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He provides a small nod to what he calls the "culture war" surrounding Sveasoft's abusive tactics and goes into some detail on the subject of firmware mods as a whole.
Not bad. (But no HyperWRT?)
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| Re: Pretty Good Article HyperWRT itself is basically dead (it hasn't been updated in a while).
That said a number of developers have branched off the HyperWRT code. I myself prefer the Tofu build which adds static DHCP, WDS and bridge mode without adding all the bloat that is in the Sveasoft firmware. It also adds some extra statistics and fixes some bugs in the Linksys firmware.
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I am heartened to hear that HyperWRT is still being extended; I do prefer to stay away from the Sveasoft codebase on ethical grounds.
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1 edit | Re: Pretty Good Article I've never tried the Sveasoft (or DD-WRT) software mainly because I don't need all those extra features. Also I have the original WRT54G v1.0 which doesn't have as much memory and processing power as the newer versions so I like to keep the installed firmware as streamlined as possible for better performance
The newer models might be better at handling the extra features, but every extra feature added requires more processing power and/or memory. Processing power and memory that might be needed during heavy usage.
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Oh fooey -- Cisco blows chunks.
Per the other comments in this news thread, Linksys has CLOSED THE SOURCE and reduced the memory in currently available WRT54G models.
That makes the entire linked article (mostly) pointless, and factually wrong:
So the Linksys WRT54G can be loaded with replacement firmware with exciting new features. No, no it can't. Not for anybody picking one up today (in all likelihood). We're reduced to serial number checks now?? This is like trying to find a good overclockable processor. Cisco sucks eggs.
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| Re: Pretty Good Article Present WRT54G models in the US are running VxWorks -- there is a debate over whether or not they can run a Linux-based OS or not. Depends on who you ask...
However, one thing is for sure: the WRT54GL, which is presently only available in Europe, is Linksys's latest Linux-specific model.
All one can do is hope that it's brought to the States.
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| Re: Pretty Good Article said by koitsu :Present WRT54G models in the US are running VxWorks -- there is a debate over whether or not they can run a Linux-based OS or not. Depends on who you ask... What versions are using VxWorks? I thought the entire line of WRT54G's and GS's all use a Linux base?? | |
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| said by B :Thanks, Morac ! Does the relative bloat of Sveasoft (and I presume DD-WRT) affect the performance of the router, or does it merely reduce available RAM for logs and such? No, I have a number of WAP-54G's running Sveasoft firmware. They are WDS enabled and thereby create a small neighboorhood LAN that serves s small number of homes. I installed them in July of last year. They are installed in boxes on the outside of the houses. I have not had to reboot one or service one in any way since September of last year. Performance is excellent. I guess "relative bloat" is a "relative" term.
said by B :I am heartened to hear that HyperWRT is still being extended; I do prefer to stay away from the Sveasoft codebase on ethical grounds. -- B What? Is Sveasoft too ethical for you?  Your religion is showing...
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| said by B :He provides a small nod to what he calls the "culture war" surrounding Sveasoft's abusive tactics and goes into some detail on the subject of firmware mods as a whole. Not bad. (But no HyperWRT?) -- B Of course, you will NEVER cease redefining what the rest of the industry, including the FSF, recognizes as legitimate so we need to actually quote what the gentleman actually wrote to preclude misinformation and outright distortion:
Sveasoft was one of the first developers of a WRT54G firmware based on Linksys’ open source version. Many branches in the firmware family tree, including DD-WRT, are themselves based on Sveasoft’s early modification. Buffeted by the success and enthusiasm generated by their firmware offerings, Sveasoft chose to build a business model around their subsequent releases. Because of the GPL roots of the original Linksys firmware, Sveasoft cannot prevent distribution of their own modifications. As a workaround, they’ve chosen to implement a membership fee of $20 per year to access the Sveasoft “community,” wherein support and new releases are made available. Some in the open source community object to the “wall” Sveasoft has built around its free firmware, and take it upon themselves to release Sveasoft’s work into the public.
