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, Informative)
openwrt (Score:5, Informative)
only a base system, which can be customized for your needs.
Locking away GPL software (Score:3, Informative)
Others (Score:5, Informative)
EWRT [portless.net], from Portless Networks (a fork of Sveasoft)
Wi-Fi Box [sourceforge.net]
Ahh... the wonders of OSS and GPL. :-)
Re:Locking away GPL software (Score:5, Informative)
Hey, Not only Linksys guys! (Score:5, Informative)
See:
http://seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/BroadcomRo
There is also the other APs based on Intersil:
http://isl3893.sf.net
Re:Dupe (Score:5, Informative)
If you buy his "you can resell your DSL bandwidth" argument which in 90% of cases is not true.
OpenWRT (Score:5, Informative)
Check it out, and a WRT54G (or the WRT54GS) is a nice investment, even if it was just for its geekyness
Re:Interesting idea, but one small problem... (Score:1, Informative)
I'm in a group house (5 guys) and will soon suggest this as a way to cut internet and phone bills. It goes from expensive to cheap real fast, even adding in the cost of extra "phone numbers".
Re:Interesting idea, but one small problem... (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Locking away GPL software (Score:1, Informative)
Re:OpenWRT (Score:5, Informative)
I have running:
SSHd
trafic shaping with iptroute2+tc
custome firewall script
no-ip client
tcpdump
network syslogd
It doesn't run a webinterface (yes, to me that is an advantage.)
Next on the agenda: vpn client to the office. ( so I am always connected from home.)
serial interface so the nids can give instructions to the WRT.
This is exactly what I need, from a 12watt machine (the WRT uses 12V DC, 1A) that makes 0 noice (no moving parts)
And above all, it is a shiny fun geektoy
Re:Dupe (Score:4, Informative)
. . . you can resell your DSL bandwidth . . .
Except, this is a violation of the state DCMA laws that are being passed nation wide. In the old days, sharing cable with your neighbor was called "Cable Theft." In Arkansas, they updated that law with the boilerplate DCMA to where it is now a theft of any IT service (telephone, DSL, Cable). So, hacking a router to where you do this is only a felony. Teaching how to hack is also considered a crime in some jurisdictions . . .
Re:Dupe (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Cancer? (Score:3, Informative)
There can be so many other things wrong with GMOs (most scary is various pests inheriting resistancy), but they do not kill you per se.
Re:Cancer? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Dupe (Score:3, Informative)
I agree, jsut set up a *nix box and run ipcop and you can pretty much see when he goes to the bathroom.
Re:Locking away GPL software (Score:1, Informative)
Unless they bundly the source code with the firmware, they have to provide source code to anyone who asks, for any of it, for three years.
My impressions of various third-party firmware (Score:4, Informative)
I've had a WRT54g v2 since February, and have tried several third-party firmware offerings over the past few months. I have a Comcast 3000/256 cable modem connection, and have been 100% Linux at home for almost nine years. Here's my quick impressions of each:
Re:Cisco VPN? (Score:1, Informative)