What would you add to a 1.0.7.8 firmware image [Archive]

kfurge

15-08-2007, 00:49

Henrikh

15-08-2007, 10:04

First off, i would like to say that this is a great initiative! And thanks for all the work that you have already done
with Asus bug filled software!

Now i don't know if this is possible, but i guess it doesn't hurt to ask. I was really hoping that Asus
would have updated samba to a newer version, that supports Windows Vista. I have tried many of the "hacks"
that should make it possible for Vista to commmunicate with the old samba version, with user based auth.
My fix for now is to just use share based auth.

Is it in any way possible to replace the samba version in the firmware with a newer one, without screwing the
webGUI up?

I guess you already though of these, since its already in your tutorial on how to install your custom
firmware and "make a better system" :-). I know that these things don't have anything to do with the webGUI
but i think it would be nice to have enabled and configured "out-of-the-box".

* Bash shell
* Dropbear SSH (As described in your tutorial on installing your custom firmware)
* Apply your CPU "eating" patch :-)

It should be said that i have no experience with anything like this, so i have no idea if my suggestions are completely out of proportions :-)

back2basic

15-08-2007, 10:17

Lighttpd php & Mysql would also be nice to have :)

maybe it can be made somehow so users can turn it on or off in the web-if,
like in the custom oleg firmware on the wl500-series

(I'm also trying to create a custom firmware based on you're instructions, somehow I get a buch of errors compiling it so I got a lot to learn I gues)

donald1

15-08-2007, 11:01

First off, i would like to say that this is a great initiva! And thanks for all the work that you have already done
with Asus bugfilled software!

Now i dont know if this is possible, but i guess it dosen't hurt to ask. I was really hoping that Asus
would have updated samba to a newer version, that supports Windows Vista. I have tried many of the "hacks"
that should make it possible for Vista to commmunicate with the old samba version, with user based auth.
My fix for now is to just use share based auth.

Is it in any way possible to replace the samba version in the firmware with a newer one, without screwing the
webGUI up?

I agree with the urgent need for the new SAMBA version. More and more users of the WL700G will be confronted with Windows Vista on new computers. It's a shame this product is not yet updated by ASUS. The WL700G is still being marketed and sold as a state of the art product. In that case you simply have to be Vista compliant !

Next to this it would be very nice to have the possibility of spinning down the HDD.

Woffels

15-08-2007, 12:57

hal2k1

15-08-2007, 13:46

Due to the underwhelming enhancements to the latest firmware by Asus, I'm considering adding some more "out of the box", web gui enabled, features to future custom 1.0.7.8 firmware images.

Please post your wish-list items. Be as specific as possible with what you'd like to see. The more information I have, the more likely it will be to be included. Relevant links to forum threads, web sites, examples, how-to's, etc. will be appreciated.

I have two items already.

1) Better BT support. I like this approach:

http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=10041

2) Configurable HDD spin down

I'm sure there'll be much, much more.

- K.C.

For a long while I used your custom firmware, but I kept having trouble configuring it the way I wanted. The Asus component kept wanting to try to take over, and it wouldn't allow some functions to be configured how one would like.

So here is a wishlist:

1. User-configurable dnsmasq for both dns function and for dhcp server. IP of local machines configurable given their mac address.
2. HDD spindown.
3. Better "Download Master" ... the mldonkey approach looks very good.
4. User-editable firewall rules.
5. Up-to-date samba
6. mail server - xmail or some combination of sendmail/fetchmail/postfix
7. webmin interface bound to local lan would be very nice
8. Installable optware ipkg support built in
9. CUPS print server
10. Full openssh server (otherwise dropbear would do)
11. termcap with console utilities: screen mc nano etc would be good
12. wpa security option for wireless as well as wep
13. A light web server. Lighttpd or php-thttpd, or perhaps appweb or cherokee.

If required, then support for a swapfile would be good.

I don't want much, hey!

Henrikh

15-08-2007, 14:21

It would be nice to have a executable that does the job (upgrading firmware and install stuff). So there wont be long discussions on "how to" from linux-unexperienced users like me. I will suggest we do a donation to kfurge when all of our wl's are running like crazy.

Woffels

You can use the Firmware restoration tool if you don't want (or can't) to use the webinterface for reflashing the firmware :-)

K.C -->
I got a servage account which i just use to host some small sites i have made for some people, and my own projects. So there is alot of free space, and lots of "unused" trafic :-). So if you are interrested i can hook you up with FTP access, so you can host firmware files etc., and i could also set up a wiki :-)

Woffels

15-08-2007, 15:30

The flashing is not the problem, its the the programs to install. It would be nice if we dont have to use al these linux commands. Specially for non linx users.

Woffels

15-08-2007, 16:37

Rejan

15-08-2007, 17:11

Hi kfurge and thanks for doing this!

I have a few suggestions and I like to have:
- knockd to secure external access (remove all bruteforce attacks)
- dropbear
- HDD Spindown
- possibility to mount iso-files easy for streaming purposes
- ipkg
- possibility to choose and/or create/rename places for files not only /shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1
- possibility to set internal system time to local time
- a better (working) bittorrent client and downloader
- cron
- syslog-ng

Well, I know its hard to please all, but I'm looking forward to see what will be implemented in next version.

