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Hacking the Linksys WRT54G

Posted by timothy on from the go-forth-and-multiply-them dept.

knightrdr writes "Robert X. Cringely has posted an interesting article on the PBS web site about modifying the Linksys WRT54G wireless G broadband router to build a wireless layer on top of the Internet. He argues that with as little as a $70 investment per node, the Sveasoft WRT54G Firmware could be the first in a line of many wireless devices to enable a giant leap forward for the Internet."

2 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    pretty cool mods...

    pretty nifty device...

    to bad linksys/cisco doesn't put out more creative firmware...

  2. Dump question about VOIP by pubjames · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    This may be a dumb question, but if I want to do VOIP (without using a VOIP service provider) how do I do it? We have several offices scattered in different countries, and we could use it internally to reduce costs. We have a mix of Windows, OSX and Linux on the desktop. What headsets would we use, and what software?

    Of course being able to use wireless handsets would be even better, especially if we could use the same ones to make normal telephone calls. Is this possible?