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Linux Hackers Reclaim the WRT54G
An anonymous reader writes "The world's most ubiquitous wireless access point is free to run Linux again, thanks to a brilliant hack by db90h, aka Jeremy Collake. No soldering is required, as Collake's 'VxWorks Killer' nixes the WRT54G's VxWorks bootloader and installs a normal Broadcom one, allowing Linux to be installed easily. One distribution small enough for the series five WRT54G's 2MB of Flash and 8MB of RAM is the free DD-WRT project's "micro" edition. It lacks some of the fancier Linux router packages, such as nocat and IPv6, but does support PPPoE, and could be more stable than the VxWorks firmware, which seems to have generated mixed reviews." Update: 06/26 22:52 GMT by T : Note that the project's name is DD-WRT, not (as it was mistakenly rendered) WR-DDT. Check out the DD-WRT project's site.
power failure during the two second installation process could permanently incapacitate or "brick" the device.
Reminds me of a Windows 98 installation I once did.
I got tired of futzing with the router more than I was just letting it do its job.
Common, it's not like you bought it for it's intended purpose.
What sort of geek are you.
perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
Linux Fanoy: "Don Jeremy, Cisco want's me to pay $20 extra for a Linux version of their router. What can I do?"
Don Jeremy: "You could act like a man!" [slap]
The next morning in John Chamber's bedroom...
[John discovers bloody penguin head in bed.]
John: AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaagghh!
does it run Windows?
So when can I turn my WRT54G into a PSP? Now that would be a hack!
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
Yes. And when OS X runs on a Linksys WRT54G we'll call that slick too.
If not now, when?
Son, we are your parents. Got news for your: it was your parents invented Slashdot.
I need a translator for this post.
Or maybe i'm getting old. And I'm 20.
does it run HURD?
"You're everywhere. You're omnivorous."