Subj : If a box hasn't been unpacked..
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Vorlon
Date : Wed Jan 28 2026 09:44 am


Hello poindexter!

27 Jan 26 08:12, you wrote to me:

 pF>> The one thing I refuse to get rid of -- my Linksys
 pF>> WRT54G router. I just can't get my head around tossing it.

 Vo>> Are you still using it? Mine has Openwrt on it, and since setup
 Vo>> i've not had to mess with it.

 pF>  I want to gut it and put a Raspberry Pi in mine. No, I'm keeping it

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 pF>  I got it for free back in the 2000s from FON, a co-op wifi network.
 pF>  You'd share your bandwidth with one of "their" routers and get free
 pF>  wifi access from others.

Yeah, it's a great bit of hardware. I've seen so many newer units die after 2-3 years, yet this thing is still going. That's why
I've not replaced it with a newer unit. It only serves as a AP for three devices and most of the time only two are on/in use.

 pF>  It turned out to be a skinned DD-wrt, which sent me down the
 pF> third-party firmware rabbithole.

That whole is rather deep!




Vorlon


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