Turris Omnia started as a

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open-source

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network router developed by the CZ.NIC association. On 31 January 2016 the Turris Omnia was presented at

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2016. Routers from campaign were delivered in 2016. After that, routers started to be sold through various resellers including Alza.cz,

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and various local resellers.

Design

The Turris Omnia is designed to provide its owner with

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in use. As such it uses

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. In addition, the creators published the electrical schematics. It also incorporates several security measures. It features automated software updates, so software

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can be addressed quickly, a unique feature among SOHO routers. It also enables

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by default and also allows people to easily participate in distributed adaptive

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which tries to automatically identify attackers by collecting data from numerous sources. Apart from that, the router yields a sufficient performance that it can handle gigabit traffic and double as

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and

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Funding

Funding for the Turris Omnia initially funded via a crowdfunding campaign at

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with a target of US$100 000 by 12 January 2016. As the deadline passed, the funding had reached US$857 000. At the end of campaign, the funding had reached 1 223 230 US$. Since then, router is sold in retail via various resellers.

Specifications

It is powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Marvell Armada 385

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CPU. The base model now has 2 GB

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and 8 GB

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, a

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with battery backup, a SFP module and a hardware

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. Via

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it supports

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in the form of 3×3 MIMO 802.11ac and the older 2×2 MIMO 802.11b/g/n. Its connectivity consists of: * 1 WAN and 5

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gigabit ports * 2

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ports * 2

* 1

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/ mini PCI Express * 1

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slot Initially the devices shipped with 1 GB RAM by default with a 2 GB upgrade available, however 2 GB is now the default configuration.

Software

The Turris Omnia runs the Turris OS, an

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derivative. It can be managed by web interfaces as well as by

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. The main web interface is now reForis which is the successor of the legacy Foris; it offers features for regular users, such as WAN and LAN configuration or system reboot. Advanced users can utilize LuCI, the standard web user interface in OpenWrt.

References

External links

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