/Rejan

haraldrt

15-08-2007, 17:30

My Favorites are:

- tun/tap module and openvpn
- newer mt-daapd with a writable configfile and playlistfile
- cups
- perhaps appletalk support in networking (and netatalk, but that could be installed by ipkg)

out of this world would by python and support for hellanzb, but these are also installable by ipkg

cu

harald

back2basic

15-08-2007, 18:00

I got a servage account which i just use to host some small sites i have made for some people, and my own projects. So there is alot of free space, and lots of "unused" trafic :-). So if you are interrested i can hook you up with FTP access, so you can host firmware files etc., and i could also set up a wiki :-)

http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/

Its the same as a wiki
Still a good 40Gb available :cool:
Unlimited bandwith
dedicaded to wl700ge :rolleyes:

Henrikh

15-08-2007, 18:08

http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/

Its the same as a wiki
Still a good 40Gb available :cool:
Unlimited bandwith
dedicaded to wl700ge :rolleyes:

Sweet, didn't know about that one! :-)

mumsoft

15-08-2007, 22:02

My mt-daapd now struggles with directories and filenames with extended characters. They are converted to some sort of ascii. So, if you have: Schönberg, Verklärte Nacht, it is sent from mt-daapd as Schotegberg, Verklwert Nacht (or so). Result: no sound. So I guess it would be nice if the Asus could work internally with UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1

Marc

kfurge

16-08-2007, 01:28

http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/

I've already posted some things up there (as I'm sure you've seen). Once I get started, I think your site would be the best place to officially house the project.

- K.C.

kfurge

16-08-2007, 01:40

I dont want to hurry you, Kfurge. But how is your planning on the new firmware you are gonna modificate. Is it years, months, weeks, days, hours minutes .....................now?!!!

I'll probably be some number of months. My outdoor lifestyle doesn't leave much spare time during the summer and fall. However, the snow flies early where I live, so I'll be able to put much more effort into the project once winter sets in.

Upgrading the existing components should be relatively straightforward so that's where I'll concentrate first. After that, I'll probably work on making a better default command-line experience. Finally I'll work on adding more applications and features once an infrastructure is put in place.

If all goes well, I expect to be half done before the end of '07. Mostly complete before spring '08.

- K.C.

kfurge

16-08-2007, 01:43

The flashing is not the problem, its the the programs to install. It would be nice if we dont have to use al these linux commands. Specially for non linx users.

This won't be possible. Linux is still Linux. If you need something not already in the firmware, you'll have to get your hands dirty. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to learn how to use ipkg.

- K.C.

medsource

16-08-2007, 03:46

Here's a list of 'wants.' Granted I've got most of these already running on 1.0.4.6 but having them from the get-go in 1.0.7.8 would be nice.

Fail2ban for disabling bruteforce attacks
Wondershaper or equivalent QoS shaper (a functional GUI would be nice too)
Better 'functional' media server like ushare (or mediatomb)
built-in configs for multihoming dydns and web sites
Better mt-daapd
Python, Perl, PHP and MYSQL preinstalled and ready to run if activated.

Guru

16-08-2007, 04:37

Kfurge you bastard:p

Your giving me a reason to keep the white brick;)

Please consider us noobs in the process.

I just want a better BT client that's all.

Thanks
Guru

Ford

16-08-2007, 12:41

Maybe it is possible to let more different webcams working.

kfurge

17-08-2007, 02:42

Please consider us noobs in the process.

I've been following this forum for some time now. Your requests have been echoed before, over and over. Everything proposed in this thread would be out-of-the-box software. All you'll have to do is flash it.

Now that some good solutions have surfaced over the last year, we, as a wl700g community, are in a better position to make some things more accessible and "standard" with a SW upgrade only.

- K.C.

kfurge

17-08-2007, 02:55

Ok, I've been taking notes and here's what I have so far (in my order of priority):

Top priority:
All of my patches applied (cpu load, entropy, etc.)
HDD spin down (fixed first, then configurable)
Workable command line environment (bash, ipkg, termcap, tz, busybox, default profiles, etc.)
Dropbear
CUPS to replace printd
Updated mt-daapd
Latest Samba
Web server (lighttpd)
Separate web interface for enhancements
Replacement BT client (MLDonkey)
Cron

Good idea:
User editable FW rules
Editable configuration of dnsmasq
knockd
ISO mounting
fail2ban
wondershaper

Not general enough (must add via ipkg):
Mail server
Syslog-ng
python, perl, php, mysql
hellanzb/nget

Don't know how to do / can't test:
WPA security
appletalk/netatalk

Very difficult:
Changing default from /shares/MYVOLUME1/MSHARE1

Already there:
Swapfile (512Meg)
Fixed IP for a given MAC

If you don't like how I've classified a request and would like it to be reconsidered, please post a compelling argument. Maybe others will chime in and support you.

- K.C.

medsource

17-08-2007, 21:39

Ok, I've been taking notes and here's what I have so far...

Only one word can fully describe my enthusiasm: woot!

Fatboysec

18-08-2007, 09:52

My list contains the following items:
- mldonkey
- firefly
- xmail
- better printer support (cups for example)
- ...

