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

[Neil L. Little]

The good news is there is firmware for Linksys Vxworks routers but last 
I checked once you reflashed you either couldnt go back or you "bricked" 
the router.
By the way one of the reasons these routers lock up like they do is the 
"cheap" wall wart they use.

Neil, WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!
www.jars.net

Brian Phelps 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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>>> Shane O.
>>> ========
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