OpenWRT doesn't do BGP/OSPF/et al natively, but with Quagga... http://www.quagga.net/about.php
it will do some very cool things...get Quagga for OpenWRT at: http://openwrt.org/ipkg/ and enjoy building a "real" network on gear that was never intended to support it... ;-) Shouldn't you be working on your Wifi/Bluetooth Solar-powered helmet cam? Shane O. On 6/8/05, Greg Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a somewhat related note, I finally got OpenWRT working in WET > (wireless bridge mode). Not too terribly difficult, though the > instructions is are a bit off. > > Here's how you do it (both units must be infrastructure mode, btw): > > Put access point(router/whatever) A in AP mode: > > Put access point B in WET mode (nvram set wl0_mode=wet nvram commit > wifi down wifi up) and make sure that your WET box has the same SSID > (and wep settings, if they exist on A. Point "A"). > > You can even turn off SSID broadcasting on AP "A" and it still works. > With the coolness of OpenWRT you can then restrict by MAC address and > throw something over the line like IPSec VPN to encrypt everything > between the AP. You can do scads of other cool stuff too. > > OpenWRT is a good solution for point-to-point or point-to-many-point > links. In the grand scheme of things I can see putting up a wireless > backup network on a multi-building small campus with these buggars, > perhaps on a /28 network or something. Maybe smaller, I dunno, would > depend on the requirements. > > I wonder if these things do BGP, OSPF, and the like... hum.. when I > get some free time when all my projects calm down I just might try to > find that out. > > Greg > > > > On 6/7/05, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WRAL news at 10pm tonight just said Raleigh was #1 in the nation with > > amount of public wifi access, so maybe roam away?? :) ... Seattle > > being #1 in public wifi access ... and on a side note, NC is 3rd in > > BioTech behind Mass and CA. > > > > :) > > > > > > On 6/7/05, Reginald Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rumor has it that 1xEV-DO is coming to the Triangle this summer. I > > > just signed up for the service 9 days ago and have since tried the > > > Broadband access service in both Orlando and at a DFW airport > > > (terminal C from the AA lounge). It is excellent. The service > > > available in the Triangle now is 1xRTT and it certainly is slower, but > > > I still find it usable, even with an IPSEC tunnel riding on top of it. > > > I have the Novatel V620 card with unlimited access. > > > > > > --Reggie > > > > > > On 6/6/05, Aaron Bockover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Okay, so Raleigh just isn't full of open WiFi hot-spots, and it'd really > > > > be nice to have wireless broadband. Is anyone subscribed to such a > > > > service? Does one really even exist yet in this area? > > > > > > > > I tried signing up for the free Nextel Wireless Broadband trial last > > > > year, but didn't get accepted. It's been a year, the trial is over, and > > > > it doesn't look like they've rolled the service out publicly. > > > > > > > > Verizon has wireless broadband, but Raleigh isn't one of its supported > > > > cities. > > > > > > > > Are we just that insignificant? I would really hate to have to start > > > > using my cellphone for dial-up... that's just asinine! > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Shane O. ======== Shane O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (h) 919.847.4687 (m) 919.395.7367 (f) 817.796.2086 ================ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
