On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 03:30:06PM -0500, dandantheitman wrote: > Sorry just now got around to taking a look at your post. Now this > looks like a new fun project for me :) Honestly had never heard of > DD-WRT till you posted. Have now googled it, found the official site > and am much informed. > > I am required to do a security project for MSc, so I think this could > be something I most definitely want to use. I can grab one of the > compatible linksys wireless device off of newegg for about $70. > > is it still up and running ? any issues thusfar ?
I bought the same router a while back, too, and according to some websites the "L" actually stands for Linux. I'm running OpenWRT on it, which is more or less the same as DD-WRT. You have to be careful, though, what Linksys device you buy and I recommend checking in advance how good your future device will be supported. It's not enough to check the model, you should also have a look at the version number. A friend of mine, for example, bought a WRT54GS version 5 or 6 and due to a lack of memory there, ended up very limited. He had to use a custom made version of DD-WRT. Earlier versions would have been fine. Those router distris hit me with excitement, too, and I bought my first router ever actually shortly after discovering those sites. ;) But what hit me actually really hard, was the existence of the Linksys GPL code center at: http://www-ae.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=AE%2FLayout&cid=1138743658327&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=5832758243L04 You'll find even devices there that are unsupported by OpenWRT and DD-WRT (like the WAG300N). It's hard to make some use of these bundles, though. Have fun playing... Dirk. -- The problem is that the more generic and infinitely flexible your [user interface] is, the more similar it is to a programming language. Lisp is not a good user interface. (Havoc Pennington)
