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Re: [Wlug] OpenWrt

by Jeff Kinz

> Mike wrote: > >At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a > >single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt > >project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 05:05:49PM +0100, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > Yes, excellent distro.. I use it on 12 boxes which are a mix of > Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS. Bad news - Good News: FYI - LINKSYS Model Changes: The Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS lines have moved from Linux to VXworks to reduce the cost of producing the hardware. (VXworks requires less memory, reduces the size of the flash needed for the device, which now doesn't have enough room for Linux.) Fortunately, Linksys had added a new model specifically for Linux hackers, called the "WRT54GL", (presumably the "L" is for "Linux"), which will have a street price of $50-$70, slightly higher than the VXworks models. If you want to hack on one of these boxes, make sure that you get the correct model. Versions 1 thru 4 of the WRT54G and WRT54GS were Linux based but all versions from 5 and up will be VXworks based. If you can't get a v4 or earlier model of the original line, then make sure you get a WRT54GL or be prepared to replace the internal flash component with a larger piece. http://wifinetnews.com/archives/006101.html -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. speech recognition software may have been used to create this e-mail "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." - Brandeis To think contrary to one's era is heroism. But to speak against it is madness. -- Eugene Ionesco

Dec. 23, 2005

Re: [Wlug] OpenWrt

by Karl Hiramoto

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, excellent distro.. I use it on 12 boxes which are a mix of Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS. I do OLSR mesh networks and hot spots. Beware WRT54G with hardware version 5 does not work. as Cisco cripled the box with only 4M of ram. See info on www.openwrt.org for hardware compatibility. It's definitely not a newbie distro though, you need to know linux and networking. Some people try openwrt and are upset because it requires you to know something about Linux and networking. There are several other distros out there that are more easy, but less configurable and less hackable. :-) Enjoy, - -- - -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto Mike wrote: >At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a >single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt >project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? > >Happy Holidays, >Mike > >OpenWrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/FrontPage > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDrCBdi5PWRMgthfERAmEqAJ9PRi6apq32NNX2720sheDVRnXzIgCcDOFm /hSLn2WAqswfmZwedo7pWnk= =WfWm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Dec. 23, 2005

OpenWrt

by Mike

At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? Happy Holidays, Mike OpenWrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/FrontPage

Dec. 23, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Somewhat Off-topic - vpsland.com

by Webmaster

Karl Hiramoto wrote: > Post to the list a review if you try it. I personally am looking for a hosting > solution for under $100/ month and the virtual servers seem to be the most > economical now. > > What i personally need is full root access, 15+ GB of disk, 100+ GB of xfer, > 256+M of RAM. I've been looking around for something for a while, but have not > made the leap yet. > > --- > Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto GTalk=karl.hiramoto(a)gmail.com > ---- I use serverpronto.com for both of my dedicated servers - $30/month. They offer a few distros to choose from: Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, SuSe, Gentoo, FreeBSD and OpenBSD Basic package includes: Athlon 2000 256 MB RAM 40GB Hard drive 200GB Traffic I've used them for about 2 years now and haven't had any issues with the servers or service. Rob Mahlert .

Dec. 23, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor

by Brett Russ

On 12/22/05, Brett Russ <bruss(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > On 12/18/05, Mims Research <mimsresearch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > will be researching video capture and editing suites (open source or > > otherwise) suitable for a Linux environment, but for now I'll be happy > > For video editing/DVD creation, see the two feature articles in this months LJ: > http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue/141 Oops, sorry about that. Should have checked the actual article links before sending this out. You need to be a subscriber to see the articles from the current month's issue. So, either: -wait a couple weeks until they open up those articles; or -check out Kino (there were other tools mentioned but this was the big app); or -all of the above BR

Dec. 22, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor

by Brett Russ

On 12/18/05, Mims Research <mimsresearch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > will be researching video capture and editing suites (open source or > otherwise) suitable for a Linux environment, but for now I'll be happy For video editing/DVD creation, see the two feature articles in this months LJ: http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue/141 BR

Dec. 22, 2005

Setting up LDAP server?

by Tom Misilo

Hey, I was wondering if anybody had a nice easy tutorial for setting up an ldap server so i can store my address book and calendar and access it with kontact/outlook/ and other software Thanks, Tom -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org

Dec. 21, 2005

Anybody use a linksys wpc54gx?

by Tom Misilo

Does anybody use a wpc54gx under suse 10 or 9.3? and have it detected automatically in yast? or do I have to use ndiswrapper Thanks, Tom -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org

Dec. 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Somewhat Off-topic - vpsland.com

by Casey Rankin

I'm really happy with a dedicated server I rent from servermatrix.com. They have one for $119.... Casey On 12/21/05, Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> wrote: > Post to the list a review if you try it. I personally am looking for a hosting > solution for under $100/ month and the virtual servers seem to be the most > economical now. > > What i personally need is full root access, 15+ GB of disk, 100+ GB of xfer, > 256+M of RAM. I've been looking around for something for a while, but have not > made the leap yet. > > --- > Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto GTalk=karl.hiramoto(a)gmail.com > ------ > > > Adam Keck wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I am thinking about web/ssh/etc. hosting with vpsland.com. They > > host via Xen virtual machines. Has anyone had any experience with > > them? Does anyone use them currently? Does anything about them look > > fishy? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > - Adam > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Dec. 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Somewhat Off-topic - vpsland.com

by Theo Van Dinter

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 06:15:35PM +0100, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > Post to the list a review if you try it. I personally am looking for a hosting > solution for under $100/ month and the virtual servers seem to be the most > economical now. In a similar vein -- anyone have suggestions about colo facilities in the area? I have some 1U machines that I'd like to put up somewhere, but the colos I've found so far seem to be either really expensive or only allow a very small amount of bandwidth transfer (like 4KB/sec small -- I could just get a modem). -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Snakes have no arms. That's why they don't wear vests." - Bob Lazarus

Dec. 21, 2005