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From: jch on 26 Sep 2007 23:56
"Ignoramus25760" <ignoramus25760(a)NOSPAM.25760.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:31:09 -0400, jch <jch(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>> "Larry Finger" <Larry.Finger(a)lwfinger.net> wrote in message
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>>> Ignoramus30458 wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:32:34 -0000, Richard Steiner <rsteiner(a)visi.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:46:53 -0500 in comp.os.linux.networking,
>>>>> Ignoramus30458 <ignoramus30458(a)NOSPAM.30458.invalid> spake unto us,
>>>>> saying:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:31:57 -0000, Grant Edwards <grante(a)visi.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a network at home with NATs, private subnets, etc, all
>>>>>>>> controlled by a regular Linux computer acting as a firewall.
>>>>>>> Which cost somewhere between $300-$1000, is a _lot_ larger, has
>>>>>>> annoying fans, and burns about 20X the power.
>>>>>> except the linux firewall box can do all sorts of other things, it
>>>>>> does not have to be dedicated.
>>>>> But it does have to be ON. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I do not have a habit of turning computers off (except for my linux
>>>> laptop).
>>>>
>>>>> I just picked up a Linusys WRT54G v8.0 (yeah, I know I should've
>>>>> gotten
>>>>> the GL instead) WAP/router/firewall mainly to free up my old Linux f/w
>>>>> box, and I think it's nice to be able to multiboot again w/o canning
>>>>> my
>>>>> internet connection...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Without a doubt.
>>>>
>>>> How can I tell if my WRT54G supports embedded Linux? Maybe I should
>>>> take it off eBay.
>>>
>>> To some extent, they all do, but the V5 and later models have half the
>>> RAM
>>> and half the flash memory
>>> of earlier models. The V5 thru V8 models come from the factory running
>>> VxWorks. The others already
>>> run Linux, which is how the alternate firmware sources got started. Due
>>> the GPL, Linksys had to make
>>> their kernel sources available. Only the driver for the Broadcom
>>> wireless
>>> chip could be distributed
>>> in binary-only form. That driver file has been an important resource in
>>> the reverse engineering of
>>> the BCM43xx chips, which has led to the bcm43xx opn-source driver for
>>> Linux.
>>>
>>> If your WRT54G doesn't have a version listed on the name plate, then it
>>> is
>>> likely a V1, which will
>>> run 3rd party Linux firmware.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>
>> Even V5 and above can be flashed with a 3rd party Linux firmware. As I
>> stated in a previous post to this very thread, http://www.dd-wrt.com
>> provides information on flashing v5 and above WRT54G routers. I
>> successfully flashed my v5. It involves more than flashing 1 file but
>> it's
>> hardly difficult.
>>
>>
>
> Mine is V2 and is flashable. Could anyone explain in a couple of
> sentences just what is involved in flashing one. Thanks
>
> i

They're all flashable. It's basically the same process you'd go through to
upgrade to a new Linksys firmware version. With WRT54G v5 and above, the
process is a little more involved as you have to flash a couple of extra
files first.


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