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

Brian Phelps brphelps at ieee.org
Wed Jul 30 15:45:07 EDT 2008


I personally like this router (no wireless, but completely open):
http://media.digikey.com/photos/Atmel%20Photos/ATNGW100.jpg

It has 16bit Stereo audio outputs on board though the drivers need
patching to get them to work properly.

It also has an SD card slot.  No USB Host capabilities to my knowledge,
just a USB Device.  


On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 11:54 -0400, Robert Dale wrote:
> 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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