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Re: [Wlug] OpenWRT on WNDR3800 home router - my install thoughts

by Chuck Anderson

I think this would make a great November 13 meeting topic. We can share our experiences of loading OpenWRT and battling Bufferbloat. I may even get some time this weekend to try loading OpenWRT on my WNDR3700v2. On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 12:40:10PM -0500, Mike Peckar wrote: > At least 2 years ago, I flashed my Netgear WNR3500L with DD-WRT (build > 14929) and have been a very happy camper ever since. I chose DD-WRT over > OpenWRT because it adds SNMP support, which (at least at the time) OpenWRT > didn't. I remember I was able to improve wifi performance over factory, but > I can't remember what specific tweaks I made. > > > > Mike > > > > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On > Behalf Of joel d > Sent: Friday, November 1, 2013 11:32 AM > To: Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: [Wlug] OpenWRT on WNDR3800 home router - my install thoughts > > > > Decided to try OpenWRT after Jim Getty's talk and strong recommendation last > month for improved security and reduced local buffer bloat. What follows is > my experience / thoughts from this process. I would happily bring the > hardware to demo at a future meeting if there is interest. > > Likely wouldn't be a full meeting but a 10-15 minute filler. More likely > Q&A than anything else. > > > > I decided to go with different router/firewall hardware so I bought a > Netgear WNDR3800 which Jim mentioned and is also a favorite of the OpenWRT > crowd. Mine was used and $50 shipped from e-bay. This model is one model > old and no longer available new. FYI: Netgear website lists it as "out of > support". > > My WNDR3800 was used prior, so I needed to do a hard firmware reset on the > bottom of router with a paperclip (didn't know the prior IP used or the > admin password). > > Once reset and rebooted, router worked fine and could login to the "default" > Netgear firmware and configuration. Default username & password is printed > under the router. > > Downloaded the recommended OpenWRT firmware for this model. Needs to be > full "factory" (instead of partial upgrade) and squashfs is recommended. > Netgear WNDR3800 Firmware download link gets you OpenWRT version 10.X > version which is not latest OpenWRT. > > Web browser login to Netgear webpage/firmware and followed "upgrade > firmware" link while pointing to OpenWRT download file on local disk. The > upgrade/re-flash took around 4 minutes and after a reboot worked fine. Set > password and reconfigured router and WIFI with my specifics. Was up and > working on OpenWRT v 10.x. > > Next day realized I had OpenWRT, but not latest stable version. Upgrade > firmware link does not go to Internet directly, so first download OpenWRT v > 12.4 with "upgrade" and "squashfs" and save to local disk. Second apply > this via upgrade button in OpenWRT web link. > > I could likely have saved a step by grabbing the OpenWRT v12.4 for WNDR3800 > with factory and squashfs. I bet this would have worked had I tried it > (and saved a step). > > > > General thoughts after use for a week: > > OpenWRT does not have an "update direct to mother ship" feature best I can > tell that downloads file and updates it from web interface. Not a show > stopper for me. Instead need to know your version of OpenWRT and download > an "upgrade" file and apply as two steps. This would only matter if router > was used/maintained by a non-geek. > > Prior problem occurred with similar hardware WNDR3700 with latest Netgear > firmware (happened with prior Linksys also). A few embedded WIFI devices in > home would disconnect and fail randomly and at least weekly. Thus far these > device annoyances have not occured since swap to WNDR3800 and OpenWRT. No > idea why, but definitely A win! > > OpenWRT has transmit power level settings for the WIFI radio transmit. Can > decide to bump up the WIFI radio settings if user chooses. Even if you > melt/destroy them, a cool option if needed & tested. > > Firmware update for OpenWRT works from a laptop on WIFI, which in my > experience Netgear & Linksys and other vendors do not support flash without > a cabled ethernet port. So the OpenWRT update scripts the 1) copy file 2) > apply file 3) reboot device. > > My Next Steps: > > In another week will likely repurpose the WNDR3700 likely as a WIFI gateway > for the "cheap WIFI radio" devices, (mainly TV, roku, DVD, etc.). Not yet > sure if I will use OpenWRT for this. > > Look into the option of external antennas for the WNDR3800. I live out in > the country and have few neighbors to notice/know/care. If I can get > there... improved & reliable WIFI signal at my mailbox would rock.

