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vf5 at plm.gatech.edu wrote:

>I use junk PC's for routers sure. That's what my main router is now!
>
>I agree Linksys had no OBLIGATION to help out it's fledgling
>WRT communities, but it sure would have helped.
>
>To the point, sometimes you don't want a big box with moving parts
>and lots of excess on it. You want something simple that uses
>only 7 Watts with no moving parts that can do just a few tasks.
>For that, the WRT is a good widget, very flexible.
>
>That said, back to business, Sveasoft "Talisman" firmware is supposed
>to be released on Monday. Hope that helps.
>
>On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 11:46:35PM -0400, James Sumners wrote:
>  
>
>>They don't have any obligation to do that. They are trying to sell
>>products to the average consumer not to the geeks who wants a cheap
>>embeded Linux box. Their only obligation is to provide the GPLed code
>>that they modified. I believe that if they really wanted to get nasty,
>>they could remove all the proprietary binaries from the GPL package
>>they provide and no one could do anything about it.
>>
>>Personally, I don't understand why people even like the device. It is
>>severly lacking in ability when compared with a cheap "junk" computer
>>that can run a ready-made firewall like IPcop or your own set of
>>iptable and QoS rules. Were I the initiator of this thread I would
>>have put the thing up for sale the minute I realized the device won't
>>let me use my network the way I want to.
>>
>>On 4/14/05, vf5 at plm.gatech.edu <vf5 at plm.gatech.edu> wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>This V3 hardware change has really screwed over the WRT community badly.
>>>Major chipset changes, and none of them presaged or released to the community
>>>in advance or anything. It would have been great if Linksys had sent a few
>>>dozen units out to the projects, but no they have had to wait and buy their
>>>own units off the shelf like everyone else and try to port..
>>>      
>>>
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