[lug] Wanted: Tiny diskless, fanless Linux Box for Firewall/Router/Hub/NAT

[Siegfried Heintze]

Nick (and anyone else),

Hmmmm.... This is very interesting. I've been reading
http://martybugs.net/wireless/openwrt/ and I'm about to run down to circuit
city and get a LinkSys WRT54G	and try it out.

Now it says that OpenWRT voids the warranty if I load this "renegade"
firmware. Does that mean I cannot take it back to the store for a refund if
I cannot get it to work? How would the clerk at CompUSA or Circuit City
know?

Can I assume that you have loaded OpenWRT on to a LinkSys WRT54G by just
following the directions and it was no problem?

And since this is linux (is OpenWRT linux? I think so), can I just use the
"ifconfig" command to add multiple additional IP addresses to accommodate
multiple external IP addresses?

Has anyone else had experiences with OpenWRT?

And just what is the advantage of using OpenVPN? How does one use it?

Thanks,
Siegfried


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]
On Behalf Of Nick Golder
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 8:00 AM
To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
Subject: Re: [lug] Wanted: Tiny diskless,fanless Linux Box for
Firewall/Router/Hub/NAT

On 2005-03-16 00:30 -0700, David Morris wrote:
> I have not set it up myself as for the moment I only need a
> single IP but I believe the Linksys WRT54G using Sveasoft's
> Linux firmware can easily handle multiple
> interfaces.  If I recall correctly in the free version you
> would have to set it up manually using the telnet/ssh
> interface to access the system or you can pay a small fee to
> get a more current version of the firmware in which there is
> web-based form configuration support for it.
> 
> ...if I am remembering correctly, of course ;)
> 

And there is OpenWRT [http://www.openwrt.org/] for rolling your own
custom distro for the Linksys WRT54G (among other WAPs).  It is nice
having OpenVPN on your WAP. ;-)

-- 
-Nick Golder
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