It does. Add a usb drive to store logs
Get real. If you genuinely care about logs you're not going to risk filling a device's limited storage &/or lose them to logrotate.
For me, the essence of Brume and what is great and unique about Brume2 is that it has relatively high VPN speed for relatively low cost while being small and low power, without extra features like wifi.
I think Brume3 should keep the focus on those things and hopefully improve the speed. The choice of hardware components should be guided by that focus.
But if GL-iNet or some others want more ports, more RAM, or more storage, it’s not a bad idea to have two variants. Maybe a Brume3 and a Brume3 Pro/Plus (which maybe should have even 4 ethernet ports then).
About the chip, I will no longer buy any router that is not supported or looks likely to be supported by OPENWRT and I think that it will be important to people who would be interested in the Brume3, so please choose a chip that is or will be supported.
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I kind of like that idea but would point out that if the device's interfaces are only 1 GbE or 2.5 GbE it would make more sense to me to just add more connectivity with an appropriate switch. I don't see a reason to pay for 2.5 GbE ports on a device that can only do =< 1.0 Gbps over WireGuard/other VPN service. A 5-port 1 GbE unmanaged/'dumb' switch is ~10.00USD on Amazon. I'd probably say the same for 5.0 GbE ports as, again, a Burme is a stationary device given its purpose as a VPN gateway.
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For me, I would like to see the Brume 3 be able to support faster Wireguard through put speed. USB A is a good all-in-one answer because you can get an adapter to get a USB-C device on it. I would want a faster CPU and more RAM. The CPU is from 2012 or so. Even getting something from 2018 or thereabouts would be a good idea. We don’t want to take a book out of the Synology book where it takes 2 decades before they update a CPU (or so it seems).
Maybe a Brume 3 and a Brume 3+ would be a thought. Brume 3+ would have more RAM and an aluminum case whereas the Brume 3 would be the base model.
If you care about performance don't attach a USB device. There's no USB offloading on the CPU unless the ODM/OEM pays extra for that license from ARM. Good luck finding one that does. You'd be fortunate to find one using AES/crypto offloading. It's a good thing WireGuard doesn't use it by default.
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