Re: [SLUG] DD-WRT and its requirements

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Mon May 26 2008 - 00:04:13 EDT

On Sun, 25 May 2008, Daniel Nakov wrote:

> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 25 May 2008, Daniel Nakov wrote:
>>
>>> It looks like you might be able to set it up without installing DD-WRT.
>>> I looked at the manual really quick and saw that it allows you to adjust
>>> connections, routing, bridge, etc.. It wont work if you just change the
>>> essid, you'd have to set it up manually.
>>>
>>> http://www.fiberfaq.com/admin/attachments/actiontec_mi424wr_manual.pdf
>>
>> Sweet, that's a nice router too. In that case I'll go for one of those,
>> and if I can make DD-WRT do what I want, so much the better. Otherwise,
>> I've got the standard firmware on which to fall back.

> Just keep in mind that if you install DD-WRT on it, you might be wasting
> your time since it does not support the ralink wifi chipset (you'd have to
> replace the chip).

Noted, I didn't understand that annotation. Any idea what form factor the
required (non-ralink) chipset/card is? I'm guessing "mini-PCI" or maybe
"PCMCIA/PC card". 

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