Well this certainly is stupid. However, I recently built my own package of Toastman's build of Tomato USB because it was easier to build a compile VM and clone the Git repo than it was to deal with the way he hosts downloads. After navigating that garbage, and seeing the shocking state of the hack that is that firmware (I totally blame Linksys), I have no desire to do that again. <div><br></div><div>I was already thinking of building a router from a Raspberry Pi, and this news just solidifies it. Hopefully there is an 802.11c card available for it that will do monitor mode. If not, maybe soon?<span></span><br><br>On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, Alex Carver <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Buy your wifi routers now before you can't change their firmware:<br>
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<a href="http://hackaday.com/2015/08/31/fcc-introduces-rules-banning-wifi-router-firmware-modification/" target="_blank">http://hackaday.com/2015/08/31/fcc-introduces-rules-banning-wifi-router-firmware-modification/</a><br>
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<a href="https://apps.fcc.gov/kdb/GetAttachment.html?id=1UiSJRK869RsyQddPi5hpw%3D%3D&desc=594280%20D02%20U-NII%20Device%20Security%20v01r02&tracking_number=39498" target="_blank">https://apps.fcc.gov/kdb/GetAttachment.html?id=1UiSJRK869RsyQddPi5hpw%3D%3D&desc=594280%20D02%20U-NII%20Device%20Security%20v01r02&tracking_number=39498</a><br>
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