12 years

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th? and security ...

by Keith Wright

NB: Question at end. Althea Shaheen via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > since I trust the security of my phone a tad more (but only a tad). > Why am I seeing ^M at the end of line. Somewhere along the pipe something must take responsibility for replacing IBM crlf with Unix \n. No matter; I'll do it myself. >>>>>> so hoping for WLUG virtually dec 14. -doug I assume that didn't happen. If it did, sorry I missed it. >> I also want to setup a Wireguard tunnel between home and >> my VPS in the cloud to make backups easier and simple. For a short time I thought I might need a VPN to simulate the home-internal network I used to have http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/wireless.html#diagram I got the wireguard white paper and decided, no. Don't need encryption; no real secrets here. >>>>> I run pi-hole at home to block ads network wide, Don't need ad blocking, don't know what's a pi-hole. Sounds Rude. I was watching the /var/log/auth.log on fcx1, my cloudy-VPN, as fools tried to guess passwords for users that don't even exist. No worries, they can't even guess user names, my passwd is good. Then I saw the same IP try to guess a password for root, over and over. Oh oh. I forgot that one. They guessed a login id. Enough! I remembered Tim talking about using fail to ban. I don't know anything about it but I guessed how to spell it and apt-get install fail2ban It is more configuration than I expected, but I'll figure it out. I thought, no hurry, there is zero chance of guessing the root password because you can't log in as root over ssh. Just to be sure I "su -" on the laptop and "ssh fcx1". To my horror it let me log on as root (with password, of course). I thought that was blocked by deep world-wide default! I don't remember why I thought that. Maybe it was a decade ago and on a different distribution. I am using Debian. Does anyone know a quick and easy way to make it so? I want to be able to "su -" after I log in, but I can see no excuse for ssh to let a root log in directly. >>>>> This is why everyone should train their mother >>>>> to offer a secure ISP/VPN service. >>>>> "Mom's VPN: Do you trust your Mom?" >>>>> md With my life? Yes. With a computer? No! -- Keith PS: Seven copies of WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org -- deleted. You will have to make do with this one:

1 year, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Job openings: web developer, application support specialist

by Klene, Matthew

Brian, I'm new to Wlug; the last meeting was my first. It was nice to interact with everyone that was there and look forward to attending future gatherings, from some of the emails that have been circulating it sounds like BtrFS will be the next topic. I am not a hands on user of Linux, I joined to try and grow my understanding of the technology itself. I am an account manager for TEKsystems, we are the leading IT Staffing and Services firm, (Ranked #1 in industry by IT Services Business Report for eight consecutive years). The reasons for joining Wlug were centered around getting a better understanding of Linux, so I can have better conversations with the managers I work with regarding the technologies they use, not solicit business. If you or your company would like more information about more about TEKsystems and what I do please feel free to reach out to me. >From reading the rough description these positions are definitely something I could help you find, if you haven't already. You'll find my contact information below. If not I look forward to chatting with you at the next meeting Respectfully, Matthew Klene Account Manager 111 Speen St, Suite 520, Framingham, MA 01701 888.598.5881 T 508.766.3118 F 508.766.3163 M 774.279.7095 http://www.teksystems.com -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Brian Conway Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 6:50 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Job openings: web developer, application support specialist Hi folks. My company is looking for a couple people for openings. Background: We're a two year-old startup located in Worcester that produces a high-performance, bidirectional messaging infrastructure that encompasses voice, SMS, email, IM, social networking, and more. Current customers include a number of restaurant chains, sports venues, and state agencies. The positions are full-time with health benefits. Pay has some flexibility, but geared towards entry level and recent grads. Web developer: PHP, Ajax, SQL (Oracle), XML, Linux (of course). Additional responsibility/salary is available for partial system operations support. Customer support/application specialist: Customer-facing, non-programmer, will become an expert in our applications. Responsible for initial setup and configuration of new customers in our applications and troubleshooting. Additional roles as they appear. Let me know if anyone's interested and I'll pass it along, thanks. Brian Conway _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you.

