Linksys WRT54GL and Sveasoft?
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yesthattomI have a WRT 54GL (the hackable version of the Linksys WiFi box) and I’m considering spending the $20 to get the Sveasoft firmware.
Anyone here use their software? Are they still producing new releases? Their web site seems a bit old.
Is it possible to revert to the Linksys firmware if I don’t like it?
Anyone here use their software? Are they still producing new releases? Their web site seems a bit old.
Is it possible to revert to the Linksys firmware if I don’t like it?
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Date: 2006-11-19 08:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-19 08:46 pm (UTC)Can you recommend any others?
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Date: 2006-11-19 08:47 pm (UTC)OpenWRT
Date: 2006-11-19 08:50 pm (UTC)I had it on a Motorola router, and it wasn't working right with WDS. I put the stock firmware on the router and it worked fine.
Re: OpenWRT
Date: 2006-11-19 08:55 pm (UTC)hey, I've been thinking about trying to replicate what you did with the music server for your house. What kind of start-up costs should i expect?
Re: OpenWRT
Date: 2006-11-19 09:42 pm (UTC)Kuro Box: $150
Squeezebox 3: $300 (if you get a different player like the Roku I'll be very mad)
Hard Drive: $80 for say a 320GB (I think your collection is smaller than mine. I have a 400GB drive that I paid nearly $300 for last year, and it's got about 30GB left, and I do have about 20GB of non-music files on it. If you need more space, then get it--500GB for $180 say. With the Kuro set up you might want to use it as a NAS for other files too.)
USB CD-ROM drive: $50.
So, offhand, around $600-$700 depending on how much storage you want. If you go with a different NAS your costs might go up too, but you need to find one you could hack to get Linux on it to run the Slimserver software. You could also do the old PC route, but you want to worry about power consumption--the Kuro burns 25 watts max, with drive.
Read my <a href="http://www.chairthrower.org/blog/>blog</a> for more. Actually, it might be fun to update the pricing. I paid close to $1000 for everything all told.
Save your $20
Date: 2006-11-19 11:48 pm (UTC)Re: Save your $20
Date: 2006-11-20 04:01 am (UTC)Re: Save your $20
Date: 2006-11-20 04:16 am (UTC)http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php
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Date: 2006-11-20 04:08 am (UTC)% ssh router root@router's password: ---------------------------------------- Welcome to the Sveasoft WRT54G Firmware Samadhi2 build version 2_2.00.8.6svBut then James turned into a major league arsehole. He took an opensource fork of the software and closed it. People had contributed to his project under the assumption it was opensource. Whilst the FSF said that his business model was OK under the GPL, I just found his attitude to be anti-community.
OpenWRT looks like it has some benefits but, to be honest, the functionality I currently have is sufficient. If I have more free time then maybe I'll look into it again, but... *shrug*
Seriously, unless the Linksys software doesn't do something you really want then stick with the core firmware. It sounds cool to be able to ssh into your router, but I've done it so so infrequently that it's not gained me anything.
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Date: 2006-11-20 04:18 am (UTC)DD-WRT
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php
Comments from my friend: "I have used most of the 3rd party firmwares, and DD-WRT smokes the rest. The UI is fantastic, and it has dynamic graphical displays. v23 sp2 is the current release. Also, the Sveasoft devs are jerks who are violating Linux CopyLeft, and their UI is a lame rehash of the bad Linksys UI."
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Date: 2006-11-20 06:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-20 09:10 am (UTC)