Cheap GPL router - $11 from MSY
Just got what looks to be a pretty good deal on what appears to have GPL version of the code made available. Got this D-Link Modem - hopes weren't high but it appears pretty reasonable 802.11bgn + 8 LAN ports switch + WAN router. I noticed that it contained a "D-LINK GPL Code Statement" with link http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/GPL.asp which turns out to be their GPL web interface which lists masses of products and a download links to source code which includes my DIR-632 (took a little time to find it amongst the massive number of items). I am downloading it now - 185Mb. See what you actually get in that. The modem itself is rather nice - it has most features you could think of (no CLI though, Web interface) and has a built in manual that explains each feature in detail! I suspect they are letting them go at that price because the new 802.11ac modems have arrived. See http://www.msy.com.au/images/ADbanner/eletter/04042013/online/html.html for the original promotion. Anyway thought others might be interested in this and perhaps an example of GPL compliance that seems pretty good... Andrew
On 5/04/2013 18:49, Andrew Worsley wrote:
Just got what looks to be a pretty good deal on what appears to have GPL version of the code made available.
You may be surprised, but this is actually *very* common. The majority of consumer routers out there run a homebrew Linux of some form, and have their open source components available upon request. Unfortunately only a small minority of consumer routers are supported by distros such as OpenWrt, despite having the manufacturer's source code available. This is mainly a limitation of time and popularity, rather than it being a difficult technical challenge. Most consumer routers use a very standard architecture. All that's needed is to figure out how the bootloader works, where to store the data, and everything else is standard to the architecture, and already supported by Linux.
That's surprising. I thought the reason routers weren't listed on OpenWRT as working was typically lack of driver support. - Edward On 5 April 2013 23:58, Jeremy Visser <jeremy@visser.name> wrote:
On 5/04/2013 18:49, Andrew Worsley wrote:
Just got what looks to be a pretty good deal on what appears to have GPL version of the code made available.
You may be surprised, but this is actually *very* common.
The majority of consumer routers out there run a homebrew Linux of some form, and have their open source components available upon request.
Unfortunately only a small minority of consumer routers are supported by distros such as OpenWrt, despite having the manufacturer's source code available.
This is mainly a limitation of time and popularity, rather than it being a difficult technical challenge. Most consumer routers use a very standard architecture. All that's needed is to figure out how the bootloader works, where to store the data, and everything else is standard to the architecture, and already supported by Linux.
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*DD-WRT (it's late) On 6 April 2013 01:23, thelionroars <thelionroars1337@gmail.com> wrote:
That's surprising. I thought the reason routers weren't listed on OpenWRT as working was typically lack of driver support.
- Edward
On 5 April 2013 23:58, Jeremy Visser <jeremy@visser.name> wrote:
On 5/04/2013 18:49, Andrew Worsley wrote:
Just got what looks to be a pretty good deal on what appears to have GPL version of the code made available.
You may be surprised, but this is actually *very* common.
The majority of consumer routers out there run a homebrew Linux of some form, and have their open source components available upon request.
Unfortunately only a small minority of consumer routers are supported by distros such as OpenWrt, despite having the manufacturer's source code available.
This is mainly a limitation of time and popularity, rather than it being a difficult technical challenge. Most consumer routers use a very standard architecture. All that's needed is to figure out how the bootloader works, where to store the data, and everything else is standard to the architecture, and already supported by Linux.
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Jeremy Visser <jeremy@visser.name> wrote:
Unfortunately only a small minority of consumer routers are supported by distros such as OpenWrt, despite having the manufacturer's source code available.
And some of those are supported by open drivers all the way down. 802.11AC looks interesting.
Just a note I managed to download and compile the source code by following the README - linux/uboot based appears to have lots of daemons/ additional drivers. GPL compliance appears to have come a long way. Haven't uploaded it yet - might grab another one for experiments first... Andrew On 6 April 2013 12:13, Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net> wrote:
Jeremy Visser <jeremy@visser.name> wrote:
Unfortunately only a small minority of consumer routers are supported by distros such as OpenWrt, despite having the manufacturer's source code available.
And some of those are supported by open drivers all the way down.
802.11AC looks interesting.
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Hi Thanks for the info. Just ordered one as, FYI Offer is ends today but MSY now has online ordering for pickup On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Worsley <amworsley@gmail.com> wrote:
Just a note I managed to download and compile the source code by following the README - linux/uboot based appears to have lots of daemons/ additional drivers. GPL compliance appears to have come a long way.
Haven't uploaded it yet - might grab another one for experiments first...
Andrew
On 6 April 2013 12:13, Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net> wrote:
Jeremy Visser <jeremy@visser.name> wrote:
Unfortunately only a small minority of consumer routers are supported by distros such as OpenWrt, despite having the manufacturer's source code available.
And some of those are supported by open drivers all the way down.
802.11AC looks interesting.
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Also, to anyone teetering on the edge of buying this, I can confirm it's supported by dd-wrt. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/D-Link_DIR-632 Just bought two, and have 'upgraded' one to DD-WRT so far. Seems to be a very good buy. / Brett On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Peter Drake <peterrdrake@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
Thanks for the info. Just ordered one as,
FYI Offer is ends today but MSY now has online ordering for pickup
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Worsley <amworsley@gmail.com>wrote:
Just a note I managed to download and compile the source code by following the README - linux/uboot based appears to have lots of daemons/ additional drivers. GPL compliance appears to have come a long way.
Haven't uploaded it yet - might grab another one for experiments first...
Andrew
On 6 April 2013 12:13, Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net> wrote:
Jeremy Visser <jeremy@visser.name> wrote:
Unfortunately only a small minority of consumer routers are supported by distros such as OpenWrt, despite having the manufacturer's source code available.
And some of those are supported by open drivers all the way down.
802.11AC looks interesting.
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On 7/04/2013 1:17 PM, Brett Pemberton wrote:
Also, to anyone teetering on the edge of buying this, I can confirm it's supported by dd-wrt.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/D-Link_DIR-632
Just bought two, and have 'upgraded' one to DD-WRT so far. Seems to be a very good buy.
This might be of interest, at least for stock firmware: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2054680/dlink-to-padlock-router-backdoor-by-h... It may or may not be effected, the available list of devices isn't conclusive to deny/confirm vulnerability for non-listed models. A.
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