Infighting aside, Sveasoft’s older Alchemy and newer Talisman firmware are popular and widely available. BrainSlayer’s DD-WRT is free of the Sveasoft culture war, and is itself an extremely powerful and actively maintained firmware.
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Oh stop it. I was applauding that the author addressed it in a fairminded way; I redefined nothing. Please be constructive. (Outright distortion?? Go away.)
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| Re: Pretty Good Article said by B :Oh stop it. I was applauding that the author addressed it in a fairminded way; I redefined nothing. Please be constructive. (Outright distortion?? Go away.) -- B Oh, my I must have misunderstood the slant of your comments. 
My bad, surely you would never imply that you had, "ethical" issues with Sveasoft...
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I thought it was good that the author addressed it at all -- that was my point. He didn't come down on either side, but he gave a "small nod" to the issue, which might help explain to a new reader why there are forks in the first place. You really didn't have to reflexively and protectively quote the article.
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1 edit | Re: Pretty Good Article said by B :I thought it was good that the author addressed it at all -- that was my point. said by B :I do prefer to stay away from the Sveasoft codebase on ethical grounds. He didn't come down on either side, but he gave a "small nod" to the issue, which might help explain to a new reader why there are forks in the first place. said by B :I do prefer to stay away from the Sveasoft codebase on ethical grounds. You really didn't have to reflexively and protectively quote the article. said by B :I do prefer to stay away from the Sveasoft codebase on ethical grounds. -- B You decide what you need to do, I will decide what I need to do. Hopefully, I will be more honest with everyone else than you are being with yourself. 
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| Re: Pretty Good Article I don't get this "comunist""socialist" mentality that some people have cloaked the open software movement in.
Sveasoft has the right to take open software and modify it and sell it. he has a right to eat and make a living.
Redhat has slowly tried to get out from under the cloak and has come up with a "funny" way of getting around it.
I wish the whole thing was rewritten (and they have tried to no avail) so that we can finally get a Linux distribution that can truly compete with Windows and the popularity it shares in thousands of "actually" usable and enjoyable software.
no this is not a troll line just my views.
I dual boot 4 OS's but when I need to do several things that I need to get done it's always in XP, because that is where the software IS.
Even games are barely making a scratch in Linux, then there's the poor drivers for hardware, this mentallity is what keeps ATI from releasing software for their AIW cards and many many other companies too.
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Edit: I did try another firmware, my apologies, but it was to allow the PSP to connect to XLink Kai, without using the Xlink Kai engine for connectivity. | |
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I have modded mine with the Sveasoft VPN build to enable encrypted remote access to the home network when on travels.
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The WRT54G has been a solid wireless product and has enabled quite a few people to learn about wireless technologies and the security and use of them.
I have modded mine with the Sveasoft VPN build to enable encrypted remote access to the home network when on travels.
All of this is made possible by the open source firmware...
I could have sworn I saw there was A VPN/Remote access option in the linksys firmware? Correct me if I am wrong. | |
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| Re: A true bargain of a product said by nozzer :Yes, you are wrong. The linksys firmware has options to allow VPN PASSTHROUGH, not an actual built in VPN server. Thank you, just wanted to clarify. | |
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| said by love the plane :
The WRT54G has been a solid wireless product and has enabled quite a few people to learn about wireless technologies and the security and use of them.
I have modded mine with the Sveasoft VPN build to enable encrypted remote access to the home network when on travels.
All of this is made possible by the open source firmware...
