Re: [SLUG] WRT54G questions

From: James Marcinek (jmarc1@jemconsult.biz)
Date: Wed Jul 20 2005 - 09:48:08 EDT


I have a WRT54G and would like to start hacking with it. Could you provide me
with any links or info on best/worst practices?

slug@nks.net wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 21:05, Matthew Burke wrote:
>
> > You can clearly see that it's different. Are there different v2.2
> > devices? I have been using Hyper ever since I bricked my router using
> > the shit Sveasoft firmware that was "guaranteed" to work on my device.
> > I'm happy with the speed and signal quality I get with hyper, I'd just
> > like to see sshd or snort in there as well (so that's why I'm playing
> > with my device, trying to learn so I can hack it in myself)
> >
> > 404
>
> I don't know about the v2.2 units, but I know that there are minor changes
> within the v3.0 units, e.g. one of my v3.0's has resistor installed for the
> JTAG header and on the other unit, purchased maybe 4 months later, the
> resistors are not installed. The v3.0 processor ID that reads out on the
> JTAG has a leading 2 instead of a 1 indicating a newer version even though
> the markings on the chip package are identical. Hence, I would not be
> surprised if there are differences in the v2.2 units.
>
> There are more substantial changes between v1 and v2. I think the ethernet
> chip is entirely different. The changes don't affect most hacking projects,
> though.
>
> I presume you got your unit unbricked.
>
> Don
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