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- cogit0, on 10/27/2007, -1/+15For those that do not have a WRT54g or any of the similar models, the firmware that runs this particular router is a *nix-based system, such as what typically runs on the higher end Cisco routers. You are limited to what kind of daemons that you can have running by what you can put into the limited firmware memory. If you can expand that memory, you greatly expand the possibilities for what the router can do.
Sorry if the technical description is a little lacking, i haven't really done much with my WRT54g, but know some of what it can do. Any clarification would be welcome if i'm missing anything. - violentvinyl, on 10/27/2007, -1/+10DDWRT (replacement firmware) is a good place to start. People are running E-mail, Web Servers, and pretty much anything else you can run under linux on the WRT54G.
- apotropaic, on 10/27/2007, -2/+11So you can use this as extra space for a firmware moded wrt54g?
- ipugh, on 10/27/2007, -2/+10DETAILS!! EASE UP ON THE DETAILS!!!
- DarkZen, on 10/27/2007, -1/+8Cool mod, Saw this on hackaday first but its a great idea..ive actually done this for some of my other mods that have required a SD (juicebox picture frame)
- bradk50, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6And this works with a wrt54g how? Do you have a page that shows how to wire it in? Did you rtfa?
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@cogit0 Ciscos don't run anything like *nix! its ios or catos!
Why do so many comment on stuff they don't understand? - violentvinyl, on 10/27/2007, -1/+6Before you ask questions like "Why?"
http://digg.com/search?area=promoted&age=all&sort=new&s=wrt54g&submit=Search
*Wasn't meant as a reply, only for positioning. - deacont23, on 10/27/2007, -0/+5It allows more space for your linux apps to run on modified firmware (DD-WRT, OpenWRT, etc..). Can also store large logs locally instead of dumping them to a server.
- kiwimonk, on 10/27/2007, -0/+5Maybe for Virus Definitions, Proxy Cache, or Extra Large Email filtering lists?
Whatever features more storage can afford you. - violentvinyl, on 10/27/2007, -1/+5Just as a heads up on that one, a lot of home broadband providers block outgoing traffic on port 80 (specifically to prevent home users from running web servers).
- archivist, on 10/27/2007, -9/+12and... this is useful for the linksys wrtg54g for what?
- CptFuzzy, on 10/27/2007, -0/+3For those of you who still ask why: many advanced features are available after you install custom firmware (like http://www.dd-wrt.com); such as transmit power boost (up to 250mW), VPN server endpoints, syslog clients, QoS and the ability to install additional packages like a spam filter and a torrent client (if you mount a drive or a network drive) and so on.
I use 'em for dedicated LAN bridging at work, and OpenVPN endpoints at home. - brx77924, on 10/27/2007, -0/+3Someone on the hackaday comments posted a working mirror, here's the coralcache of that:
http://www.bumsk.com.nyud.net:8080/mmc_mirror/sdfloppy/index.html?coral-no-redirect - firefarter, on 10/27/2007, -0/+3dugg to death
plan B = http://uanr.com.nyud.net:8080/sdfloppy/ - LowenSoDium, on 10/27/2007, -2/+5@cogit0
Higher end Cisco routers do not run *nix of any kind. They run an OS called IOS that is proprietary to Cisco equipment. - wattpuppy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Also on hackaday.com
http://www.hackaday.com/2006/09/12/floppy-connector-mmc-card-slot/ - Mr.Scientist, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Due to some incompetence on the side of awardspace.com, the caching network can't distinguish the original page from the error message. Awardspace.com sends the keyword and advertising-laden error message with a HTTP status code 200, indicating that it is the actual page designated by the request URL. A competent hoster would have used "503 Service Unavailable" with an appropriate Retry-After header indicating when the bandwidth limit will be reset. In this case you apparently get what you pay for.