15 years, 8 months

Re: We've got meeting on the 8th of August!

by Kevin Stratton

If you are looking for more (popular) productivity, try Blender for video editing. I only watch some of the first part of the video and I remember it being pretty good. Blender for complete beginners (video editing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh7YPabqeDk (Part 1 of 4) Video recording - OBS On 7/31/2024 3:12 PM, Keith Wright via WLUG wrote: > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > >> So it might be a really good thing for us to show some of this, along >> with some of the basic apps. >> >> - web browser >> - inkscape >> - gimp >> - libre office >> >> Basic productivity which most people would want to use. > I guess what counts as productivity depends upon what you > want to produce. > > I need a web browser (Firefox) to learn about stuff and get it. > Is there any reason to prefer one over another? > > I didn't know what inkscape is. Googled it (with browser). > It looks like it might be fun to play with, but is it > "productivity"? > > I have used gimp years ago, mostly to make party invitations > with logo and map. I might have used inkscape if I knew about > it at the time. > > Office, I have heard, can read Microsoft Office documents, > which is something I refuse to do. Years ago I filtered out > a lot of stupid spam by setting the SMTP server to reject > anything with an attached MS-Word file. I think it still > does that, but nobody sends them anymore. I'm hoping it > follows Adobe shockwave flash web pages into oblivion. > > Besides the browser, my "productivity apps" are: > > -- emacs. There may be other ASCII editors, but how > can one produce _anything_ without _some_ editor? > > -- gcc. I am interested in the Scheme programming > language, but I need a C compiler (and make) to > make the Scheme interpreter, and everything else. > > -- evince. A *.pdf reader. If I download a journal > article, it's a PDF. > > -- TeX, LaTeX. To make my own article.pdf. > > -- Postfix, Apache. That's the way I roll. Others > might think Facebook is a good substitute. Phltt! > > This conversation started with a link to a Video. > How do you make a video? You get the raw material from > a video camera/"phone", but what software should I use > to cut and paste, maybe enlarge and crop? > > -- Keith > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/N6TYC…

1 year, 3 months

Assembly compiler in Bash...

by Keller, Tim

Hey Everybody, 1st... I won't make it to the meeting tonight, but in regards to the installfest on Saturday, I'm looking for a couple more installers/volunteers... 2nd... I was reading slashdot and saw that some guy wrote an assembly compiler in Bash... I think next someone needs to write a bash shell in scheme... Later, Tim.

24 years, 8 months

Re: [Wlug] 900 pair -22 AWG ,PE89 cable for sale !!!

by Frank Sweetser

On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 12:50:39PM -0500, Brian J. Conway wrote: > How about changing the list setup so that only subscribers can post? Spam like this hasn't been a big problem so far... Unless that changes, I'd rather leave it open posting. -- Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 15 Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | "Bother," said Pooh, "Eeyore, ready two photon torpedoes and lock phasers on the Heffalump, Piglet, meet me in transporter room three"

24 years, 8 months

Re: [Wlug] Extra Hardware

by Brian Niece

At 05:29 PM 8/11/01 -0400, you wrote: >I'll take it all. Those make excellent drives for synthesizers. O.K. Let me know when you'd like to get them, and I'll tell you whether it's better to meet me at home or at work. I'm glad they'll get some use. -Brian -- Brian K. Niece, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Assumption College 500 Salisbury St. Worcester, MA 01609-1296 508-767-7209

24 years, 2 months

Lart

by Adam ＠ Oak

Not L.A.R.T. ;) I found the project to for the small open source hardware project I remembered at last night's meeting: http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/ -Adam end ___________________________________________________ Adam S. Keck | | 593 Centre St. | "Got BSD?" (my current toy) Jamaica Plain, Boston | Ma, 02130 | ---------------------------------------------------

24 years, 2 months

Linux Journal article by Rick Gorton

by Andy Stewart

Hi gang, Check out the August 2001 Linux Journal article on page 22 entitled "Kernel Tuning Gives 40% Gains" by Rick Gorton. The article describes work that was done to the Alpha specific portions of the Linux kernel to optimize its behavior for the 21264 (EV6) Alpha processor. Rick has attended many WLUG meetings in the past. Way to go, Rick! Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

24 years, 1 month

RE: [Wlug] StarOffice 6.0beta

by Keller, Tim

Andy, that would be great. If people are interested, I could throw it in the bulk copier and bring 20 copies to the wlug meeting. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@mediaone.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:12 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] StarOffice 6.0beta Should I bring a few copies of this to the Install Fest on Thursday? -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

24 years, 1 month

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