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GrayFox
29 Dec 2006, 7:06am
DD-WRT x86 was recently released and I had too much time on my hands so I wrote a short guide. (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Guide_for_turning_your_spare_pc_into_a_powerfull_dd_wrt_router) (Its really easy people shouldn't really even need a guide lol)

Please digg it well your there, Thanks.
Trogan
29 Dec 2006, 7:29am
Dugg!
GrayFox
29 Dec 2006, 7:59am
Cool thanks :).
RWB
29 Dec 2006, 8:15am
Does it have any sort of AAA services... like instead of using an SSID you can use a web interface. Basically anyone can connect, but all traffic gets redirected to a sort of web login screen, until a login occurs.
GrayFox
29 Dec 2006, 8:59am
The wireless is broken in this version. But yah it has a similar feature from what ive read about it. (SputnikNet hotspots)
Pterocarpous
29 Dec 2006, 10:24am
DD-WRT x86 was recently released and I had too much time on my hands so I wrote a short guide. (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Guide_for_turning_your_spare_pc_into_a_powerfull_dd_wrt_router) (Its really easy people shouldn't really even need a guide lol)

Please digg it well your there, Thanks.


Not to seem obtuse, but (I did rtfm) what exactly does this critter do? My interest is piqued. I have lotsa spare parts laying around that I could build this critter if I thought it would be useful.
GrayFox
29 Dec 2006, 10:58am
Not to seem obtuse, but (I did rtfm) what exactly does this critter do? My interest is piqued. I have lotsa spare parts laying around that I could build this critter if I thought it would be useful.
Ah I probably should have mentioned that.

Its for turning a spare pc into a router. Similar to smoothwall or ipcop does.

The main benefit is that your not limited to the slow cpu or small amount of ram that was in the WRT54G (The router that this software originally ran on).

edit: I will write up a better explanation of what it is and include some histroy. That might also help me get some more digg's lol.
Pterocarpous
29 Dec 2006, 11:03am
Ah I probably should have mentioned that.
Its for turning a spare pc into a router. Similar to smoothwall or ipcop does.
The main benefit is that your not limited to the slow cpu or small amount of ram that was in the WRT54G (The router that this software originally ran on).
edit: I will write up a better explanation of what it is and include some histroy. That might also help me get some more digg's lol.


That'd be great. I'm still scritchin' my head wondering how I'd benefit from this. IOW, what would be (stuff to include in your write up for knuckle haids like me), how one could benefit from more router RAM and faster CPU....

:scratch:
GrayFox
29 Dec 2006, 11:12am
That'd be great. I'm still scritchin' my head wondering how I'd benefit from this. IOW, what would be (stuff to include in your write up for knuckle haids like me), how one could benefit from more router RAM and faster CPU....

:scratch:
If you use bit torrent and you have used the tcp/ip patcher on your windows machine the Linksys WRT54G when running dd-wrt really starts to struggle.

Also it gives you the ability to use more community developed packages such as the squid proxy server package. (Have your router cache your downloads, websites and such)
Pterocarpous
29 Dec 2006, 11:16am
If you use bit torrent and you have used the tcp/ip patcher on your windows machine the Linksys WRT54G when running dd-wrt really starts to struggle.

I use bit torrent and haven't run a Windows patch for it. I use a VPN service when I'm handling torrents. I've always had a problem seeding, though. Even w/ the port set on the router. Is this what the TCP/IP patcher is for?
GrayFox
29 Dec 2006, 11:20am
I use bit torrent and haven't run a Windows patch for it. I use a VPN service when I'm handling torrents. I've always had a problem seeding, though. Even w/ the port set on the router. Is this what the TCP/IP patcher is for?
The tcp/ip patcher lets you go past the 64 maximum simultaneous connections limit that was put in place in windows xp (SP2).

If your have the unsolvable NAT problem then your isp is likely blocking it.
Pterocarpous
29 Dec 2006, 11:33am
The tcp/ip patcher lets you go past the 64 maximum simultaneous connections limit that was put in place in windows xp (SP2).
If your have the unsolvable NAT problem then your isp is likely blocking it.


Ahhhhhhhhhh. {light bulb goes on} Did a little poking around. Found the TCP/IP patcher. Thank you :smiles:

I like the idea re: caching downloads, too (w/ respect to the router).

I don't know if it is a NAT issue. I don't get any error msgs. I run the "test if port is forwarded properly" and it checks out ok. Am able to download ok but not able to seed in turn.
GrayFox
29 Dec 2006, 11:39am
Ahhhhhhhhhh. {light bulb goes on} Did a little poking around. Found the TCP/IP patcher. Thank you :smiles:

I like the idea re: caching downloads, too (w/ respect to the router).

I don't know if it is a NAT issue. I don't get any error msgs. I run the "test if port is forwarded properly" and it checks out ok. Am able to download ok but not able to seed in turn.
Yah the caching is great it was added in by the community. But smoothwall and ipcop both have a nicer interface for there squid proxy configuration.