Another thing to note is that the new versions of the WRT54G and WRT54GS aren't capable of running openwrt anymore. They've changed the platform completely. The hardware table on openwrt.org has the serial numbers of the new models so you know what not to buy.
- Ian On 3/30/06, David Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > RE: Asterisk on Linksys WRT54GS > > Bar far the easiest method is to replace the router firmware with > OpenWRT (http://www.openwrt.org). Asterisk is made available as an > optional OpenWRT package. The original work was done by Brian Capouch. > > We will have one at the show (mine) and Nabeel has offered a WiFi phone > to use the AP. > > I'm not sure if pushing OpenWRT is the right thing to do though. This > quickly deteriorates into geek speek "what funky platforms can we put > Linux on" discussion as opposed to what business function we can enable. > > I think if the WRT portion stays in the brochure, rather than point to > product URL's we should articulate its usefulness as a remote PBX > endpoint over IP that is fully integrated for the remote & teleworker > crowd. Strictly business - a $100 access point that provides this > function sure beats the proprietary solutions from Nortel/Avaya. > Position it as an "office in a box". Router, WiFi, SPI Firewall, PBX > endpoint, Captive portal to police the kids access, Samba + minimal web > server to publish docs to collegues/customers, ... expand as you like > ..., etc. > > For what it's worth, OpenWRT has become much more portable now and is > available on "most" higer-end WiFi routers to varying degrees of > functionality. The newest Asus and Netgear units have USB 2.0 ports > which can address a memory key and provide some significant non-volatile > storage. > > dbc. > > Ian Service wrote: > > Closest thing to a URL I could find: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Linksys+WRT54G > > > > Maybe Simon could put this on his box: > > > > <? > > header("Location: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Linksys+WRT54G";); > > ?> > > > > in like; /taug/wrt/index.php ? > > > > - Ian > > > > On 3/29/06, *Ian Darwin* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > > - Submit Flyer to Stephan (Simon; Fri) > > > > > I've done a first draft of the flyer like I said; it's at > > http://www.darwinsys.com/tmp/fanfold.pdf > > Check you get the complete download: -rw-r--r-- 1 > ian wheel 872223 > > Mar 29 22:55 fanfold.pdf > > > > I obviously started with the text from the wiki, for which thanks. > > > > If people think it's dreadful anybody else is welcome to do a better > > one, but if you have suggestions to improve it > > please let me know. What's there is far from finished but the > overall > > shape will probably not change much. > > (though the columns will be adjusted as they aren't balanced). > > > > When we send it to Stephan I will increase the PDF resolution to > > get a > > better print; this is PDF'd in > > moderate quality. I have some more text written and a map still to > go > > in. The hard part is knowing > > what to leave out. > > > > Ian > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
