Hi Bob,
My interests are:
1. Learning more about how to tweak and customize the router
2. Writing scripts and programs that run on the router.
3. Understanding the how the linux kernel was changed for this router.
4. Porting 802.11s (mesh networking) to run under one of the free
operating systems that run on cheap routers.
I could go into more detail about any of those and probably come up with
a couple of others but that should give you an idea of what i want to do.
- Dave
Bob Carlson wrote
I have worked a lot with similar code, but not directly with dd-wrt. My work
was on Atheros based routers that were also embedded Linux.
What exactly do you want to try and do? Run applications on top? Modify the
wifi code?
Cheers, Bob
Eugene, OR - Tucson, AZ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Dave Compton
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:58 PM
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Subject: [Eug-lug] Re: cheap dd-wrt capable router
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.
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