What would you add to a 1.0.7.8 firmware image

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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.

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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.

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?

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Originally Posted by Gizmo1007

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.

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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.

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.

Good ideas:

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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

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Not so good:

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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.

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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:

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ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 up

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, 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

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ifconfig ppp0 mtu xxxx

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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

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

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

any news. i want a new image :(

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

- K.C.

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

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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

- K.C.

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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.

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)!

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Originally Posted by SliderMKH6

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)!

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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....

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 :)

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

Hinnerk

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

P.S. Sorry my english.

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.

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?

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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?

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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)

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Originally Posted by back2basic

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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.

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

grtzz
Ron

Any progress on 1.0.7.8 Kfurge firmware image?

Please let us know something...

Thanks

It would be nice to have the list of packages shown in similar way to XWRT:
http://voru.wifi.ee/webadmin/WRT54GL...em-ipkg.sh.htm

and to have the file editor:
http://voru.wifi.ee/webadmin/WRT54GL...-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...ork-qos.sh.htm
http://voru.wifi.ee/webadmin/WRT54GL...pupdate.sh.htm

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Originally Posted by IMM22

Any progress on 1.0.7.8 Kfurge firmware image?

Please let us know something...

Thanks

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

- K.C.

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.

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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.

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good news.

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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.

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

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Originally Posted by muckinger

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

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

thats really good news ;) thx for you efforts

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.

If so, I'll modify it to only be activate it on the LAN side.

- K.C.

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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.

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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

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! :)

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Originally Posted by elgatoz

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by elgatoz

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

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

- K.C.

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Originally Posted by tuepen

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! :)

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

- K.C.

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by kfurge

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

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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

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Originally Posted by elgatoz

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

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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.

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

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Originally Posted by elgatoz

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

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

- K.C.

what do you have on your list so far?

jippie

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Originally Posted by jippie

what do you have on your list so far?

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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.