And for hardware, if one has a convenient way to refer to some good model spec references, to know what chipsets, CPU speeds & RAM are in which models, one is empowered to surf 2nd-hand stores, yard sales, bargain bins at places like Fry's, etc. One good such list is at http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices as you've prolly seen. 8MB is nice to have, but if you seek simple router functions why worry? It'd be nice to run snort on the thing, maybe => The mostly-similar broadcom units have a great chance of running the alternative firmwares, afaict. I've heard good things about the buffalo routers providing a better price-point on the budget end... the problem I'm seeing now is that it is harder to find older hardware, so we can get one of the AirStation 125's for close for $40 online but I'm sure a batch of older-model b/g devices could be found for under $30 new (not used or refurb). On the used end, if you found say a box of unsupported units really cheap at some auction, send a handful of them off to the devs, and wait :) I'm the hopeful type.
The wikipedia node http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT has a bunch of good info too, and you can see tomato & others listed under "Alternatives" there. cheerio, ~ben On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might want a more open environment... look at tomato which was > discussed in euglug threads earlier this year about custom router > firmwarzen, mostly netgear and linksys hw but a variety of firmware topics > :) > http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato/ > > Good prior posts: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg12282.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11826.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11746.html > (props to Allen Brown for these posts!) > > ~ben > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Dave Compton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Ben, >> >> No, I'm not doing anything at all with the "n" part. For that matter, I'm >> not doing anything interesting with the "b/g" part other than verifying that >> it works. My reason for getting this router was to try out the development >> environment for dd-wrt and/or other open source router firmware. >> >> I don't know of *any* similarly-priced models, new or refurb, with or >> without 802.11n, that support dd-wrt. There are cheaper routers but I have >> not seen any that support dd-wrt. This might just show that I'm not too >> good at searching but it's hard to beat $35 by much. If you or anyone else >> out there knows of a cheaper dd-wrt compatible router, please let me know. >> >> One reason that I didn't want to spend a lot on this router is that there >> is some chance that I might ruin it. Hopefully that will not happen but if >> it does, I don't want much cash invested in a paperweight. >> >> On the subject of writing code to run under dd-wrt, does anyone reading >> this have any experience along those lines? Most of the instructions I have >> seen are about recompiling/rebuilding the dd-wrt O/S but I would rather >> start with a "hello world" program. >> >> - Dave >> >> >> >> Ben Barrett wrote: >> >>> So are you doing anything interesting with the "n" part? Or just b/g? >>> ...and, since you've done your homework, does this model provide >>> substantially more RAM & CPU than similarly-priced new models (not refurb)? >>> >>> ~ben >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Dave Compton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> I am interested in router hacking but didn't want to pay too much >>> for a open source compatible router. This week, frys.com >>> <http://frys.com> has a refurbished Netgear WNR834B(v2) 802.11n >>> router for $35 - shipping included. I got one of these a couple of >>> days ago and now have dd-wrt running on it. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> EUGLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> > >
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