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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG project: wicked cool openwrt router?

I supose the WNDR3700 could stand some more memory if you're going to do
anything fancy with it.

root@DD-WRT:~# free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        61824        26444        35380            0         1864
 Swap:            0            0            0
Total:        61824        26444        35380

root@DD-WRT:~# uptime
 01:50:48 up 10 days,  9:18, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

root@DD-WRT:~# top
Mem: 26220K used, 35604K free, 0K shrd, 1864K buff, 5588K cached
CPU:  0.0% usr  0.0% sys  0.0% nic 86.4% idle  0.0% io  0.0% irq 13.5% sirq
Load average: 0.00 0.00 0.00 1/31 26799
  PID  PPID USER     STAT   VSZ %MEM %CPU COMMAND
 1147     1 root     S     2440  3.9  0.0 httpd -p 80
  701     1 root     S     1596  2.5  0.0 hostapd -B -P
/var/run/ath0_hostapd.p
  763     1 root     S     1592  2.5  0.0 hostapd -B -P
/var/run/ath1_hostapd.p
  481     1 root     S     1468  2.3  0.0 watchdog
 7758     1 root     S     1460  2.3  0.0 wland
  604     1 root     S     1432  2.3  0.0 resetbutton
  849     1 root     S     1136  1.8  0.0 ttraff
 7383     1 root     S     1136  1.8  0.0 process_monitor
26755   883 root     S     1092  1.7  0.0 dropbear -b /tmp/loginprompt -r
/tmp/
26776 26755 root     S     1068  1.7  0.0 -sh
    1     0 root     S     1064  1.7  0.0 /sbin/init
26799 26776 root     R     1060  1.7  0.0 top
  824     1 root     S     1048  1.6  0.0 telnetd
  883     1 root     S     1036  1.6  0.0 dropbear -b /tmp/loginprompt -r
/tmp/
  853     1 root     S      796  1.2  0.0 dnsmasq
--conf-file=/tmp/dnsmasq.conf
  471     1 root     S      684  1.1  0.0 /sbin/hotplug2 --set-rules-file
/etc/
 1402     1 root     S      676  1.0  0.0 cron
 1759     1 root     S      676  1.0  0.0 udhcpc -i eth1 -p
/var/run/udhcpc.pid
    3     2 root     SW       0  0.0  0.0 [ksoftirqd/0]
  139     2 root     SW       0  0.0  0.0 [mtdblockd]

root@DD-WRT:~# uname -a
Linux DD-WRT 2.6.34.8-svn16124 #3629 Thu Feb 17 09:48:30 CET 2011 mips
unknown


On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Mike Kenzie <ba600 [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca> wrote:

> On Saturday 16 April 2011 09:33:13 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   a while back, i suggested on the KWLUG list that, as a group, we
> > pick communal projects and work on them as a collective so that
> > everyone got the benefit.  and one of the projects i suggested was
> > selecting a state-of-the art, openwrt-compatible wireless router that
> > interested parties could purchase, then over time, we'd document in
> > excruciating detail how to build and install openwrt on such a beast.
> >
> >   anyone who wanted to play along would, of course, have to purchase
> > the stock router, at which point anyone familiar with openwrt could
> > start the ball rolling, we'd document the steps in a wiki somewhere so
> > that even beginners could participate.
> >
> >   first task would be to select an appropriate router that's not
> > stupidly expensive with some minimal features, such as:
> >
> >   * obviously, openwrt-flashable
> >   * open source drivers for wireless chip
> >   * 4 wired ports (pretty much standard these days)
> >   * at least one USB port
> >
> > you get the idea.  there was some discussion about the ubiquity
> > routerstation pro:
> >
> >   http://www.ubnt.com/rspro
> >
> > which comes with openwrt already installed, but of course, we'd want
> > to document how to download the software and build our own installable
> > image.
> >
> >   any interest in doing something like this?  and any alternative
> > recommendations for other routers that would be ideal for this?
>
>
> Perhaps we could try an implementation of the Freedom Box
>
> http://freedomboxfoundation.org/
>
> --
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Cheers!
Rick

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