Turris Omnia

Turris Omnia started as a crowdfunded open-source SOHO network router developed by the CZ.NIC association.

The Turris Omnia

On 31 January 2016 the Turris Omnia was presented at FOSDEM 2016.[1]

Routers from campaign were delivered in 2016.[2] After that, routers started to be sold through various resellers including Alza.cz, Amazon and various local resellers[3].

Design

The Turris Omnia is designed to provide its owner with freedom in use. As such it uses open-source software.[4] In addition, the creators published the electrical schematics.[5]

It also incorporates several security measures. It features automated software updates, so software vulnerabilities can be addressed quickly, a unique feature among SOHO routers.[6] It also enables DNSSEC by default and also allows people to easily participate in distributed adaptive firewall[7] 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 home server, NAS and print server.[4]

Funding

Funding for the Turris Omnia initially funded via a crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo with a target of US$ 100 000 by 12 January 2016. As the deadline passed, the funding had reached US$ 857 000.[2]

At the end of campaign, the funding had reached 1 223 230 US$.[2]

Since then, router is sold in retail via various resellers.

Specifications
The Turris Omnia without its cover

The Turris Omnia runs the TurrisOS, an OpenWrt derivative. It is powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Marvell Armada 385 ARM CPU. The base model has 1 GB RAM and 8 GB flash storage, a real-time clock with battery backup, a SFP module and a hardware cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator. Via Mini PCI Express it supports Wi-Fi 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 LAN gigabit ports
  • 2 USB 3.0 ports
  • 2 Mini PCI Express
  • 1 mSATA / mini PCI Express
  • 1 SIM card slot[6]

It is possible to buy a version with 2 GB of RAM.

References
  1. "FOSDEM 2016 - Turris Omnia - Opensource SOHO router". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  2. "Turris Omnia: hi-performance & open-source router". indiegogo.com. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  3. "List of resellers". turris.cz. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  4. "Turris Omnia". omnia.turris.cz. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  5. "Documentation [Project:Turris]". turris.cz. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  6. Quejado, Alexander (2015-11-18). "Turris Omnia Router Project Surpasses Indiegogo Goal, Combines Open Source Design And Firmware". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  7. "Distributed adaptive firewall". project.turris.cz. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
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