On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Andy Boyett wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > it's been a while since i've been able to mess with this project,
> > but i've got my WL-500GP up and running kamikaze 7.09, having flashed
> > it with openwrt-brcm47xx-2.6-squashfs.trx. so far, so good.
> >
> > is there any schedule for a newer release with functioning wireless?
> > or will that require building my own kernel and loading the broadcom
> > firmware myself? thanks.
> >
> > rday
> You will have to compile OpenWrt yourself to use the b43 driver but
> remember it is still a work in progress. People have indicated that
> STA mode *can* work well, but AP mode still largely does not work.
>
> We are working at stabilizing as many aspects of the project as we
> can at the moment in preparation for the next release but do not
> have a release date set.
i'm assuming those shortcomings in wireless apply to *all* 2.6-based
OpenWrt builds on all routers, and not just for the ASUS, right? in
short, if one wants rock-solid wireless with OpenWrt, it's necessary
to stick with 2.4-based white russian?
rday
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