Kfurge, I would say: let the beast go and surprise us again. It's unbelievable how devoted you are and what you deliver to this small cummunity. Thanks to you, I've had many pleasent hours with my little white brick.

Thanks,

Bart

mumsoft

19-08-2007, 13:01

Mr Furge, looking at your long list...
- updated mt-daapd

Even the current version (1634) does not solve the problem with accented characters. So I wonder which updated version you will pick. But it is still a long time till next spring, so I hope that mt-daapd will have some sort of final new release in the process.

- WPA security
Did I miss something? What is wrong or lacking in the current Wifi security? I have enabled WPA-PSK for all my clients.

Marc

kfurge

19-08-2007, 16:21

Even the current version (1634) does not solve the problem with accented characters. So I wonder which updated version you will pick.

It'll be whatever's most recent, unless you have a better suggestion or replacement application. For whatever reason, Asus does not build mt-daapd from source. Instead, it's distributed in binary form. Getting it building into the project will be a little tricky, but should not be too bad.

- WPA security
Did I miss something?

No. It was just on someone's list. It should have been classified as "Already there".

- K.C.

AverySimonsen

20-08-2007, 09:02

KFurge:

Would it perhaps be a viable option to put your work-in-progress up on some svn server (or cvs or whatever) so that others can have a look and perhaps pitch in? It does seem like a pretty big project you're taking on all by yourself.

I am a computer science graduate but don't have much specific experience doing integrating/patching work in the linux environment. Still, I'm a quick study and I consider this area a big hole in my resume, so I might be able to contribute within the time frame you sketched out above.

/LO

mumsoft

21-08-2007, 21:49

It'll be whatever's most recent, unless you have a better suggestion or replacement application. For whatever reason, Asus does not build mt-daapd from source. Instead, it's distributed in binary form. Getting it building into the project will be a little tricky, but should not be too bad.
- K.C.

Ok. I'm willing to help if I can. It will mean to compile mt-daapd with all options or best choices. I have seen that somewhere.
But I like to wait for the next version. It is rather odd that after the official release of 2.4, there was no newer one for more than a year. :(

Marc

kfurge

22-08-2007, 02:59

Would it perhaps be a viable option to put your work-in-progress up on some svn server (or cvs or whatever) so that others can have a look and perhaps pitch in? It does seem like a pretty big project you're taking on all by yourself.

I'd actually like to do this. I currently have 1.0.4.6 completely checked into a Perforce depot. Personally, I get very uncomfortable making significant modifications to any project without some sort of version control.

However, wrangling the Asus distribution into a form workable for checking into version control (i.e. read-only when not open for edit) turned out to be a very large task. I probably won't do that again. It's not worth the trouble. An easier route may be to "overlay" version controlled copies of any modified files over the top of an official Asus distribution.

Currently, I'm still playing around with different approaches to the problem. Like my previous work, I still don't want to deviate too much from Asus's releases. The further I deviate, the harder it is to incorporate those changes into future Asus releases. My preferred path is to add a substantial collection of optware packages to the standard build flashable image. A bolt-on web based user interface will also be enabled by default. Doing this should significantly increase the usability of the box without too many modifications to the Asus distribution.

Keep tuned to the forum. I don't want to do this alone.

- K.C.

azizzarazel

15-09-2007, 15:32

Hi K.C.

Is your custom firmware available yet? Just installed ASUS 1.0.7.8 firmware and although working ok still some few issues. I wanted to load your custom FW.

As a side note you and medsource have been great in helping guy specially newbies like me to get my router loaded, greatly appreciated.

Hope your FW has most of the options thought GUI as I have very little to no experince of Linux.

Great work thanks.

kfurge

19-09-2007, 03:10

dolphine

20-09-2007, 21:10

Perhaps question to different forum, but also a wish related to the new firmware image.

Does the current FW kernel have multicast support enabled?

Would it be possible to include it in the next release of your firmware, perhaps add also mrouted (which I am not able to find as IPKG package :-(

Thanks.

kfurge

21-09-2007, 03:45

Multicast is not currently enabled in the kernel.

- K.C.

SVG

24-09-2007, 11:06

Hi all, and personal hi for kfurge!!!

Whether probably to add support for modern webcams (distinct from philips on PCVC680K, PCVC750K, pcvc820K, PCVC830K, PCVC840K chipset) ??? Supported now Philips webcam are very oldest, and they are difficult for finding in sale :( ... I whole day has been busy in searches any oldest Philips webcam (in my Moscow internet) for buy, but has not found nothing...
p.s. sorry for my English.

IMM22

25-09-2007, 10:46

dolphine

26-09-2007, 19:33

Multicast is not currently enabled in the kernel.

- K.C.

Thanks - at least I know that "playing" will not help and if I want to make it work I have either to:
- start with openwrt
- build new kernel
which is both more time consuming than I can invest without affecting my family life :-)

Any chance it gets to your new FW? Is there anything I can do to support this?

-dlf

kfurge

28-09-2007, 03:34

Any chance it gets to your new FW? Is there anything I can do to support this?

Should be do-able.

- K.C.

bluemotion

29-09-2007, 19:41

Any chance on using the web interface form the v2 firmware?

dolphine

02-10-2007, 06:49

Should be do-able.

