{"id":105,"date":"2008-01-11T13:37:35","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T20:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eriknovales.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/01\/11\/openwrt\/"},"modified":"2008-01-11T13:37:35","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T20:37:35","slug":"openwrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eriknovales.com\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"OpenWrt"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I decided, on something of a whim, to replace the firmware in my trusty Buffalo WBR2-G54 router<\/a>\"\" with OpenWrt<\/a>, a modular Linux distribution for embedded devices. (I actually used the X-Wrt<\/a> packages, which have a better web interface for configuration but are based on OpenWrt.) The WBR2-G54 is based on the Broadcom 4712<\/a> platform, and normally runs its own customized version of Linux (but which is not normally accessible to the end user).<\/p>\n

The process of installation was a bit maddening, as the newest “Kamikaze” distribution doesn’t work out of the box with the WBR2-G54 — the wireless interface doesn’t show up in the configuration pages. It took me awhile to figure out that the problem wasn’t with what I<\/em> was doing, but rolling back to the earlier “White Russian” distribution got me up and running. (I used these two<\/a> sources<\/a> for instructions on flashing. Note that, in Windows Vista, you’ll have to install the TFTP client manually<\/a>, as it’s not part of the default packages that are installed.)<\/p>\n

There are a few benefits (real and potential) to doing an upgrade like this:<\/p>\n