[geeks] Old hardware cut-off

[Joshua Boyd]

On February 17, 2014 2:09:22 PM EST, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:

>> FWIW, it actually runs Vyatta, which replaces some portion of the
>normal Linux networking with its own.  I'm not sure how deeply the
>changes go.  Iptables are gone though.
>
>I was gonna fiddle with Vyatta again...but I decided against it after
>they 
>wouldn't stop calling me on the phone. I must've forgotten to uncheck a
>
>box...
>
>Mind...I never actually ANSWERED their calls...
>
>Iptables being gone is a very good thing.

Broadcom purchased vyatta and is making new versions closed source.  There is now a fork called VyOS ( http://vyos.net/wiki/Main_Page ), and if you used that most likely no one would call you.