- K.C.

Thank you very much in advance.

sirsmokealot

02-10-2007, 12:16

Hi kfurge,

i think for downloading torrents, the
torrentfluxx project will be a very good choice.
I tested it on a linux root server. It was very stable and easy to use/configure via webinterface.

Needs httpd and sql.

Regards

sirsmokealot

Gizmo1007

03-10-2007, 18:02

I've been a little distracted lately. Things will pick up when the weather gets colder in the northern hemisphere. Right now, I have the an image with a bunch of packages pre-installed. I haven't flashed it into a router yet, that'll happen shortly.

- K.C.

Hi K.C,

Just a word of thanks on your efforts for the community ;)

The Wl-700 has a copy function on front panel, where you can load data from USB key.
1. Is this functionality open to allow modification? do you know.
2. If so would you think it's technically possible to integrate a USB DVD player to back up DVD's onto the HDD.

I am willing to roll up the sleeves and start programming, willing to learn to help the community. May be it could be done with Ipk? what do you think?

If possible this would be on the wish list along with better support for Ushare and Bit torrent.

SliderMKH6

04-10-2007, 12:26

I want only a fully working download master with very good Bit-Torrent support. That is my goal. Question? if you make this i only need to give the router the new firmware update (nothing more?) and it works than?

kfurge

05-10-2007, 03:31

1. Is this functionality open to allow modification? do you know.
2. If so would you think it's technically possible to integrate a USB DVD player to back up DVD's onto the HDD.

Both items should be possible. Button presses can be trapped. In fact, I rerouted the power on-off button on my router to my own custom script to do a couple of things before calling the Asus routines.

- K.C.

Rejan

21-10-2007, 10:04

Is it possible to get some error handling in rc.local or devide into more scripts?
I have experienced a couple crashes due to error in rc.local when I add a new line to startup a feature.

Is it possible to startup the core and then additional features after?

It should be possible to do via rc.local then additional with a cronjob that starts once at reboot. But it would be better to have all in one place and error handled in some way... like "on error resume next" handling.

mawr

22-10-2007, 23:10

Good ideas:

Top priority:
All of my patches applied (cpu load, entropy, etc.)
HDD spin down (fixed first, then configurable)
Workable command line environment (bash, ipkg, termcap, tz, busybox, default profiles, etc.)
CUPS to replace printd
Latest Samba
Separate web interface for enhancements
Replacement BT client (MLDonkey)
Cron

Not so good:

Top priority:
Updated mt-daapd - too heavy, the better choise is uShare
Web server (lighttpd) - why for? not wanted for most users (use ipkg install for profs.)
Dropbear - the same. not for the most users.

My suggsestion:
1. Two interfaces for WAN (PPPoE/ppptp + LAN) - there are problem in this topic. if you try to create two WAN interfaces like this:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 up, after PPPoE get reconnect, all settings for eth0 will be lost and you get only ppp0 interface still workable. This is great problem for users having LAN with PPPoE internet access: just only internet via PPPoE or just only LAN.
2. the MTU problem for white box. If you set MTU value via web interface, it's work only for your home network but not for whitebox, so to use white box as server you should set
ifconfig ppp0 mtu xxxx to make you box work properly.

P.S. kfurge, please contact me via PM, i just want to ask you some advise about LAN+PPPoE problems to make right way to solve this problem and i'm ready to share my lifelength for 1.0.7.8 firmware image

dalanik

05-11-2007, 09:13

Hey, any news on the kfurge 1.0.7.8 image? :-)

Hinnerk

05-11-2007, 17:16

Hi!

Sorry, i'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for it - but is it possible to install an IMAP server on the WL700ge? Does this affect what needs to be part of the firmware?

Hinnerk

SliderMKH6

08-11-2007, 17:55

any news. i want a new image :(

kfurge

09-11-2007, 03:10

No new news. I've been distracted lately and unable to work on the project. I promise something will surface this winter.

- K.C.

SliderMKH6

12-11-2007, 17:11

I hope something will happen because i need really a 100 % working torrent programm :( and i am a noob :(.

yeller

12-11-2007, 22:47

No new news. I've been distracted lately and unable to work on the project. I promise something will surface this winter.

- K.C.

kfurge... thank you again for running with this project.

If there is still room in the new feature list, I think a more robust QOS for VOIP would be very beneficial. The current bandwidth management tool doesn't work for the ports requested by Vonage.

SliderMKH6

13-11-2007, 11:27

hey i think we all want only a working bt client and maybe hdd spindown nothing else :P I will donate if he maked it so he can get 15 € from me for his work (its fair)!

back2basic

13-11-2007, 12:39

hey i think we all want only a working bt client and maybe hdd spindown nothing else :P I will donate if he maked it so he can get 15 € from me for his work (its fair)!

Why would you only want bt if this box if capable of so much more,like leeching from newsservers :), or running a php/mysql page for testing or so....

SliderMKH6

13-11-2007, 13:30

php and mysql is nice too :) but i prefere my windows system for that! :) I think the importent things are bt client and hdd spindown (all want it -> was the main reason for most people to buy this router^^) but the rest is a good idea too :)

Hinnerk

13-11-2007, 13:53

...and i want to run groupware on it (kolab). Is anyone else doing that?

