[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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