Dave,
Speaking as another Embedded Linux guy, I suspect that you'll find the
following:
1. This can be very fun. There are a lot of neat things you can add.
2. See number 1
3. Not as much as you might think. If memory serves that router has a
32bit broadcom MIPs processor. So it'll pretty much be a stripped down
kernel. The kernel isn't were most of the difference lies, that will be
in the rootfs which is normally busybox/uClibc based and highly stripped
of all extraneous apps and libraries.
4. Good luck! sounds fun. Please post any questions/difficulties to
the list so we can try to help out.
-Mike
"Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable." --— Ralph
Johnson.
On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 13:59 -0700, Dave Compton wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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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