Linux Hackers Re-claim the Linksys WRT54G
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 27 June 2006 - 16:50 · 14 comments & 6675 views
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#1 Posted by oovelknoovel on 27 Jun 2006 - 18:03
- Just gave it a shot, works well
But I guess if one is not careful, the result could be a bricked router.
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#2 Posted by Martin Blank on 27 Jun 2006 - 18:59
- :: sigh ::
Saw this elsewhere last night -- right after my order for a WRT54GL shipped.
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#2.1 Posted by markjensen on 27 Jun 2006 - 20:10
- The "L is better, as it has more memory for more features.
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#3 Posted by japanesetea on 27 Jun 2006 - 20:30
- be careful though that model had serious wireless issues in my loft style apartment. watch out for metal spiral staircases. it dont penetrate as well as my 3com does. I had to take it back to CC becuase it would not work unless I had the laptop like 10 feet infront of it. I never ran the linux hack though it prolly could have fixed it but I never thought of doing it. oh well my 3com is cool.
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#4 Posted by supernova_00 on 27 Jun 2006 - 20:31
- and whats the point? to use your router as a computer?
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#4.1 Posted by werejag on 27 Jun 2006 - 21:31
- whats the point of your comment. seems kind of worthless
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#4.2 Posted by XerXis on 27 Jun 2006 - 22:36
- he was asking a question? judging by your stupid flame i'm guessing you don't know the answer
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#4.3 Posted by Audhumla on 28 Jun 2006 - 04:56
- Hacked firmware opens up alot of advanced features and flexibility that are not possible with the standard firmware. It's just allowing more advanced users to adjust the router to their personal needs and has absolutely nothing to do with adding the functionality of an operating system.
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#5 Posted by japanesetea on 27 Jun 2006 - 20:37
- prolly to add more features to the router since I hated the gui on it. also it would make it more stable. I have had firmware crashes on the model I returned so this would make it more reliable.
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#6 Posted by Hills420 on 28 Jun 2006 - 01:02
- one question: why?
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#7 Posted by eilegz on 28 Jun 2006 - 03:44
- too bad i have version 5 and well im looking foward it i want to put a edited firmware so i can have more features.
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#8 Posted by ExOrCizT on 28 Jun 2006 - 05:10
- DD-WRT owns. i have it on my WRT54G V3 and my friend has it on his GS. it alows for a lot more customizable features, and hell we can even turn up the power that goes to the antennas to get more signal
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#9 Posted by mrbester on 28 Jun 2006 - 10:50
- Good. The v5 firmware was a PITA to do anything with unless you went the scary route of the compex instructions. I'm glad I've got a v1 before all that "let's limit the available memory" and "let's lock this down" mentality started to prevail. I run DD-WRT Full with a few extra items in jffs and it rulez.
Now, Jeremy Collake, aka "db90h," appears to have created a "VxWorks Killer" flash image that overwrites the VxWorks bootloader on series 5 WRT54G routers with normal Broadcom CFE firmware. This then enables the device to be put into maintenance mode at startup, after which Linux firmware can be installed easily.