http://www.myopenrouter.com?src=blog_rss Tune to Souvik Ghosh's blog for the newest tips, tricks, and how-tos on firmware for your open source router. His advice will help both novice users getting started in the open source world and advanced users looking for advice. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:08:01 GMT admin@myopenrouter.com MyOpenRouter 60 http://www.myopenrouter.com/brand/router/community.gif http://www.myopenrouter.com?src=blog_rss http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/10354/Configure-WDS-with-Tomato-Firmware/?src=blog_rss A Wireless Distribution System is a system that enables the wireless interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802.11 network. It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the need for a wired backbone to link them, as is traditionally required. This is a cheap and easy way to extend your wireless network coverage. It's cheap, because you can extend your network with couple of routers (which usually costs less that 60$) with the open-source firmware like Tomato including the Linux-powered Netgear wgr614L or other compatible routers. It's easy, because you need only apply a few configuration settings to your routers, creating a repeater bridge to extend your wireless network. WDS Rules & Regulation There are a few rules to implementing a functional WDS network. For optimal compatibility, you should use the same routers throughout -- or, in this case, the same firmware, running Tomato on both routers. Both routers must communicate on the same wireless channel. Both routers must be configured to the same kind of 802.11 network, whether B, mixed B/G, or G. An exclusive G network must use channel 1, 6, or 11. If you use WPA security, you must set up... WGR614L Open Source Router Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:43:57 GMT SouvikGhosh http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/10354/Configure-WDS-with-Tomato-Firmware/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/10344/Why-third-Party-firmware/?src=blog_rss Brief History Actually the open source firmware development started after linksys announces the release of their new router - WRT 54G. In June 2003 some folks on the Linux Kernel Mailing List sniffed around this router and found that its firmware was based on Linux components. Because Linux is released under the GNU General Public License, or GPL, the terms of the license obliged Linksys to make available the source code of the WRT54G firmware. As most router firmware is proprietary code, vendors have no such obligation. It remains unclear whether Linksys was aware of the WRT54G’s Linux lineage, and its associated source requirements, at the time they released the router. But ultimately, under outside pressure to deliver on their legal obligation under the GPL, Linksys open sourced the WRT54G firmware in July 2003. With the code in hand, developers learned exactly how to talk to the hardware inside and how to code any features the hardware could support. It has spawning a handful of open source firmware projects for the WRT54G that extend its capabilities, and reliability, far beyond what is expected from a cheap consumer-grade router. Developers started thinking about a firmware which can run on the same... WGR614L Open Source Router Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:04:11 GMT SouvikGhosh http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/10344/Why-third-Party-firmware/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/10289/Tomato-Firmware-for-WGR614L-Review---v1.11.041510/?src=blog_rss This review is about the latest release of the Tomato firmware released on 17 th April. Firmware Name - tomato_wgr614l.chk The above link contains a zip archive which contains the aforesaid 'chk' image which has been tested. Please Note that I have not been able to test all the features of the Great Tomato firmware. I will discuss about the bugs that I have found till date and obviously regarding the bugs that has been solved in this release. Thanks to the development team for making this version available to the forum. Bugs Solved in this release: ====================== 1. Firmware Upgrade issue has been resolved . Any Netgear compatible chk image can be installed successfully through this image. The great thing here is - you do not need to open up the router. Just buy any WGR614L router from your nearest dealer and install this firmware from the 'Router Upgrade' page of the Default Netgear firmware (refer to the blog by Tathagata Das) if you really like to feel the essence of the great Tomato firmware which has earned a huge popularity throughout the globe. Please note that this will void the warranty from Netgear . And if you again... Tomato Setup / Configuration Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:36:15 GMT SouvikGhosh http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/10289/Tomato-Firmware-for-WGR614L-Review---v1.11.041510/#discussion?src=blog_rss