QEMU/Emulator of some-kind?

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geniegate
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QEMU/Emulator of some-kind?

Hello,

My airport died, seeing the open source label on this new fangled 3500L netgear device sort of sold me on it :-) (what I need is a simple 8-port switch, with wireless connectivity)

I do wonder if this thing can take the place of my current openbsd router, as I'd kind of like to get rid of that box anyway.

So.. before bricking it.. is there a way to run the software in an emulator, like qemu?

I thought about trying some of these packages out, but it seems sensible to me anyway, to set it up in qemu first.

What I require is:

Ability to do NAT based on source IP.

devel.remote.com:22 --> cvs.example.com:22

* -> honeypot.example.com : 22

DNS (I run a dns server on my router, keeps track of all virtual machines)

NTP (not super critical, but nice)

SSH (So I can ssh in and configure it)

a shell.

tcpdump (So I can examine traffic)

cron (so I can clear logs and possibly schedule access times)

 

 

bigjohn
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You probably want to look at

You probably want to look at DD-WRT or OpenWRT.
Those guys have done so much in the way of open source routers - back since the WRT54g / early buffalo routers...

By default the router shows this for routing in Lan Setup *native firmware*:

# RIP Direction: RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC1058 and RFC1389) allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets. None is the default.

* When set to Both or Out Only, the router will broadcast its routing table periodically.
* When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the RIP information that it receives.
* When set to None, it will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received. None is the default.

# RIP Version: This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the router sends. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) By default, this is set for Disabled.

* RIP-1 is universally supported. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network setup.
* RIP-2 carries more information. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in RIP-2 format.
o RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting.
o RIP-2M uses multicasting