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 grcoreChallenge Accepted
join:2003-12-06
usa | reply to VirtualLarry
Re: Network Everywhere NWR11B - need hacked firmware! Checked the whois on www.nerworkeverywhere.com
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Cisco-Linksys LLC (DOM-343777)
170 W. Tasman Drive
San Jose CA 95134-1706
US
Domain Name: networkeverywhere.com | |
| Since I posted last, I've been in contact with Linksys. They seem to avoid giving me information about WHY that router doesn't seem to exist, but they do tell me there's no firmware updates for it or anything of that nature. They do provide support for it thought. What I thought was strange is that when I initially contacted linksys, they seemed unaware of my particular model number. They expected "04" not "11". Anyway, after all that BS I took the thing back to the store and returned it, then purchased a Linksys Wireless-B Router. I am happy again. | |
| Re: Network Everywhere NWR11B - need hacked firmwa said by srelysian:
Since I posted last, I've been in contact with Linksys. They seem to avoid giving me information about WHY that router doesn't seem to exist
Probably due to strong guidance from their legal dept. Hardware-wise, it's actually a quite powerful and apparently capable router, as much or moreso than their higher-end, all-singing, all-dancing 'g' models. (Except that this one only supports 'b' speeds.)
said by srelysian:
but they do tell me there's no firmware updates for it or anything of that nature.
Of course not. Because if they offered a binary, they would have to offer the GPL'ed source to go with it. They think that as long as the only GPL'ed code being used is embedded inside the device, and as long as no-one can fish it out, then they won't be forced to provide the source. To be fair, Realtek is the real GPL-violating culprit here, but because LinkSys is still selling them under their name at retail, I would think that they are also liable to the GPL licensing provisions. (IANAL though.)
However, the LinkSys firmware is different enough from the OEM Realtek (and similar enough to other LinkSys routers, at least in features and UI), that .. I forgot where I was going with that thought. But there are numerous updates to the OEM Realtek firmware, including things like support for WDS mode. It's a shame that LinkSys isn't releasing updates with their own "tweaks", based on the updated OEM codebase. It would make this a very nice and powerful wireless router indeed! (Probably why LinkSys doesn't - because it would favoribly compete against their higher-end models, and make them look like garbage in the features dept. by comparison.)
said by srelysian:
They do provide support for it thought. What I thought was strange is that when I initially contacted linksys, they seemed unaware of my particular model number. They expected "04" not "11". Anyway, after all that BS I took the thing back to the store and returned it, then purchased a Linksys Wireless-B Router. I am happy again.
Well, IMHO, the "11" is more powerful, hardware-wise, than their newer models, but unfortunately, in the state that it is in now, it is a lot less capable as well. I wish that there were some way to get a shell with the current old LinkSys firmware, so that I could try brute-force flashing of some of the OEM Realtek firmwares onto the device.
I just think that it is so, so strange, that Google turned up nearly *nothing* on this router. It is my suspicion that LinkSys paid off Google to remove it from their search results, as they are known to do in certain cases.
Hopefully this thread will help re-kindle some interest in hacking this particular router.
PS. I have physically disassembled mine, and can conclusively verify that it is indeed the Realtek 8181 OEM design inside. It has two SDRAM chips, which I think means that it supports 32-bit-wide DRAM access, like the majority of Reaktek 8181 designs, but unlike the popular Minitar model.
The only real drawback that I can see, is that the NWR11B only has one antenna attached, which would be a major disadvantage, speed-wise, when operating in WDS mode. | | |
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Wilmot
join:2004-09-17
Vanier, ON | Is this the card in question?
»www.futureshop.ca/catalog/prodde···=fsweb18
Thanks. | |
 koma3504AdvocatePremium
join:2004-06-22
North Richland Hills, TX | here is what i found on it
»ftp://ftp.networkeverywhere.com/
»duress.collord.net/node/view/165
»melbourne.wireless.vic.asn.au/wiki/?minitar
»melbourne.wireless.org.au/
»www.hotbot.com/default.asp?query···u=&date= | |
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