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

[Greg Brown]

I've bought several of the Linksys version post switch to Vxworks and they
have all worked great.  So have the older boxes, except that one I mounted
in an attic in the winter that (literally) melted the following summer.
Whoops.

OpenWRT Kamikaze until the bitter end!

Greg

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Brian Phelps <brphelps at ieee.org> wrote:

>
> 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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