Hinnerk

lynx

13-11-2007, 15:22

with synchronization from other servers.
This disposal may be interesting.
It is possible in new custom firmware ?

P.S. Sorry my english.

ArDark

03-12-2007, 16:36

Hello Kfurge.
Do you plan to inject Multicast support in your build?
If yes, how soon?
Many ppl badly need it...
Ive try to do it myself but im was stopped on rebuilding kernel :/ Too hard for me now :(

Thanks for answer.

kfurge

23-12-2007, 05:03

I dusted off my 1.0.7.8 project and have a set of diffs against the Asus distribution that allow for a clean non-root build of the firmware. I'll be posting my progress regularly and try to provide intermediate drops for feedback. The first drop will be an equivalent of what I did for 1.0.4.6.

I'll be acquiring another router for testing and development purposes so I won't have to experiment with my "production" box. With this new box, I should be able to make some rapid progress.

- K.C.

P.S. Back2basic... If you're listening... I wanted to post my progress on your site. What happened!?! I liked the old interface *much* better. Did you transfer existing accounts from the old site to the new one?

back2basic

24-12-2007, 08:57

P.S. Back2basic... If you're listening... I wanted to post my progress on your site. What happened!?! I liked the old interface *much* better. Did you transfer existing accounts from the old site to the new one?

The "Old" Website is still online @ http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal
The "New" wl700g.homelinux.net/portal/ is just a copy off that site , to make it more clearer for the users to read ( build on joomla )

I'm still in the process of transfering the accounts to the new site, But the Drupal site will always be available

When you enter the /portal there is a link on top of the page that links to the Development(drupal)

kfurge

25-12-2007, 17:39

I'm still in the process of transfering the accounts to the new site, But the Drupal site will always be available

OK, thanks.

I tried to log in and could not. Probably forgot my password... The "Forgot your password?" link reported and error and told me to contact the site administrator. ;-)

Could you please reset my account and send an e-mail to the registered address? TIA.

- K.C.

back2basic

25-12-2007, 22:28

OK, thanks.

I tried to log in and could not. Probably forgot my password... The "Forgot your password?" link reported and error and told me to contact the site administrator. ;-)

Could you please reset my account and send an e-mail to the registered address? TIA.

- K.C.

Its dumped in youre mail, I'll check my mailserver why its giving that error

grtzz
Ron

IMM22

02-01-2008, 12:42

Any progress on 1.0.7.8 Kfurge firmware image?

Please let us know something...

Thanks

piezomotor

02-01-2008, 23:13

It would be nice to have the list of packages shown in similar way to XWRT:
http://voru.wifi.ee/webadmin/WRT54GL_OPENWRT_XWRT/cgi-bin/webif/system-ipkg.sh.htm

and to have the file editor:
http://voru.wifi.ee/webadmin/WRT54GL_OPENWRT_XWRT/cgi-bin/webif/system-editor.sh.htm

and to have other optons like QoS and Dyndns (looks like Oleg's vertion of dyndns does not work for me):
http://voru.wifi.ee/webadmin/WRT54GL_OPENWRT_XWRT/cgi-bin/webif/network-qos.sh.htm
http://voru.wifi.ee/webadmin/WRT54GL_OPENWRT_XWRT/cgi-bin/webif/network-ez-ipupdate.sh.htm

kfurge

05-01-2008, 03:19

Any progress on 1.0.7.8 Kfurge firmware image?

Please let us know something...

Thanks

Yes, it's coming along. I just got another router to test with today.

- K.C.

kfurge

06-01-2008, 22:40

I flashed my first custom 1.0.7.8 image and it seems to work OK! Once I confirm I can get optware packages running on it, I'll release it along with build instructions.

- K.C.

sonic

07-01-2008, 00:19

I flashed my first custom 1.0.7.8 image and it seems to work OK! Once I confirm I can get optware packages running on it, I'll release it along with build instructions.

- K.C.

good news.

muckinger

07-01-2008, 09:54

I flashed my first custom 1.0.7.8 image and it seems to work OK! Once I confirm I can get optware packages running on it, I'll release it along with build instructions.

- K.C.

Great News! Cant´t wait to see your new custum 1.0.7.8-image :)
kfurge: Thanks for your great work for the community.

turrican

08-01-2008, 08:28

Great News! Cant´t wait to see your new custum 1.0.7.8-image :)
kfurge: Thanks for your great work for the community.

I second that, can't wait for the image. Kfurge, you are a legend!

elgatoz

09-01-2008, 02:14

thats really good news ;) thx for you efforts

kfurge

10-01-2008, 00:58

elgatoz

10-01-2008, 01:19

Can anyone confirm whether or not telnet access is open on the WAN interface by default with the Asus 1.0.7.8 firmware? I think it is, but my test router is not configured as a gateway.

- K.C.

No, telnet is not open to WAN by default, tested it several times with webscanners.

ps.: have you close ftp to wan by default? ..its the only port open after disabling web,photoalbun etc.

greetz

tuepen

10-01-2008, 02:44

can i ask for an idiots guide on flashing with this firmware release.. I'm not very confident with linux, but i can follow instructions! :)

kfurge

10-01-2008, 03:35

No, telnet is not open to WAN by default, tested it several times with webscanners.

