025, 01:48:44 am

Title: Would this be, a good ethernet bridge for Arca OS 5.1.1
Post by: Dan Eicher on July 19, 2025, 01:48:44 am
https://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Ethernet-2-WiFi-Universal-Wireless-GWU637/dp/B018YPWORE
Title: Re: Would this be, a good ethernet bridge for Arca OS 5.1.1
Post by: Ibrahim Hakeem on July 19, 2025, 09:22:48 am
https://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Ethernet-2-WiFi-Universal-Wireless-GWU637/dp/B018YPWORE

That's a fantastic piece of gear! It's unfortunate the mini-usb power port isn't on the same side as the RJ45 jack. That one change would've saved quite a bit on space.
Title: Re: Would this be, a good ethernet bridge for Arca OS 5.1.1
Post by: Neil Waldhauer on July 19, 2025, 03:16:06 pm
It's a nice compact travel router, but software is deeply inferior to the GL.iNet family of travel routers. GL.iNet is open-source, based on DDWRT.
Title: Re: Would this be, a good ethernet bridge for Arca OS 5.1.1
Post by: Dan Eicher on July 19, 2025, 05:37:03 pm
Neil,
  > GL.iNet family of travel routers

Thanks, and yes, I have a GL.iNet travel router, also my home router is a GL-MT6000 - and I couldn't agree with you more.

I was looking at something smaller to throw in with a traveling laptop.  I know Lewis wrote up docs on the GWU627, but the GWU627 is no longer available, and appears to have been replaced with the GWU637.