Turris has introduced the Omnia NG Wired, a dual 10GbE router that strips out built-in Wi-Fi 7 connectivity to offer a more affordable option for users who don't need wireless networking. The router still packs two 10 Gbps Ethernet SFP+ cages and four 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, though Wi-Fi 7 can be added later via an optional upgrade kit.
Inside, the Omnia NG Wired runs a Qualcomm IPQ9574 quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor at 2.2GHz, paired with 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of eMMC storage. An M.2 socket accommodates NVMe SSDs for additional storage, while a mini PCIe slot and dual SIM slots enable optional 4G LTE or 5G cellular connectivity. The router also features two USB 3.0 ports, a 240 x 240 pixel IPS color display, and passive cooling in a rack-mountable metal enclosure measuring 28.0 cm (11.0 inches) by 24.1 cm (9.5 inches) by 14.3 cm (5.6 inches).
The router runs the OpenWrt-based Turris OS with automatic updates, a web configuration interface, and LXC containerization support for running distributions like Debian or Ubuntu. The containerization feature runs natively on the router hardware with low overhead, letting users install additional Linux distributions through the LuCI web interface without risking the integrity of the base system. A standout security feature is the Turris Sentinel distributed dynamic firewall, which shares threat detection across all Turris routers. When one router detects an attack, the system reports it to Turris, which can then push new firewall rules to all devices for near real-time protection. The IPQ9574 SoC has been gaining upstream Linux kernel support, with the Qualcomm PPE networking driver merged into the mainline kernel and recent patches adding remoteproc firmware loading capabilities for the platform.
The Turris Omnia NG Wired is available for $380 (€350), saving roughly $120 (€110) compared to the Wi-Fi 7 equipped Omnia NG model before VAT.
