On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Temlakos wrote:
Eugen Leitl wrote:
On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 03:07:21PM -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 21:19 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
Linksys hardware is ok. Just don't use Linksys firmware.
Where else would you get firmware besides Linksys? Never new anything
outside Linksys existed until now.
Linksys got caught violating GPL, and were forced to post sources.
Multiple forks sprang up, with literally dozens of alternative
firmware sources available.
I'm recommending OpenWRT, but there are several more suitable (coming
with a rich GUI):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G
Maybe that explains why Linksys issued "Version Five" of their router, with
only half the RAM and EEPROM, and a proprietary "operating system." But I
digress.
No, according to them, the cheaper bill of materials justifies the vxworks
liscense. The one that continues to have 16MB of ram/4MB flash is about
$20 more.
I'm more interested in what one can do with OpenWRT or another Linux-embed OS
for router boxes, that one cannot do with the factory-default OS. I've heard
that one can establish VPN's with a minimum of fuss. True? And if so, how?
Temlakos
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