CASSANDRA. THIS IS DRAKE. OUR COMM TOWER IS DOWN. YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOP. CAN YOU BRIDGE US TO THE SATELLITE RELAY AT 5.8 GHZ?
A minute later, a reply:
Then he heard them. The Ghosts of the Packet Swamp.
Flashing it was a prayer to the machine gods. He held his breath, the power LED blinked amber for an agonizing minute, and then... a steady, cool blue. The OpenWRT Luci interface loaded at 192.168.1.1 . It was ugly. It was text-heavy. It was freedom.