Re: [Hampshire] Linksys WRT54G

Thank you for the advice

Luis
Ubuntu 6.10


On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 16:40 +0000, Andrew McDonald wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 03:34:31PM +0000, luis wrote:
> > Hi there , you all probably knew this but I did not, my broadband router
> > Linksys WRT54G runs on Linux.
> >
> > What is even better is that by downloading Sveasoft, Batbox or
> > Wifi-box.net, you can convert a simple and cheap device (uneder £ 50) in
> > a device far more powerful and with lots of capabilities., ie increased
> > signal strenght and the ability to run custom apps ( I do not know what
> > this means).
> >
> > Has anyone tried modifying the device with the above firmaware?
>
> I've got a WRT54GS running OpenWRT (http://openwrt.org/). I've been
> quite pleased with it - it turns it into a more useful embedded device
> rather than just being a router/AP. I have the wireless security set up
> to use IEEE 802.11i with EAP and a radius server running on the router
> itself. It also acts as my IPv6 tunnel endpoint.
>
> Newer models of the WRT54G/WRT54GS run VxWorks rather than Linux. They
> have less flash storage and RAM, making it more difficult to get Linux
> running on them (and providing less space to do useful/interesting
> things with them).
>
> My WRT54GS currently seems to be having some hardware problems
> (wireless fails to associate, etc). I'm probably going to replace it
> with a WRT54GL, which is a version of the WRT54G that still runs Linux
> (and has more memory/flash than the WRT54G).
>
> Andrew
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