4. Quick His to ry
ca 2 0 0 3 Lin ks ys in t r od u ces WRT5 4 G
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– on e of (¿m an y?) Broad com referen ce d esign s
So m eon e at Seat t le Wir eles s d is cover s Lin u x in s id e
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– Com m u n ity p ressu re forces release of sou rces
– Hackers begin to get d own
Th r ee p r im ar y ear ly “d is t r ib u t io n s ”
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– op en WRT
– SVEAsoft
– dd
Yo u can r ead all ab ou t in op en WRT for u m
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op en WRT h as flou r is h ed (an d b een for ked )
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– “origin al” flavor (bu ild root)
– Wh iteRu ssian
– kam ikaz e
5. My o w n his to ry
Jack, n o t m as t er
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Played ver y ear ly—ca Jan u ar y 2 0 0 4
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– Played with variou s p latform s
– Fell in love with th e Netgear WGT634U
Alas. . . . .
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– I (literally) h ave p iles of t h is tru ck
Ran in t o t h e var iou s r o ofn et fo lks
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Fall 2 0 0 6 : Ret u r n ed t o t h e op en WRT fo ld
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– Th an ks to David Troy an d Steven Sokol
Affor d ab le s olu t ion t o b ig p r o b lem for m e
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– m in i- PCI Ath eros for clien t CPE
– Asterisk
– m otion
– X10 h om e au tom ation
6. Building o pe nWRT
Do wn load an d con figu r e ju s t a b it
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Sys t em b u ild s b u ild s ys t em , t h en it s elf
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– Sin gle bu ild gen erates m u ltip le bin aries
– Sm all firm ware im age, lots of p ackages
Won d er fu l s p ace for t h os e wh o like t o b leed
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– Cu rren tly ru n n in g Lin u x 2.6.22.1
– m ad wifi- n g svn tru n k
– ip tables 1.3.8
Hyp er - fr ien d ly p ackage b u ild s ys t em
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– “Makefile” takes on a n ew m ean in g
Th e cos t : d evelop er op acit y
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