qwest linux dsl routers
posted Apr 6th 2005 11:17am by Jason Striegelfiled under: wireless hacks
after having problems with my old dsl router, i finally ordered and received the actiontec gt701-wg from qwest. i believe this is what they are starting to distribute by default in my area, and i wouldn’t be surprised if these were to be found elsewhere as well.
the interesting thing about these new actiontec routers is that they run linux. seatllewireless has a nice page describing the system, and people have already figured out how to build and install custom firmware on the device.
most people have a single static ip, so it would be sort of neat to have your dsl router run a small static web site. you could always port forward, but it’s one less machine to worry about. better yet, install ssh and use it as a tunneling server. then you can open up your wireless network for your neighbors, but not broadcast your email in the clear.
have you done anything neat with your 701 or a different embedded linux router? do you have any great ideas for what could be done with this system? tell us about it in the comments area.
The Hardware Recycling Initiative (http://hri.sourceforge.net) is a project to get Linux working on cable, DSL and wireless routers. It seems to be rather quiet lately, but the site has lots of information about hacking different routers.
I’m trying to get Linux working on the Network Everywhere NWR04B 802.11b router (http://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com/nwr04b) after picking up three for $20 each. I’m still working on it, but I can at least get it to crash in interesting ways. :-)
I’d love to have a proper Linux firewall on these things, but my *real* goal is to make the world’s first Beowulf cluster out of wireless routers. Slashdot, here I come!