I just wanted to put a shout out to OpenWRT, a third-party router firmware that runs on a lot of routers. Most OEM routers are running embedded Linux already, OpenWRT replaces it with a more featureful OS.
The OS backup isn't a binary, proprietary blob - it's a tar file of the configuration files by directory. I screwed up my configuration and the DNS server broke, but I was able to copy over the configs via SSH and was up and running quickly.
| Sysop: | KrAAB |
|---|---|
| Location: | Donna, TX |
| Users: | 4 |
| Nodes: | 10 (0 / 10) |
| Uptime: | 153:39:16 |
| Calls: | 56,986 |
| Calls today: | 4 |
| Files: | 3,314 |
| D/L today: |
22 files (9,998K bytes) |
| Messages: | 53,025 |