Comments on: OpenWRT installation from Tomato http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/openwrt-installation-from-tomato/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless Fri, 10 May 2013 10:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: valent http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/openwrt-installation-from-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-11321 valent Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:03:17 +0000 http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/?p=1674#comment-11321 OpenWRT wiki rules, and I’ll fill in missing info. Cheers.

]]> By: Darko http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/openwrt-installation-from-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-11320 Darko Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:24:59 +0000 http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/?p=1674#comment-11320 I suppose by now you’ve found answers to most of your questions, I’v never used thw OpenWRT wiki bit I don’t see whats stopping you in filling in what you think is missing from the wiki.

]]> By: Jan Willies http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/openwrt-installation-from-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-11319 Jan Willies Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:05:45 +0000 http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/?p=1674#comment-11319 the 2.6-based target for your device is called brcm47xx, you can find it here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1-rc5/brcm47xx/. OpenWrt trunk has already nuked 2.4 (your target was the last one with still 2.4) and is all about 2.6/3.x.

The nvram-options are used to gain you access to the bootloader, in case you flash a bad image. Otherwise OpenWrt doesn’t use nvram, instead etc/config/.

DD-WRT is all about binary-stuff and the webinterface. It is not meant to be checked out from source and compiled/customized by the user. Also it doesn’t run on the variety of devices that OpenWrt does.

Make sure to drop by: #openwrt on freenode ;-)

]]> By: hbt http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/openwrt-installation-from-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-11308 hbt Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:53:01 +0000 http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/?p=1674#comment-11308 Nope, trunk has a wl-driver with 2.6. I don’t know whether its in backfire though

]]> By: valent http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/openwrt-installation-from-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-11307 valent Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:18:21 +0000 http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/?p=1674#comment-11307 Found this forum post that explains is a bit:
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=24549

brcm-2.4 : kernel 2.4, wl (or wl-mimo) proprietary driver, nas authentificator, wlc control utility

brcm47xx : kernel 2.6, b43 open source (but less stable) driver, wpad (hostapd + wpa_supplicant), standard linux utilites (iw, iwconfig, etc.)

There are two totally different drivers that support Broadcom Wireless used in OpenWRT:
a) proprietary driver by Broadcom – wl. It is compatible only with 2.4 kernels and included in brcm-2.4 builds.
b) an open source b43 driver. It is included in brcm47xx builds.

The wl driver has still a bit better performance and is claimed to deliver better stability. However, it cannot be linked with 2.6 kernel.

]]>