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Linux Firmware For Some 802.11b Access Points

Posted by timothy on from the now-that-is-a-busybox dept.

drwho writes "This just unveiled at the BAWUG meeting tonight: Linux firmware for Access Points. Check this URL for more info. I haven't tried it yet but it looks great!" The upshot is that certain Access Points can be flashed with a stripped-down Linux system, which makes them more flexible than they'd be under the included firmware. There are even some screenshots of a modded access point booting up.

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  1. FAQ and SS mirror by MentlFlos · · Score: 2, Redundant
    FAQ: http://draco.meatbarn.com/OpenAP/faq.html

    SS1: http://draco.meatbarn.com/OpenAP/screenshot_boot_1 .jpg
    SS2: http://draco.meatbarn.com/OpenAP/screenshot_boot_1 .jpg
    SS3: http://draco.meatbarn.com/OpenAP/screenshot_boot_1 .jpg

  2. Slasdotted by asv108 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I put up a mirror of the screens available here

    1. Re:Slasdotted by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 1, Redundant
      And I've mirrored the download here:

      http://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com/openap-0.1.0.t ar.gz

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  3. So? by sootman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've got a pacemaker that runs Linux. Beat that. Seriously, this is way cool. Send critical logs to a printer on your WLAN, or save them all to an nfs-mounted volume... sweeeeeeet.

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