Thank you.

Interesting, though... Utelnetd claims to be listening on all ports when it starts. Without the firewall enabled (which is default), I would tend to believe that includes both the internal interface (br0) and the external interface (eth0).

Do you have the firewall enabled? If not, could you please confirm that telnet works on the LAN side and is blocked on the WAN side? I would very much appreciate it.

ps.: have you close ftp to wan by default? ..its the only port open after disabling web,photoalbun etc.

Do you want to ftp from the LAN side? If not, just kill vsftpd.

- K.C.

kfurge

10-01-2008, 03:38

can i ask for an idiots guide on flashing with this firmware release.. I'm not very confident with linux, but i can follow instructions! :)

You'll be able to flash it with the Asus flashing tools. No Linux experience necessary.

- K.C.

elgatoz

10-01-2008, 13:52

Thank you.

Interesting, though... Utelnetd claims to be listening on all ports when it starts. Without the firewall enabled (which is default), I would tend to believe that includes both the internal interface (br0) and the external interface (eth0).

Do you have the firewall enabled? If not, could you please confirm that telnet works on the LAN side and is blocked on the WAN side? I would very much appreciate it.

I tested it with enabled firewall of course (i didnt know anymore if its enabled by default or not). Without it there's no input-chain and telnet is open to wan, thats for sure. So you're right that is listening on all interfaces and attaching it to br0 only is a good idea and best setting anyway.

Do you want to ftp from the LAN side? If not, just kill vsftpd.

Yes, i want ftp from the LAN side, but there's no possibility to close FTP to WAN by the webinterface, so I (must still) manually delete the rule from the input-chain after every reboot :mad:

greetz

kfurge

11-01-2008, 04:00

Yes, i want ftp from the LAN side, but there's no possibility to close FTP to WAN by the webinterface, so I (must still) manually delete the rule from the input-chain after every reboot

Thank you for the information. If it's possible, I'll keep my image from opening up this huge gaping security hole.

Regarding your manual delete rule, I have a similar problem where I want to add a rule for ssh access. You might be able to modify the following script to kill the offending line and plop it into rc.local, outside of any checks that limit execution to just at power-up.

#!/opt/bin/bash

lines=`/usr/sbin/iptables --list | /opt/bin/grep dpt:ssh | /opt/bin/wc -l`

if test $lines -eq "1"; then
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
fi

FYI, rc.local gets called at boot-up and any time the configuration changes.

- K.C.

elgatoz

12-01-2008, 07:35

yep thx... asap after flashing your release :D (damn, i can't stand it any longer :o

kfurge

12-01-2008, 23:49

yep thx... asap after flashing your release :D (damn, i can't stand it any longer :o

It's coming... Just putting some final polish on it.

- K.C.

jippie

16-01-2008, 15:58

what do you have on your list so far?

jippie

kfurge

19-01-2008, 03:58

what do you have on your list so far?

So far, from the original list, I have the following complete:

All of my patches applied (cpu load, entropy, etc.)
HDD spin down (fixed first, then configurable)
Workable command line environment (bash, ipkg, termcap, tz, busybox, default profiles, etc.)
Dropbear
Replacement BT client (MLDonkey)
Cron
Updated Samba

I think it'll be finished this weekend. The following will be coming in a subsequent release:

CUPS to replace printd
Updated mt-daapd
Web server (lighttpd)
Separate web interface for enhancements

- K.C.

fireflash

19-01-2008, 04:04

metamorphose

19-01-2008, 13:38

Hi kfurge,

are you able to add your list RRDTool Graphical IP Accounting tool? I think it would be very useful. Thanx.

kfurge

20-01-2008, 01:43

are you able to add your list RRDTool Graphical IP Accounting tool? I think it would be very useful. Thanx.
Sorry, I don't think so. I think this is too specialized a tool to be in a general image where "ROM" space is precious. Fortunately, you'll be able to easily expand the basic distribution to add additional application packages.

- K.C.

Henrikh

20-01-2008, 13:50

So far, from the original list, I have the following complete:

All of my patches applied (cpu load, entropy, etc.)
HDD spin down (fixed first, then configurable)
Workable command line environment (bash, ipkg, termcap, tz, busybox, default profiles, etc.)
Dropbear
Replacement BT client (MLDonkey)
Cron
Updated Samba

I think it'll be finished this weekend. The following will be coming in a subsequent release:

CUPS to replace printd
Updated mt-daapd
Web server (lighttpd)
Separate web interface for enhancements

- K.C.

Very impressive. Especially the updated samba will be nice, i have been trying to install a new samba and kill the old samba process on my router, and well, lets just say that was not really a success. As i wrote in the MLDonkey thread, i am really looking forward to your next firmware, and thanks for all your work - Asus should hire you ;-)

AlexMars

20-01-2008, 17:06

Hello! I new user WL-700gE also have not had time to feel all delights of yours firmware. All I wait for release 1.0.7.8! The main question when?

P.S. Machine translation.

Henrikh

20-01-2008, 18:20

Hello! I new user WL-700gE also have not had time to feel all delights of yours firmware. All I wait for release 1.0.7.8! The main question when?

