wrt54g v1

[kaneda]

thanks very much for your help, but i only got as far as recovery. it pings, but i cant seem to make it upload the firmware (which is the newest version of openwrt) through tftp. i've tried it on mac/windows, with different programs, and although there's connectivity, and it pings, it will not upload. any ideas? thanks

-josh

[Void Main]

Try Linux, can't help you with Mac or Windows.

[kaneda]

im giving up on the router for now, too frustrating, i think i have the weirdest case there is.

after the last post i sat there and tried to think of every possible way to bring up a telnet/ssh prompt, and the only way i could do that was by establishing a real connection to the router. i reset it a couple more times, attempted to tftp a few more times, and upon finding no solution, let it sit. after about 20 minutes i plugged it back in to find my desktop had found its connection to the router, and low and behold telnet was working (although i had already disabled telnet last night). in telnet i revamped some of the nvram settings (just making sure wan/lan were set to dhcp, and that they were on seperate bridges, etc..), and then i saved it to ram (nvram commit), and rebooted. thinking it worked as i logged into SSH, i ran downstairs, plugged it into the network through the modem, and began tinkering again, only to find that not only was ssh not working, it wouldn't even go to telnet. after resetting it again, it went into telnet, but then started giving me input/output errors (this was after i attempted to fix the partition using firstboot). i then rebooted the router again, only to find that once again it was only available through ssh, which had now set a password (i didn't set one this time). and this brings me to my current predicament, locked out of my own router. luckily there's another g router downstairs (a d-link). i don't have *nix currently, but i'm thinking the next step is to attempt to find connectivity to the router with my desktop again, and then use the graphical installer for linksys' firmware. thanks for the help, if you can think of anything else feel free to add!

-josh

[Void Main]

if you can think of anything else feel free to add!

Yes, try Linux. :)

[kaneda]

i havent actually used linux for a few years (aside from a shell here and there), any flavor you would suggest? i was thinking slackware 9.1 (or possibly 10), maybe a bsd (freebsd most likely). im not that advanced, especially not in linux, keep that in mind

[Void Main]

Well BSD is not Linux so.. I used to like Slackware about 12 years ago but I have been really happy with Fedora Core for the last few years (currently Fedora Core 4). My family has been 100% Linux for well over 5 years now and couldn't be happier. At work I am 80% Linux, 15% UNIX and 5% Windoze. If not Fedora you might think about Ubuntu which you can actually get shipped to you 100% free of charge (I think they are still doing that). Ubuntu is based on Debian but I believe is really new user friendly. Or just go with Debian. That would probably be the order of my suggestions:

http://fedora.redhat.com/
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.debian.org/
http://www.linuxiso.org/

The only reason I have any interest at all in the WRT54G is because it runs Linux. I actually am using them at work as cheap SSL VPN (OpenVPN) tunnel end points. At 45 bucks a pop you can't beat them. Just turn off the radio and snip the antenna cables and stick them in your data center. :)

[kaneda]

thanks for the advice, the last full fledged linux i used was redhat...7? im thinking debian or fedora. i have to say, being able to run linux on a wireless router is pretty hot, but i havent been satisfied with linksys' reliabiliy in general.

(p.s. your fam is linux? wish i could get my family to switch over)

[Void Main]

They didn't have a choice. :)

[kaneda]

i know you probably dont play games, or use a lot of windows specific software, but doesnt it anger you at times when a program or game isnt ported to nix? i know i feel that way about some software that is either solely for mac or only runs well on mac.

[Void Main]

Actually I'm not angered at all. I have everything I need in Linux. In fact most of the stuff I need and use only runs on Linux or at least it runs MUCH better on Linux if you can even get it to work in Windows. Nope, I have no use for Windows or Windows programs. I wouldn't want it if it was ported to Linux and I couldn't get the source. If I need something that isn't already written, I write it.

[kaneda]

you have a good point, cs is even ported to nix...

[Void Main]

I don't know what CS is and "being ported to *NIX" doesn't really tell me anything. A closed source app that runs on Sparc/Solaris for instance will not run on x86/Linux. There are a lot of flavors of *NIX out there and I've dealt with many of them over the last 15 years.

[kaneda]

CS = Counter Strike, a mod of half life, and im not sure what archetecture types in specific, but i do know it runs on debian, which is partly behind my choice..just got a new mic and all

[Void Main]

Oh, I don't have much interest in games, at least not since Zork II. My son used to play Doom III on one of our Fedora Core 4 machines with a GeForce 6000GT. Nope, instead of playing computer games we go play golf or race our dirt bikes. Much more fun.

[kaneda]

true that! nice card, i want the ati x850 platinum. oh, another question, if i do choose fedora (core 4) will core 1 stuff run on it? it sounds like a dumb question, but look at XP compared to 95