There's a newer version now where Linksys has reintroduced support for
all the Linux-based firmware. They're the WRT54GL version. It makes it
much easier for someone purchasing to determine whether or not the
router will support that firmware. No more cracking open the box and
checking the version number!

 

Alex

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian
Service
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:14 AM
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] summary of conference call last night (tues
mar 28th)

 

Another thing to note is that the new versions of the WRT54G and WRT54GS
aren't capable of running openwrt anymore.  They've changed the platform
completely.  The hardware table on openwrt.org has the serial numbers of
the new models so you know what not to buy.

- Ian

On 3/30/06, David Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RE: Asterisk on Linksys WRT54GS

Bar far the easiest method is to replace the router firmware with
OpenWRT (http://www.openwrt.org). Asterisk is made available as an
optional OpenWRT package. The original work was done by Brian Capouch. 

We will have one at the show (mine) and Nabeel has offered a WiFi phone
to use the AP.

I'm not sure if pushing OpenWRT is the right thing to do though. This
quickly deteriorates into geek speek "what funky platforms can we put 
Linux on" discussion as opposed to what business function we can enable.

I think if the WRT portion stays in the brochure, rather than point to
product URL's we should articulate its usefulness as a remote PBX 
endpoint over IP that is fully integrated for the remote & teleworker
crowd. Strictly business - a $100 access point that provides this
function sure beats the proprietary solutions from Nortel/Avaya.
Position it as an "office in a box". Router, WiFi, SPI Firewall, PBX 
endpoint, Captive portal to police the kids access, Samba + minimal web
server to publish docs to collegues/customers, ... expand as you like
..., etc.

For what it's worth, OpenWRT has become much more portable now and is 
available on "most" higer-end WiFi routers to varying degrees of
functionality. The newest Asus and Netgear units have USB 2.0 ports
which can address a memory key and provide some significant non-volatile

storage.

dbc.

Ian Service wrote:
> Closest thing to a URL I could find:
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Linksys+WRT54G 
>
> Maybe Simon could put this on his box:
>
> <?
>   header("Location:
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Linksys+WRT54G ");
> ?>
>
> in like; /taug/wrt/index.php ?
>
> - Ian
>
> On 3/29/06, *Ian Darwin* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote:
>
>
>     >  - Submit Flyer to Stephan (Simon; Fri)
>     >
>     I've done a first draft of the flyer like I said; it's at
>     http://www.darwinsys.com/tmp/fanfold.pdf
>     Check you get the complete download: -rw-r--r--  1 ian  wheel
872223
>     Mar 29 22:55 fanfold.pdf
>
>     I obviously started with the text from the wiki, for which thanks.

>
>     If people think it's dreadful anybody else is welcome to do a
better
>     one, but if you have suggestions to improve it
>     please let me know. What's there is far from finished but the
overall 
>     shape will probably not change much.
>     (though the columns will be adjusted as they aren't balanced).
>
>     When we send it to Stephan I will increase the PDF resolution to
>     get a 
>     better print; this is PDF'd in
>     moderate quality.  I have some more text written and a map still
to go
>     in.  The hard part is knowing
>     what to leave out.
>
>     Ian 
>
>
>
>
>
>
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