Isn't it just possible that the V.5 change is not an attack on Linux, just running a business the way it needs to be run to be successful? It seems to me they have been able to reduce costs in three ways:
1. Cut the amount of ram in half. 2. Cut the amount of flash in half. 3. Re-using VxWORKS cuts down on the number of OSes that need to be maintained and supported. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Brown Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:43 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] No more Linux on WRT54G??? You read it right.. here is my battle to load OpenWRT on a v4 box that is still running Linux (and my revelation that V.5 is a lost battle before it began): http://tbcorp.homeip.net/blog/?q=node/view/464 And yes, Phil is correct.. VxWORKS (the same OS as is on the AP-1200 Cisco line) is now in the V.5 WRT54G. I believe it has 8 megs of ram and 2 of flash. There's no way OpenWRT is going to fit into that. Even if it did compile. As for "Cisco's loss" I'm starting to get worried. Most of the replacements have serious drawbacks: Buffalo Airstation: MC external antenna connection. Exceptionally fragile. Plus the cost is around the $100.00 mark. Motorola WR850G: Looked like a winner. Low cost, external antenna with SMA connector but I hear the latest incarnation has an soldered antenna that would require cracking the case, soldering on a N connector, etc, etc. Customers see that and all they think is "cheap hack job". ASUS WL-500G: Looks like the current horse to beat - IF I can get OpenWRT to load. I can do without the printer port, but it does have an antenna connection (sma) so I can amp it should I need to. Still though, I want my old WRT54G back. Diversity antenna, strong antenna connectors, OpenWRT.. they were so sweet. And I need a few more of them (or something else I can load OpenWRT on, guess I'll order an Asus). Greg On 11/10/05, Phillip Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so I saw this blog post: > > <http://weblog.infoworld.com/smbit/archives/2005/11/diy_cutting_edg.html> > > which states that newer WRT54G's have a "different operating system, not > subject to the new open source add-ons." > > Does anybody know anything about this? Have they abandoned Linux completely, > or is this guy misinformed, or what? It seems > like changing OS's would be a pretty major change while keeping the same > model number... I also wonder what OS they might > have switched to, and why they would switch? > > Ok, the "why" question is indirectly addressed in his entry, but I kinda > doubt that most businesses that would > otherwise be buying $1000+ Cisco routers are instead using WRT54G's with > open-source firmware. Or are they? > > > TTYL, > > Phil > -- > 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 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 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/
