Hacking the Linksys WRT54G 213
knightrdr writes "Robert X. Cringely has posted an interesting article on the PBS web site about modifying the Linksys WRT54G wireless G broadband router to build a wireless layer on top of the Internet. He argues that with as little as a $70 investment per node, the Sveasoft WRT54G Firmware could be the first in a line of many wireless devices to enable a giant leap forward for the Internet."
Dupe (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cringely could be right (Score:5, Funny)
Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:5, Funny)
The "penguin popper" (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Dump question about VOIP (Score:5, Funny)
"VOIP is a dead technology. You can't implement it. There aren't and headsets or software available, and it doesn't scale between countries well."
This will cause the modern geek to feel challenged, and he'll reveal your answers as he rebukes you.
Re:Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:5, Funny)
That's an easy one. I am a programmer, and one thing I've learned; while engineers need to create terms to describe new concepts, they should be watched closely. All too often they create bizzarre strings of terms just to make a silly acronym. Worse, they keep inventing new terms so they can claim to have invented a new idea when the idea should come before the name.
I say leave the evolution of the English language in the hands of professionals. The Rap/Hip Hop community!
Let the cheap shots begin.
Re:Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:5, Funny)
Who wants to spout eight-oh-two-dot-eleven-gee when they can say "Wireless G".
Do you say "automobile" or "car"?
"Digital versatile disc" or DVD?
Do you tell people "the nerve signals from the trigone indicate that there is a need to toggle the state of the detrusor muscle and equalize hydraulic pressure so that osmotic filtering can maintain its normal rate"
or
"I gotta take a leak."
Re:Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:5, Funny)
I named a couple of my projects "Asynchronous Replication System (Experimental)" and "Parallel Implementation for Maximum Performance" but both were caught by my manager before a customer saw them!
Re:Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:5, Funny)
(to ruin the joke for clueless moderators: Capcom didn't learn how to count to three for a long time with Street Fighter. Street Fighter, Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 2 Championship, SF2 Turbo, SF2 Super, SF2 Hyper, et al)
Re:Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cringely could be right (Score:3, Funny)
So far that arrangement was the best internet access I've had at home. I wish more of my current neighbors had access points, I'd gladly share to have all that combined bandwidth and flexibility back again.
Re:Wireless G? Wireless B? (Score:4, Funny)
Shit, if Intel invented numbers, we'd count like:
Zero, zero, one, two, three, four, five, five pro, five II, five III, five 4, five 4 extreme....