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

[Brian Phelps]

On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 10:27 -0400, David A. Cafaro wrote:
> LOL, yeah, I tried one of those Linksys, would lock up every other  
> day.  Went back to Netgear for steady connections.
This was among many big problems at first when Linksys moved from Linux
to Vxworks to save a few pennies on RAM/Flash.  I wonder if this really
saved them $$ in the long run.  Probably did because people still bought
Linksys partially based on their reliable reputation, not knowing that
Linksys had completely changed whats under the hood.

> 
> 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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> >
> >
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