Month: June 2008

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Computing Linux

It Lives!

Sunday afternoon I sucessfully flashed the WRT54GL router with DD-WRT. In the preparations for doing the flash, I read alot on the DD-WRT website making certain I knew what to expect. The website makes it very clear that an improper flash can brick your hardware. Following the instructions exactly made the process relatively uneventful though I did have a momentary panic after doing the second hard reset. After the firmware flash was complete I did another 30/30/30 reset as per the instructions the power light continued blinking for longer than it ought to. So I hit the reset button briefly without power cycling the router and then it booted correctly. It has been working ever since.

Now that I have the router working correctly with it handling DHCP and DNS. I’m considering what the home server is going to be doing in the future.

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Computing Linux

The Belkin is dead! Live Long Linksys!

This past Sunday I was unfortunate enough to watch the untimely death of my old Belkin wireless router. I wasn’t sad to watch it go but I did miss having my wireless available. That afternoon when I was deciding what I wanted to replace it with I didn’t want to go the “El Cheapo” route again. So what better choice was there than the very hackable Linksys WRT54GL. Newegg shipping was fast; I bought it on Sunday afternoon and it arrived Tuesday. The Linksys was quick to setup without using the included setup disk. However, since it was too easy setting it up with factory firmware. I’m going to push my luck and try installing the DD-WRT firmware. Some of my most wanted features from DD-WRT are the full-featured NTP, DHCP, and DNS daemons. NTP and DNS I already run on a box in the house it would be nice to move those services to a silent blue box sitting on the desk. DHCP support on most routers is anemic at best but with the new firmware I’ll have the power of a full-fledged daemon to configure.

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hopkinsville

Soap Box Derby pictures

The third annual Soap Box Derby in Hopkinsville was held today in downtown Hopkinsville. I was there for a couple of hours. I had the excellent idea to bring my camera. Here’s some of the photographs I took.