[TriLUG] Oh cool my router runs Linux!!!

[David A. Cafaro]

LOL, yeah, I tried one of those Linksys, would lock up every other  
day.  Went back to Netgear for steady connections.

Course I never tried running a custom firmware on the Linksys, didn't  
have the time at the time.

Funny how everyone has different experiences ;-)


David A. Cafaro <dac at trilug.org> <dac at cafaro.net>
Cafaro's Ramblings:  www.cafaro.net

On Jul 30, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Shane O. wrote:

> And now we should be able to get some empirical data as to whether  
> Netgear
> sucks because their hardware sucks or because their software sucks.
>
> Linksys WRT54GL is your friend.  :-)
>
> Shane O.
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:40 PM, David A. Cafaro <dac at trilug.org>  
> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I had no clue that Netgear had in braced linux so much.  I knew
>> they had just released a g based router specifically for supporting
>> linux hobbyists, but I just found this page:
>>
>> http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/open_src.asp
>>
>> And download the firmware source code for my brand new WNR3500
>> Wireless N gigabit switch router.  In the source code includes full
>> instructions for building the firmware from source so that you can
>> load your own built firmware.
>>
>> Now not sure it includes everything you need for a working router,  
>> but
>> this does have some potential, just need to dig further and see  
>> what's
>> there.
>>
>> Anyone else notice this?
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>> David A. Cafaro <dac at trilug.org> <dac at cafaro.net>
>> Cafaro's Ramblings:  www.cafaro.net
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