The contents of this website are Copyright (c)2004 by Brian Manning <brian at antlinux dot com>. Please do not reuse any of the content on this website without permission from the author.

See also the AntLinux.LinuxOnSoekris page, as both pages deal with running Linux on specialized/embedded hardware.

Links

Vendor Pages

• Linksys WRT54G Product Page
  • WRT54G Firmware
  • Linksys GPL Code Page
• Review on Tom's Hardware Guide for the WRT54G

WRT54G Embedded projects

• HyperWRT
• Sveasoft
  • Supported hardware
  • http://sveasoft.cyberemail.org/SV-WRT54GHardware.html
  • Latest Sveasoft free firmware
• batbox.org
• Seattlewireless
• librenix.org
• stargeek.com
• Dual port serial mod - the original, by Rod Whitby
• Dual port serial mod with RJ-45 ports
• Single port serial mod
• Interfacing RS-232 Serial

OpenWRT Links

The homepage for OpenWRT is http://www.openwrt.org.

Downloads

• http://openwrt.org/downloads/snapshots/
• OpenWRT Package Archive Listing
• Official OpenWRT Package listing
• Package Tracker

Documentation

• Installing, including...
  • how to enable boot_wait
  • how to send commands directly to the router via the ping bug
  • A link to the Linksys FTP site for old firmware images to flash the router with; this makes the ping bug visible on newer routers
• Getting Started
• Using
• Configuration, including how to make sure NVRAM is set up correctly prior to installing new firmware images.
• Troubleshooting
• Building Packages
• How to enable cron
• Mini-HOWTOs
• Create an OpenWRT? web application, and have it use a "release keyword" as a way of disabling the help messages meant for beginning users. The release keyword could also be used to determine when someone started using the web application package

Articles

• Using OpenWRT and OpenSWAN to create an IPSEC Tunnel

Applications

• dropbear - small ssh daemon for use with embedded systems
• Kismet on the WRT54G

802.11g Linux Drivers

• Linux and Wireless LANs - excellent overview of Linux and Wireless LAN drivers/cards
  • 802.11a, 802.11b+, 802.11g page
• Prism GT Chipset Drivers
  • Vendor successes/failures
• Atmel AT76C5XXx-based Wireless Devices
• Atheros Chipsets
  • Madwifi Project FAQ
  • Madwifi Wiki
• Linux wlan-ng compatability table (older 802.11b cards, gzipped)

Notes

• What's the difference in size between bind and djbdns? What libraries do the two applications need, and how big are they? Which would be better to use on an embedded system?

djbdns

• Home page
  • How to Install
  • Installation requires daemontools and ucspi-tcp

bind

• Debian bind package

Parts List and Prices

• WRT54GS Wireless Router - $80
• DB9-P connector - 2 @ $0.39
• IDS10 10 pin insulated connector - $3.39
• SBH-10S Boxed header - 3 @ $0.49
• WMLX-102 Molex housing with crimp terminals - $2.39
• WMLX-108 Molex header straight - $2.39
• WMLX-114 Molex header right-angle - $2.39