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

[Robert Dale]

I did not see what looks like all of their firmware available as open
source.  But I did buy the WGR614L (which should be arriving this
afternoon :-) because of its open sourceness(?)  -
http://www.myopenrouter.com/

Happy hacking.

-- 
Robert Dale

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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