You did? When was it released? Or did you add the VPN module and build it yourself? I signed up for Sveasoft last December and have been waiting ever since for a VPN build. | |
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Denver, CO | Re: A true bargain of a product The WRT54 also has a WRT54P2 version for VoIP buffs. Like it's little brother, the RT31P2, the WRT can also pull double duty with a pair of ATA's that can be run by Vonage or ATT CallVantage. A real piece of work! | |
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| Re: Won't happen again said by TKJunkMail :This was a nice capabilty for the WRT54G Linksys router. But Linksys won't make this mistake again in newer products and neither will other vendors of commercial routers. So enjoy the WRT54G while you can. Open Source code won't be in any of the newer products using MIMO or 802.11n when it is finalized. Yes...it was a mistake...that allowed them to sell tens of thousands more units than they would have sold otherwise.
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| Re: Won't happen again said by John Galt :said by TKJunkMail :This was a nice capabilty for the WRT54G Linksys router. But Linksys won't make this mistake again in newer products and neither will other vendors of commercial routers. So enjoy the WRT54G while you can. Open Source code won't be in any of the newer products using MIMO or 802.11n when it is finalized. Yes...it was a mistake...that allowed them to sell tens of thousands more units than they would have sold otherwise. Obviously they would be fools to do THAT again. It was great for Linksys, but not for Cisco. Think of it: if you can buy a $50 router that can be upgraded to the same capabilities as a $300 device, which are you going to buy?
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2 edits | Re: Won't happen again said by nixen :It was great for Linksys, but not for Cisco. Think of it: if you can buy a $50 router that can be upgraded to the same capabilities as a $300 device, which are you going to buy? I'll stick with all the comments that I have made so far...
Cisco bean counters bought Linksys because they were a reasonably close fit...and they were profitable. Then they decided to kill the golden goose.
I've seen the same thing before...managers who know nothing about "value" and everything (they like to think) about "cost". I worked in heavy construction for 30 years. These "book-taught" manager guys bought us "homeowner" quality tools like this:
»www.blackanddecker.com/ProductGu···tID=6321
instead of quality "production" tools like this:
»www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_···tID=8258
They just couldn't understand that there was a difference. Their thinking was..."they are both "drills", aren't they??"
If Cisco thinks that they are going to stop OTHER manufacturer's from deploying open source...it just won't happen. One day some company like Netgear will wake up and decide to follow the former Linksys path. They won't have "enterprise" quality gear...so they will GLADLY suck up the market share that Cisco is abandoning. Of course, in the future, Cisco will see that they made a tactical error, but it will be too late to recover the lost market share.
MBAs are highly reactive...not pro-active. They want quantification, and because a "geek" thing like "cool" cannot be quantified...it gets disregarded.
"It's still a Linksys, isn't it??"...
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| Linksys has sold tons of WRT54G routers because of this, why would Linksys go back to a proprietary system?
Remember Linksys released all the tools needed to compile their firware. They didn't need to do this to comply with the GPL license.
They could have just only the source code that they changed which would have made impossible or at least much harder to make 3rd party firmware. They could also have charged for the source code which they didn't.
Like the article said, this was a "win-win" situation because both Linksys and the consumers benefitted. Why would Linksys risk the success of their new routers by going proprietary?
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| Re: Won't happen again said by Morac :Linksys has sold tons of WRT54G routers because of this, why would Linksys go back to a proprietary system? Why would Linksys risk the success of their new routers by going proprietary? How about because Linksys was bought by Cisco(who is dead set against open source code). And how about that Linksys hasn't made source code available for any of their other product lines than the WRT54 line that has the open source code in it.
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| Re: Won't happen again said by TKJunkMail :said by Morac :Linksys has sold tons of WRT54G routers because of this, why would Linksys go back to a proprietary system? Why would Linksys risk the success of their new routers by going proprietary? How about because Linksys was bought by Cisco(who is dead set against open source code). And how about that Linksys hasn't made source code available for any of their other product lines than the WRT54 line that has the open source code in it. Linksys was OWNED by Cisco when they released the WRT54G.
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| said by TKJunkMail :How about because Linksys was bought by Cisco(who is dead set against open source code). And how about that Linksys hasn't made source code available for any of their other product lines than the WRT54 line that has the open source code in it. A WRT54G with 3rd party firmware is not the same as a Cisco router. They might contain similar functionality, but Cisco routers are designed for corporations that contains hundreds or thousands of users. Cisco routers are also used on many of the major Internet hubs.
