Rogan Dawes

@RoganDawes

You may have seen other posts of mine about the @GLiNetWiFi AR750S Slate, suggesting I'm a bit of a fanboy. I've had their 6416 and AR300M routers too, which I've also liked.
This is a thread about some of the things I have done with my Slate, mostly from an infosec perspective.

08/12/2019, 12:27:45

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Rogan Dawes

@RoganDawes

I love the fact that all the GL.iNet routers are so small, that I never have to make a decision about whether there is space for it in my bag. While the 6416 and AR300M were a bit smaller than the Slate, there's still no question about whether to pack it or not.

08/12/2019, 12:27:45

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Rogan Dawes

@RoganDawes

Being powered from USB is awesome, too, as it means no 12V bricks taking up space either.
Multiple Ethernet ports (GbE on the Slate) open up all sorts of possibilities, and a USB host port mean you can expand them in any way you like.

08/12/2019, 12:27:46

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Rogan Dawes

@RoganDawes

Best of all, the Slate is built upon OpenWrt, which means that almost infinite possibilities exist to customise it they way you want it.
I've heard good things about the stock firmware. I wouldn't know, as I flashed mainline the day I got mine.

08/12/2019, 12:27:46

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Rogan Dawes

@RoganDawes

What's special about the Slate?
Firstly, 3(!) GbE interfaces. Very few travel routers provide Gigabit, so this is genuinely unusual.
2.4GHz and 5GHz Ath10k WiFi. The choice of WiFi hackers everywhere.
128MB RAM and 775MHz MIPS CPU for fun and games.
16MB NOR and 128MB NAND Flash.

08/12/2019, 12:27:47

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Rogan Dawes

@RoganDawes

This may not sound like a lot of storage, but for the first year, OpenWrt did not support the NAND flash at all, and I did everything mentioned in this thread in 16MB of NOR.
OpenWrt does not need a lot of storage at all!
And for things PCAPs, there's a uSD slot, up to 128GB!

08/12/2019, 12:30:06

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