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Life & fun · May 18, 2023

Supernetworks' Secure Programmable Router

Hey HN, We recently saw that a bad router update made it to the front page, and thought you might like to hear about what we're building at Supernetworks. Our flagship product is a Secure Programmable Router (SPR), which is Linux-based software for running a hardened wifi network that enables easy addition and management of devices. SPR isolates each device into an individual VLAN and securely connects it to the rest of the network. What sets SPR apart is that we've engineered it to use the latest and greatest networking capabilities of Linux, all while employing best-in-class security…

Supernetworks' Secure Programmable Router launched on May 18, 2023 with 5 votes, #2,303 of 4,910 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

SPR gives every WiFi device its own isolated network automatically. Per-device VLANs, unique passwords, and default-deny firewall policies. Open source, self-hosted, zero cloud dependencies.

SPR (Secure Programmable Router) is an open-source, self-hosted WiFi router platform from Supernetworks, Inc. It gives each device a unique WiFi credential, isolated network, and default-deny firewall policy to reduce lateral movement without requiring the device to understand VLANs. No. SPR is built from scratch on Docker containers with nftables, CoreDNS, CoreDHCP, and hostapd. Every device gets its own VLAN and /30 subnet with a unique passphrase. Yes. SPR supports WPA2 and WPA3 simultaneously. IoT devices that only support WPA2 work fine alongside WPA3 devices.  iCloud Keychain WiFi password sharing is supported. Yes. SPR is free and open source. Run it on a Raspberry Pi you…from supernetworks.org

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, We recently saw that a bad router update made it to the front page, and thought you might like to hear about what we're building at Supernetworks. Our flagship product is a Secure Programmable Router (SPR), which is Linux-based software for running a hardened wifi network that enables easy addition and…

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