- violentvinyl, on 10/27/2007, -1/+3Mirror:
http://www.joetaylor.com/uanr_com%20-%20SD-MMC%20card%20in%20floppy%20edge-connector.htm - klang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A picture is worth a thousand words! ..
well, I'd gladly trade one of the pictures here .. - apotropaic, on 10/27/2007, -0/+2Yea I'm running DD-WRT I just wasn't sure if linux would recognize this as more memory. Thats pretty sweet. Maybe I'll start an apache web server on it.
- antdude, on 10/27/2007, -1/+2Nice.
- godares, on 10/27/2007, -1/+2that would would be nice if it can be done on V5 memory sucks on it....
- NiteTrip, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'd rather have the small footprint of the WRT54g than that of this celeron 333 tower i have running for gallery, torrentflux, wordpress, etc, etc.... All these applications could be put on the router with additional memory.
It probably throws off a lot less heat too. - merreborn, on 10/27/2007, -2/+3The main limitation on the WRT54G is the 8 megs of RAM (4 meg on some of the newer models). This doesn't help that at all. It is useful for storage, but it won't help you run more softare.
- BigBrother87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1card-edge
- godares, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1nice thanks
- tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Since nothing is working, is this talking about those old card-edge cables ? or jamming it between some ide pins.
- eclectro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hew Awardspace, you're winning NO awards on digg!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1im running dd wrt on my linksys, its soooo great, its worth buying this router and then changing to this firmware , it has alot of options i love the setup and control options, also lets you link another wrt router tg wifi bridge ohhhh yeah
- violentvinyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.joetaylor.com/uanr_com%20-%20SD-MMC%20card%20in%20floppy%20edge-connector.htm
- jlachowin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0*dead*
- inactive, on 10/27/2007, -2/+2I thought linksys routers ran on modified linux to start with?
- antdude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1"Notice: The website http://uanr.com is temporarily suspended due to overtraffic." DuggMirror works, but no images.
- inactive, on 10/27/2007, -2/+1Does it work with the V5?
- Jesseiscanadian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0same here dude,same here :(
- ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Man. Today is not my day for links. Bury it all. I give up :-P
- 2000, on 10/27/2007, -6/+3Notice: The website http://uanr.com is temporarily suspended due to overtraffic [sic].
Description: The allocated data traffic of the hosting account for this website has been exceeded and the website is temporarily suspended.
To view this website again you have the following options:
• You are the owner of the hosting account?
You can login your Hosting Control Panel and use the Upgrades section in order to purchase additional monthly data traffic for your website. Or you can wait till the beginning of the next month when the data traffic counters will be reset and your website will be visible online again.
• You are a visitor?
You can come back and visit this website in the begining [sic] of the next month when the allocated data traffic will be reset automatically. Then this website should be working again, unless something else happen to the website and its contents. - ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Sorry. Apparently duggmirror techs aren't savvy enough to predict people using www :-P
http://duggmirror.com - ayeroxor, on 10/27/2007, -5/+1http://www.duggmirror.com/
- dejan, on 10/27/2007, -7/+2it doesn't even show where to connect it inside the WRT.. - digg
- zaqintosh, on 10/27/2007, -7/+2Wow! a bunch of pictures than mean nothing!
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Wha? Without a spring onion roll?
- Bostonsox, on 10/27/2007, -10/+4i dont know either. Is it for more advanced, larger firmwares?
- greatromance, on 10/27/2007, -9/+3Yeah, what is the point? What would this be used for? I could see how it could be useful if you wanted to make your own SD Card reader or something of that nature... ?
- violentvinyl, on 10/27/2007, -7/+1damn.
- chubbymidget, on 10/27/2007, -11/+4Dude just go here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820300606
- alexgreggs, on 10/27/2007, -7/+0Its better.......128 megs better..think about it....wait. Im sure there is a reason but Im not smart enough. Very creative mod!
Alex - enivid, on 10/27/2007, -12/+3I was going to say the same thing but I was scared of looking like teh 5tup1d.
- EngelDesTodes, on 10/27/2007, -14/+2Sorry, but this really just seems like a waste of time.... like a massage w/o a happy ending...
- archivist, on 10/27/2007, -32/+3sorry dupe comment. wish this thing has a delete comment thing. bury me pls
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