P.S. Machine translation.

If you take a look at some of the posts above, you will see that he wrote:

"It's coming... Just putting some final polish on it."

So i guess its just around the corner ;-)

kfurge

20-01-2008, 20:06

"It's coming... Just putting some final polish on it."

Yes... Very, very close. It's working pretty nicely. Once I get the BT ports ironed out in the other HOW-TO thread, I need to confirm that it's shutting down OK on the serial console, put some basic instructions on...

http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/?q=node/134

... then upload.

- K.C.

fireflash

20-01-2008, 20:29

Ok stupid question, does MLDonkey support BT encryption? i ask cuz I'm a comcast user, and we all know how they love un-encrypted BT traffic. :P

Henrikh

20-01-2008, 20:34

Ok stupid question, does MLDonkey support BT encryption? i ask cuz I'm a comcast user, and we all know how they love un-encrypted BT traffic. :P

I haven't seen an option for enabling encryption, and i think encrypting the traffic would be pretty hard for the box's CPU ;-)

fireflash

20-01-2008, 20:41

I haven't seen an option for enabling encryption, and i think encrypting the traffic would be pretty hard for the box's CPU ;-)

I thought the same thing, but it was worth the ask. :)

pixelartist

23-01-2008, 00:23

Maybe an other stupid question but is there any way to redesign the user interface?
I took a look into the 2.0.0.7 GUI and i really liked it (most of it:D ) - perhaps there is a way to "pimp" the GUI with a few gimmicks.

I know its absolutly low prio in case of what you/we are trying to archieve, but if its easy, i would offer help for a new interface.

kfurge

23-01-2008, 01:26

I know its absolutly low prio in case of what you/we are trying to archieve, but if its easy, i would offer help for a new interface.

It's not easy because all of the back-end processing is made up of unchangeable binary blobs. In addition, a substantial portion of the front-end is generated at compile time for different language support (at one point my router was speaking to me in Chinese!).

Perhaps you can help build an interface for the additional optware modules.

- K.C.

kfurge

23-01-2008, 01:41

back2basic

23-01-2008, 16:50

back2basic,

A couple of favors please...

1) I'd like to upload a .nas image and rc.local example to your drupal site and it is not allowing me to upload non-standard extensions. I noticed you were able to do this, can you please extend the same privilege to my account?

2) The drupal portion of the site seems legacy. Can/should/will my new 1.0.7.8 content be automagically mirrored somewhere to the main site?

3) Do you have enough bandwidth to support the downloads?

4) Is there a way to contact you on the drupal site instead of posting here?

Thanks.

- K.C.

Hi,
1) gonne changes youre account to a admin account so you also have full access
(jpg jpeg gif png txt html doc xls pdf ppt pps odt ods odp rar zip tar gz nas local ipkg) these extensions can be uploaded, I can add some more if you need them)

2) I'll do a weekly manual update to the main site or when some major updates have done.

3) my bandwith is unlimited cause i run my server @home, max upload is about 120Kb/s (traffic right now is about 5Gb a month)

4) you can always mail me @ r.vanhezik@orange.nl or
msn r.vanhezik@wanadoo.nl

neil

23-01-2008, 16:53

woohoo! its nearly here. great stuff KC (and back2basic for the hosting) - i've got a free evening tomorrow, seems like its going to be full now installing that firmware...

Henrikh

23-01-2008, 17:53

Hi,
1) gonne changes youre account to a admin account so you also have full access
(jpg jpeg gif png txt html doc xls pdf ppt pps odt ods odp rar zip tar gz nas local ipkg) these extensions can be uploaded, I can add some more if you need them)

2) I'll do a weekly manual update to the main site or when some major updates have done.

3) my bandwith is unlimited cause i run my server @home, max upload is about 120Kb/s (traffic right now is about 5Gb a month)

4) you can always mail me @ r.vanhezik@orange.nl or
msn r.vanhezik@wanadoo.nl

If the firmware generate too much traffic, i will gladly mirror it on my site (Running at servage) :)

Thanks to you both for running a nice site and creating great firmwares :)

back2basic

23-01-2008, 21:12

If the firmware generate too much traffic, i will gladly mirror it on my site (Running at servage) :)

Thanks to you both for running a nice site and creating great firmwares :)

a extra mirror to download is always nice.
Let's first wait on the firmware :D:D

kfurge

24-01-2008, 04:02

Let's first wait on the firmware :D:D

The wait is over, everything is finally posted.

Hi,
1) gonne changes youre account to a admin account so you also have full access
(jpg jpeg gif png txt html doc xls pdf ppt pps odt ods odp rar zip tar gz nas local ipkg) these extensions can be uploaded, I can add some more if you need them)

2) I'll do a weekly manual update to the main site or when some major updates have done.

3) my bandwith is unlimited cause i run my server @home, max upload is about 120Kb/s (traffic right now is about 5Gb a month)

4) you can always mail me @ r.vanhezik@orange.nl or
msn r.vanhezik@wanadoo.nl

Thank you for everything. Could you add .tgz and .diff to your list of extensions?

