Hacks – DD-WRT Firmware Presentation

September 24, 2008

Thanks everyone who attended the KYSBSUG presentation on modding your wireless router with the DD-WRT firmware!

Here are the show notes from tonight. P.S. Don’t forget to reset your wired NIC TCP/IP settings back to automatic after you’re done flashing your router.

• DD-WRT main page
  http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
• Awesome “Supported Devices” list of routers you can flash to DD-WRT
  http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
• DD-WRT Instructions for Linksys WRT54G / GL / GS / GX
  http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT54G/GL/GS/GX
• Linking Routers wiki – covers Mesh, Repeater Bridge, Universal Wireless Repeater and WLAN Repeater
  http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linking_Routers
• TFTP download (choose the “Client Application” one)
  http://www.tftp-server.com/tftp-download.html
• HotSpotSystem – Turn your WRT54G into a paid Wi-Fi hotspot
  http://www.hotspotsystem.com/
• Chillispot – Open Source Wireless LAN Access Point Controller
  http://www.chillispot.info/
• SMB Nation – Oct 4-6 Seattle, WA
  http://www.smbnation.com/
• FileZilla FTP Client (TFTP works better for flashing routers though)
  http://filezilla-project.org/
• Microsoft Groove 2007 60-day trial
  http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/product.aspx?re_ms=oo&family=officelivegroove&culture=en-US
• Groove 2007 Video Tour
  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/groove/HA101672641033.aspx
• SBS 2008 Unleashed Book
  http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573

If I don’t see you at SMB Nation in Seattle next week, I’ll see you at the Oct KYSBSUG meeting (tentative date Wed Oct 15, 2008).

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