[LUGSB] Next LUGSB Meeting: Custom Router Firmware Meeting (This Wednesday)

[Jonathan Dahan]

Awesome, I already have a few ideas a-brewing.

- Jonathan


On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:22 AM, James Crasta <jcrasta at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 5:08 PM, James Crasta <jcrasta at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A bonus: I would like to give away to someone in LUGSB (or really
> > anyone else who's really interested) a La Fonera router
> > ( http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/LaFonera ) running dd-wrt.
>
> Okay, so I discussed with Michael after the meeting, and it seems like
> there's no stipulations on giving things away for free.
>
> What I think is cool about the Fonera routers (and router hacking in
> general) is it gives you a very low-cost entry (or free, in this case)
> to embedded linux, as well as giving you fun and interesting projects
> to work on. I think the fact that I was able to land a nice (not
> linux-focused, but definitely linux involved) job is in no small part
> to all the tinkering I did with various linux devices during my
> freshman/sophomore years.
>
> What I'm giving away is two(2) Fonera routers, with box and gadgets,
> already modified for and running dd-wrt, but no hardware
> modifications. The routers will be yours to keep, or if you're feeling
> altruistic, you can pass them on to someone else when you're done with
> them.
>
> What I'm proposing for the giveaway that whoever is interested, come
> up with a neat project idea to do something with these routers. And at
> the next meeting, we can give them away to those with the.coolest
> project ideas. It's not really that I'm expecting people to put out a
> project / code, and actually none of my Fonera projects ended up being
> used long-term. However, the things you learn in the process of
> tinkering with things are the most valuable parts, not the end result.
>
> Just some thoughts to get you started:
>
> - They have 16mb of ram, approximately 11-12mb of which is available
> to user applications (the rest is used by kernel and buffers)
> - The default software has provisions for mounting a remote
> Windows/Samba share, and running scripts on boot from that, which can
> greatly increase the storage available to you.
> - Otherwise, they are pretty much like any other linux systems, with a
> selection of command-line tools, ssh support, and running enough to do
> packet routing.
>
> I've been able to get the fonera to successfully repeat wireless
> networks as other names, and in conjunction with my laptop, be a very
> effective honeypot. It also works as a great tool for connecting to
> far-off networks that your laptop's wireless card can't reach. In
> addition, it can act as a client bridge onto an existing wireless
> network, to connect a wired device or devices onto an existing wifi
> (like getting your xbox on wifi)
>
> James
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