[conspire] re-flashing Linksys WRT54gV5 with open source

[Ehud Kaldor]

Thanks, Paul.
Not that I don't appreciate Rick's advice, but like you, I got the WRT for
free (freecycle), so it is not a question of what to get, but of what to do
with what I have. And since my current dir655 cannot be reflashed OS, I
work with what I can. :)

Thank you,
Ehud
On Nov 20, 2011 11:15 AM, "Paul Zander" <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:

> Ehud,
>
> A few months back I got a V 6.0 router at a flea market.  I was convinced
> it would be a better use of my time to buy a different unit from Newegg.
> (Which is still on my to to list.)
>
> Maybe I should try flashing it as a "science project" and not feel
> disappointed in the results.
>
> Paul
>
> --- On *Sat, 11/19/11, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: Re: [conspire] re-flashing Linksys WRT54gV5 with open source
> To: conspire at linuxmafia.com
> Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 11:40 PM
>
> Quoting Ehud Kaldor (ehud.kaldor at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=ehud.kaldor@gmail.com>
> ):
>
>
> Other people's view may differ from the following, but these are mine.
>
> > Linksys WRT54gV5
>
> My view:  8 MB RAM and 2 MB of flash is unacceptably anaemic for a
> Linux-based WAP / ethernet / gateway device.  Period.  If I had one of
> those -- a WAP so anaemic they had to preload it with VxWorks -- I'd
> sell it.  In my view, the bare minimum acceptable hardware for such a
> device, the floor below which you should not bother, is twice that
> amount of each metric.
>
> Yes, there are ways to shoehorn severely pared down and barely
> functional 'micro' or 'micro-plus' versions of things like DD-WRT into
> it.  No, you should not do that, because it will be a huge hassle,
> because the results will not be satisfactory, and because you should
> spend your time and effort in better ways.
>
> But you're a masochist who has boundless time and who doesn't mind
> living through huge amounts of frustration and disappointment?  OK, go
> ahead.
>
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Version_5_And_6_Router_Information
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT54G_v5.0_%26_5.1_%26_6.0
>
> _______________________________________________
> conspire mailing list
> conspire at linuxmafia.com <http://mc/compose?to=conspire@linuxmafia.com>
> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> conspire mailing list
> conspire at linuxmafia.com
> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/attachments/20111120/46e2d04b/attachment.html>