No one in their right mind would replace a Cisco router with a Linksys WRT54g in these instances since the WRT54g wasn't designed to handle that much traffic.
The WRT54g is for home use with the occasion small business thrown in. Cisco won't lose much money by allowing open source on their Linksys branded products because their marketed to people who would never buy a Cisco router.
Cisco is just shooting themselves in the foot if they think otherwise.
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| said by TKJunkMail :This was a nice capabilty for the WRT54G Linksys router. But Linksys won't make this mistake again in newer products and neither will other vendors of commercial routers. So enjoy the WRT54G while you can. Open Source code won't be in any of the newer products using MIMO or 802.11n when it is finalized. Well the WRT55GX line already uses opens source. And it could be in the best interest of other vendors to capitalize on this phenomenon.
Perhaps you could explain why this is bad?
And Linksys already has realeased the WRT54GL, which specifically targets the use of Linux. Therefore your statement is pure FUD.
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| new version 5 is a flop this article is based on a version of the router Linsys is no longer producing..
this version is not open source...
Funny how the article lauds something linksys apparently shut down...
now a Failure story
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| Re: new version 5 is a flop said by grcore :said by macaholic :this article is based on a version of the router Linsys is no longer producing.. this version is not open source... Funny how the article lauds something linksys apparently shut down... now a Failure story But they have released the WRT54GL - specifically based on Linux for the rest of us... Yeah but the article is about the now totally hosed WRT54G not GL
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1 edit | Not only is it not open source... it's been physcially neutered. The new V5 hardware has HALF the RAM and memory.
I think Linksys enjoyed the boost they got from hobbyist sells. Then Cisco bought them and those hobbyists began encroaching on higher level hardware. Just MHO.
We may soon have WRTs that can run multiple SSIDs with different levels of encryptions and access restrictions on each. Heck, if we are lucky, we might even see a mix of AP and client modes on each of those SSID. That's one capable little box...
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| Wonder what Linksys thinks I wonder how Linksys feels about how (IMHO) the GPL'd code helped sell these routers to the hobbyist? Probably when the news first hit that the router ran GPL'd code, Linksys probably regretting using GPL'd code and wasn't too thrilled about having to release their code tree. However after seeing what has evolved from the box does Linksys now feel that that using GPL'd code was a good thing?
I guess the question really needs to be posed to them.
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| Sales manager Nightmare Reading through all posts about how good the open source was and how bad the company is for abandoning OS and going back to proprietary shows how little people understand MBA (Master of Business Administration) types. I do not know if half of what is posted is true, but I can see it being so.
First, if you build something that is 'low end' (relatively) and it can be modded up, then you lose profit on the high end stuff that no one will buy now. Most of the time we build an item the way it should be, then cripple parts of the firmware to sell at the low end.
Second, MBA's are taught to be control freaks (based on fellow engineers who went MBA to get the higher paying management path) since knowledge is power. Thus, if it something that someone else can do without the MBA having control, it must go.
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| Re: Sales manager Nightmare said by RayW :First, if you build something that is 'low end' (relatively) and it can be modded up, then you lose profit on the high end stuff that no one will buy now. History is replete with the failures of companies run by MBA's. All they understand is "dollars" and nothing else.
It will be impossible for them to understand the reason for the success that the open source 54G has had. That is already evident by the new releases...
There is a huge gap between the functionality of the Linky boxes (even with the firmware replacement) and the-low end Cisco routers. If you need the increased horsepower and functionality of the Cisco boxes, you NEED it. Putting a Linky box in there and "wishing" that it will do the job just won't cut it...
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| Re: Sales manager Nightmare said by k_mumm :Seriously man MBAs run almost every company. You may not like it but business degrees are important too. Oh, I really don't mind them. They are easy to identify. They are the ones wandering around saying "what happened??"
