[clue-tech] Re: [lug] DD-WRT
Ken MacFerrin
lists at macferrin.com
Thu Feb 9 11:15:19 MST 2006
Nate Duehr wrote:
> Installed the DD-WRT firmware on my Linksys WRT-54GS v2.0 here this
> evening.
>
> Quite impressive. Pretty much seems to have worked right "out of the
> box" and not quite as much work to get going after flashing as something
> like OpenWRT.
>
> The web interface is still "quite good", considering that I can also SSH
> into the thing now.
>
> Nifty. Kept meaning to try the alternative firmware toys for the
> Linksys, but hadn't gotten around to it.
>
> I even used the "if you're brave" method and didn't bother TFTP'ing it
> to the thing... just uploaded from Linksys's original "Update your
> firmware" page.
>
> It gave me a minor scare a few minutes later when it said it had
> "failed" but all that had really happened is that the internal address
> had changed and the desktop machine hadn't renewed DHCP yet. Highly
> recommended to have everything set back to 192.168.1.x on the internal
> LAN before the flash process... (GRIN).
>
> Nate
>
> p.s. Look at all the toys... mmmmm... toys...
>
Nate,
I have 3 WRT54G's and have bounced around between a couple of the
firmwares but never tried this one. A couple questions:
1. How much memory is this distro using during average load?
2. Have you tested out any of the QoS features? Specifically VoIP QoS?
-Ken
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