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* [http://oldwiki.openwrt.org/Hardware(2f)Planex.html Hardware/Planex]
 
* [http://oldwiki.openwrt.org/Hardware(2f)Planex.html Hardware/Planex]
 
* [http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=21182 Unbricking] after a bad firmware upload requires a special serial cable.  
 
* [http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=21182 Unbricking] after a bad firmware upload requires a special serial cable.  
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* [http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/OpenWrt FreeSWITCH page] shows how to get it working as a telephony platform designed to facilitate the creation of voice and chat driven products scaling from a soft-phone up to a soft-switch.
  
 
Default config is 192.168.1.1 / admin / password
 
Default config is 192.168.1.1 / admin / password

Latest revision as of 17:17, 1 February 2010


Free software drivers for network/wifi routers/switches

From the High Priority Free Software Projects list

OpenWRT ath9k support

Main person working on this looks like Stephen Gutknecht.

General

Planex MZK-W04NU

Note that you need to install a padded OpenWRT image so the size is what the device expects.

Default config is 192.168.1.1 / admin / password

Trendnet TEW-632-BRP

Mesh Networking

There seem to be 4 major mesh networking protocols:

  1. OLSR, the oldest and most established
  2. BATMAN, newer but pretty widespread
  3. Babel, very new but does work / released software
  4. Open 802.11s, which is integrated into linux 2.6.26 and later