The objective of every other responsible individual in an organization is the minimize the damage that these kind of people do. I'm not saying that they aren't useful, or that they don't have a place, but blind adherence to a policy of following the "bottom line" leads directly there...to the bottom.
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| basic gist is that the suits had no clue what they had with open source, except being techno-numbnuts they feared their overpriced for low end cisco stuff would loose market to linksys division. when the OS firmware just make the cheapo hardware more capable but not really more powerfull. under full load on all ports and antennas id put money on a cisco of the same number of ports and wireless protocall loosing less packets no matter the firmware.
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clubs: | Rebates If you haven't got one of these routers, you can get $30.00 in rebates if you get one by 19 Nov 05 at Best Buy ($15 BB MIR and a $15 Linky MIR)
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| How about OpenWRT? »openwrt.org/
Basically it's a linux distro for wireless routers but instead of packing all the stuff you can ask for into one firmware, it offers a basic firmware and plenty of add-n packages, so even the highest level of customization can be done by the user alone, no need for lenghty development cycles.
Also keep in mind, unlike other firmwares mentioned above, OpenWRT runs on non-Linksys hardware as well.
The currently supported list of hardware can be found here at any time: »wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware | |
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| Re: How about OpenWRT? OpenWRT is definitely seconded in my book. I only wish I could afford a WRT54GS to get the extra flash memory space (maybe someday, and hopefully get one used so it doesn't have the VxWorks problem).
I'm running two WRT54G units with OpenWRT firmware, and both have been solid as a rock. The primary unit operates as a bridging firewall to the rest of the network, VPN endpoint, IPv6 router, traffic grapher/shaper (QoS), wireless authentication sentry and "edge" troubleshooting point, oh as well as being a wireless interface to the network. The secondary unit runs WDS (wireless distribution system) and slaves off the primary for its authentication and Internet connection. Both have been working flawlessly for quite some time now.
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join:2002-11-17
Reston, VA
| Where do we go now? I own a WRT54G Ver2 with DD-WRT running on it. I've been planning on getting one for my mom's apartment but now that I hear it no longer supports the 3rd party firmware as of Ver5 I'm a little sad, and a little reluctant to buy one of these. While my mom probably doesn't need all the "snaz" of a router that supports 3rd party firmware, I still would like the capabilities in case the need arises.
My question is... Does anyone know of another wireless router that supports 3rd party firmware? I hear there is a WRT54GL but isn't that only available in Europe? Where can we hobbyists go now that our fun is being destroyed? | |
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gatchel
join:2000-11-28
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2 edits | How about V4 I just purchased one of these in the V4 version. Does this 3rd party stuff work for the V4?????
Some of this stuff would be cool to experiment with. | |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
Premium
join:2002-11-28
1 edit | Re: How about V4 Yes I have a WRT54Gv4 and run the Tofu build of HyperWRT just fine.
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flushls
join:2004-11-02
Joyce, WA | linksys killed the goose that laid the golden Egg
With release of their Ver 5 firmware 1.00.0 They have moved to closed source .
The router is buggy.
It is Arpy.
It is exploitable .
It is Laggy .
It is A boat anchor. | |
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Iridium
Premium
join:2003-04-02
Los Angeles, CA
·DSL EXTREME
| so I thought I heard the new ones don't run Linux? I currently have a Dlink, and it sucks, especially for things like port forwarding. I thought I heard the new ones don't run linux so you cant update the firmware. Is this true?
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aluli00
join:2005-11-15
Oregon, IL
| linksys WRT54G i have a question about this router, has nothing to do with the article. i understand the basics of computers and networking but am having a difficult time with this router. once i installed it my cable speed is like dial-up on my wired computers as well as my wireless. would anyone be able to give me advise on what to do? | |
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WRT54G: A Success Story
Won't happen again
Except v5 of the model?
