Since when is OpenWrt "open (wireless) router"?

[_bernd]

OpenWrt

Is this correct? Since when?!

[efahl]

To the best of my knowlege it's "Open Wireless receive/transmit"...

That was added in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OpenWrt&oldid=915578549

[RuralRoots]

I always refer to:
The name OpenWrt stems from the beginning of the open wireless router movements, starting with the first White Russian releases for WRT54G routers, marking the start of future wireless router firmware development.
From: https://openwrt.org/about#name

[efahl]

Excellent, you've even got the Needed Citation™.

[psherman]

AFAIK, @RuralRoots is correct in that the first supported device was the Linksys WRT54g (which, from the vendor, ran an embedded linux based firmware). So it became OpenWrt as a function of that.

From the perspective of Linksys, I'm guessing that it was intended to be "Wireless RouTer 54g" where the 54g was referencing the 54Mbps 802.11g standard and this was also at at time that fully integrated all-in-one wireless routers (router + switch + AP) were still somewhat new.

[bluewavenet]

Yes @psherman has it with "Wireless RouTer 54g".
I bought one way back then - it was not cheap! It's a long story I won't go into right now, involving a Novell Netware server being used as a router...
The user manual even said something like "Welcome to your Wireless RouTer 54g" if I remember correctly.

@efahl
Bare in mind that Wikipedia only has information that someone uploaded with no guarantee of correctness.

@_bernd
Hello again!

[_bernd]

I'm aware of the origins and with white Russian I got a white Russian too.

My issue was only with the Wikipedia article. A friend of mine argued with me yesterday. I tried to convince him of the wrt54g too. But he was "correct" regarding to the Wikipedia article. Someone(tm) should definitely change that.

Yeah hello @bluewavenet how do you do?

Ps yes. I have also owned one... I'm should feel old by now

[psherman]

@_bernd

Ps yes. I have also owned one... I'm should feel old by now

I can't remember with certainty, but I'm pretty sure we had the 802.11b predecessor from Linksys (the BEFW11S4). I installed an 802.11b Airport card into my PowerMac G4 tower. It felt pretty futuristic using the internet wirelessly on my desktop computer!

[bluewavenet]

@_bernd

My issue was only with the Wikipedia article.

The real issue is pronunciation..

@bluewavenet

The trouble is, most of us only encounter the pronunciation issue in a Youtube-video/seminar/Video-conference.

For the first two, we can quietly be shocked and wonder if we have been pronouncing it in our heads incorrectly all along or alternatively, silently shout disagreement with the speaker.

For the last one (video call/conference), the look on other people's faces when you use a completely different pronunciation to that which they use is entertaining at best, and disconcerting at worst

How to Pronounce "OpenWrt"?

I've been using OpenWrt since the heady days of Whiterussian on a Linksys wrt54g. The "wrt" standing for "wireless router". I think the OpenWrt naming stems from that device, maybe some one as old as me will remember if that is true Hailing from the UK, I have always pronounced OpenWrt as "OpenRoot". I have heard others saying "OpenRowt". But recently I have heard in some Youtube videos "Open Doubleyou Arrr Teee". This last one does not seem right to me. Apart from being cumbersome,…

[_bernd]

@bluewavenet

The real issue is pronunciation..

At least in the German community we use to say open W R T with German letter w r t

[c10l]

The real issue is pronunciation..

I pronounce it Open Wart. It’s a great selling point!