[MLB-WIRELESS] Linksys WRT54G

[Winder]

Hey Ben,

 Can you plant the firware up on melbwire? Sounds like it's exactly what we
need :)

Regards,
g at z.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Ben Grech
Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2004 9:16 PM
To: Melbourne Wireless
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Linksys WRT54G


I can't speak highly enough for the WRT54G. I'm about to put one to use at
node GPR in Reservoir, and it will allow me to have (as g at z said) a fully
functional routing node stuck up a mast and powered via PoE, with no PC in
sight.

Not happy with some of the bugs and excessive features eating up RAM and ROM
in the Sveasoft firmware, I chose to create my own firmware, only
implementing the features I need. Now my C skills are nothing to write home
about, but the Linksys code is clean and easily extended. The end result is
a unit with:

- OSPF, RIP and static routes
- routing or bridging between the LAN and wireless interfaces
- wireless interface in AP, AP client or ad-hoc mode
- separate transmit and receive antenna selection
- adjustable transmit power
- several other small enhancements

The client mode is a true client mode, and will connect to any AP without
this 'only works with products with the same chipset' BS. And since (in
router mode) no bridging code is used, the unit won't be plagued by the bugs
that make client mode on APs like the SVEC and Minitar difficult or
impossible to use.

So my plan for GPR is to link the WRT54G in client mode to another node such
as GMR, BHH, or GDW (haven't decided yet, don't know what's visible), use an
SVEC with amp in AP mode for incoming connections, and still have lots room
to expand.

To sum: the WRT54G is definitely a great little unit.

> Hi y'all,
>
> Has anyone here played with the WRT54G?  Seems you can run Linux on it
> and do all sorts of stuff - OSPF, QoS routing, SSH, some people have
> even compiled and run Kismet on it.  I've heard that it has some issues,
> such as the radio perhaps not being so good, and it can be unstable.  A
> Swedish company called Sveasoft has written some custom firmware that
> gives it all sorts of cool features such as Frottle.  Stephen Tossel
> sent me the I, Cringely link today so I went and did a bit of Googling.
> I, Cringely seems a little over-enthusiastic about what's possible with
> modified WRT54Gs - grassroots metropolitan VoIP networks and the like -
> but they seem an interesting enough box to tinker with.  The eBay link
> below has them, in Melbourne, for $145.
>
> eBay
> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11185&item=570
> 2135888&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>
> I, Cringely
> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040527.html
>
> I, Cringely, Slashdotted
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/28/1249235&mode=thread&tid=106&
> tid=137&tid=185&tid=193&tid=215
>
> Seattle Wireless
> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LinksysWrt54g
>
> Sveasoft documentation
> http://docs.sveasoft.com/
>
> Sveasoft discussion forums
> http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/index.php
>
>
> Dan
>
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