- K.C.

back2basic

24-01-2008, 09:09

:cool:done :)

stolk

30-01-2008, 14:37

Hi! Great job! Thks a lot!!
Please!! I need it!!

Connection - PPTP.
Additional pppd options: require-mschap-v2 require-mppe-128 require-mppe nomppe-stateful noauth maxfail 0

dalanik

31-01-2008, 12:23

I just realized that there would be one cool feature to add to the firmware and I think it shouldn't be hard to implement.

Since wl700gE can download torrents, I don't run my PC on 24/7 anymore, but from time to time, I need to connect to my PC anyway.

Would it be possible to add some WOL program to the image, so we can wake PCs in LAN?

Thanx,
D.

korotetsky

12-05-2008, 11:32

pptp + dhcp: it's possible on wl-700ge with custom firmware?

kfurge

18-05-2008, 01:47

pptp + dhcp: it's possible on wl-700ge with custom firmware?

Yes.

- K.C.

sonic

16-08-2008, 08:21

Did you plan release new version firmware ?
If not, give please link for source code.

korotetsky

20-08-2008, 01:25

'traceroute' command

where is it?

Maccro

20-08-2008, 16:12

'traceroute' command

where is it?

To my knowledge there is no traceroute command currently supported. It's been requested as a new feature (http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?p=64203).

sonic

21-08-2008, 09:21

i found source code on this page
Building your own 1.0.7.8 based firmware image from source (http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/?q=node/185)

unimozg

28-08-2008, 22:28

Yes.

- K.C.

Can you explain how to create DualAccess on asus wl-700gE for dummy ?:confused:

drukul

03-05-2009, 22:19

Hello, I'm be having the Asus WL 700ge since it came out and I been having problems using it for that it said ever since. I'm a newbie about anything that its regarding Linux. I wanted to know if there a ultimate Firmware out that one could just install it and it work like it should have.

1.A good bittorrent
2.A good downloader for the people that use sites like Rapid Share
3.A easy way to hold a website
4.Easy to share files locally and over the internet
5.A better Multimedia Server for the Xbox 360 and the PS3
6.Share file by wifi
I just have simple needs.

allter

14-05-2009, 09:09

This feature would be great:

An ability to boot custom kernel (and drivers) from HDD directly from bootloader or via kexec (I don't know whether it has support for ARM now) before normal boot continues. With normal boot when there is no HDD.

eznet

15-06-2009, 05:11

Hi,

I've been running KFurge's 1.0.7.8_02 firmware from the day he made it available. Thanks again KFurge.

I've recently installed an application on a pc behind the router that insists on listening on tcp port 80 (http). I've setup the port forwarding correctly for this and other ports. For some reason though the port 80 forward refuses to work.

My suspicion is that the admin web server is in the way but I can't work out how to change the port for the admin web server so that I can check.

I've also forwarded tcp port 81 to test that my forwarding is correct, so I'm sure it's something on the router that is in the way.

Apart from killing the watchdog and restarting httpd with a different port number, is there some way to reconfigure the port on which the admin web server will run?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

eznet

Seldon2K

23-09-2009, 20:31

Hello everyone

I have tried to install Neorouter server on KFurge 1.0.7.8_2 with no success. Has anybody else tried? They say it is made for Kamikaze. Should it work ok on KFurge? Thanks everyone.

pooz

15-11-2009, 23:22

Hi,

got this error, when trying to compile:

[root@WL700gE netatalk-2.0.3]$ ./configure
unset: not found
/
_basename: not found
expr: non-numeric argument

I also added to my profile already

PATH_SEPARATOR=:
CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/bin/bash
AWK=/opt/bin/gawk
export PATH_SEPARATOR CONFIG_SHELL AWK
which reduced some errors...but these above are still remaining.

I attached the configure-file.

thanks!

amccombs

02-12-2009, 03:41

Configuration so that Xbox will not complain that NAT is Restricted, I have more than 2 Xbox'es and there is only 1 DMZ, so that wont work.

Easier reading logs of incoming and outgoing packets.

Easier editing opening ports (now have to delete entry and add new)

Enable name forwarding to an IP, (ie. abc.wl500g.info -> 192.168.1.123, def.wl500g.into -> 192.168.1.22)

KoRneeshon

15-07-2010, 11:57

Hi,

First things first, so I'm just sayin' hello, cause I've just registered :) I'm all new to linux based stuff, so forgive if my question is improper. And here it is: after entering PS command on my ASUS WL-700gE, i noticed that there are three instances of /user/local/samba/sbin/smbd and the same amount of /opt/bin/mlnet.lite -allowed_ips[...]. Needless to say, they eat up lots of priceless RAM on my hardware. Is this a proper situation? My router is running firmware mentioned in the title.

To clear things up, this is my PS output: LINK (http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/70/asusw.jpg)

Cheers!

PS. Sorry for my English :)

monitorx

17-07-2010, 03:37

I install rtorrent on kfurge firmware and it run well.

But when I try to install webUI for rtorrent such as wtorrent
by install lighttpd, pearl, php-fcgi, sqlite.
Disable asus photo album.

and I set lighttpd to use port 8081 (and try to change to another port), if found that it don't work.

Would you please advise how can I run webui of rtorrent on kfurge firmware.