[OT] WRT54G, was: Re: [ale] [OT] VoIP recommendations

Vincent Fox vf5 at plm.gatech.edu
Sun Apr 3 20:15:04 EDT 2005


The one you HAVE to try at some point is OpenWRT.

This one feels more like a Linux distro. Uses the ipkg
system for adding packages, no GUI, formats the excess
flash as a filesystem. On a GS unit you get about 5-6 megs
left for adding packages. Want to run tcpdump, no problem
there's a package for that. Want to fiddle with the VLAN's
and have different ports be different networks, no problems
standard Linux vconfig, etc. Want to change how things
get started up? Poke around in /etc/init.d/

On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 07:31:43PM -0400, Dow Hurst wrote:
> I'm running the Sveasoft pre-release firmware and have been quite 
> impressed with it.  I think it is worth the money just for the default 
> extra options over the Linksys default firmware.  Flashing was easy.  
> The sveasoft site has forums that are full of answers to newbie 
> questions, such has flashing questions.  Well worth a look see for 
> having advanced router functionality in a cheap quiet device.




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