New Asus RT-N16 Router

I requested the GPL source for the linksys E3000 router...
who knows, they might put it up:D

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Originally Posted by necrolatry

Has anyone tried to compile GPL sources from Asus for RT-N16? They fail to compile with bizzare warnings and there is no FAQ :)

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It cannot be compiled "out of the box", you have to fix many warnings & minor errors... There is no FAQ and it cannot be written, because errors are sporadic and it is impossible to teach use of compiler & tools in one small document.

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Originally Posted by wpte

I requested the GPL source for the linksys E3000 router...
who knows, they might put it up:D

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by lly

Thanks!

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first response:

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Response (Eric Post) 06/01/2010 12:39 PM
Dear Customer,
I am currently having engineering look into this GPL for you. I will let you know when I hear back from them.

Thank You,
GPL Manager

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sounds promising?:)

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Originally Posted by lly

It cannot be compiled "out of the box", you have to fix many warnings & minor errors... There is no FAQ and it cannot be written, because errors are sporadic and it is impossible to teach use of compiler & tools in one small document.

Thanks!

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I see, I see. But the problem is not in warnings. The problem is in errors. If I do make from src it fails with errors. However, if I enter router folder and do make N16 it goes ok for several minutes untill again breaks with error ..

Speaking about faq and docs ... I was able to compile the enthusiasts's firmware following the doc from their google code page from the first time :)

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Originally Posted by necrolatry

I see, I see. But the problem is not in warnings. The problem is in errors. If I do make from src it fails with errors. However, if I enter router folder and do make N16 it goes ok for several minutes untill again breaks with error ..

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lly said "minor erros", so I guess he's talking about those.

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Originally Posted by necrolatry

Speaking about faq and docs ... I was able to compile the enthusiasts's firmware following the doc from their google code page from the first time :)

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lly is one of the main developers in fact;)

why call it enthusiasts firmware? it's just oleg, but it's being "professionally" developed now with a public SVN and everything:p
the old oleg fw was good, but in that form it could never grow as mutch as the new oleg fw.
Obviously I'm not saying oleg did a bad job, thanks to him we have all this in the end:D

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Originally Posted by wpte

why call it enthusiasts firmware?

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Well, that's how it is called in russian.

New and better heatsinks + thermal adhesive tape = ~5º gained (CPU) :D



http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6640/imag0144o.jpg

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Originally Posted by hggomes

New and better heatsinks + thermal adhesive tape = ~5º gained (CPU) :D

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next up: http://www.pcper.com/images/news/dry_ice.JPG :p

btw, what heatsinks do you have?

The bigger one was removed from a Intel motherboard, 1cm more and i couldn't close the router :D, the other two were removed from a Netgear Dual Speed 24Port Gigabit Switch and the two memory heatsinks are from Coolermaster.

I have applied "thermal adhesive tape" in all, the temperature is very low, 29~30º with router closed :D

Dry ice :D L.O.L

Anyone tried 3G Connection on the current firmware? Does it work ok? Firewall / Forwarding issues?

I've tried Koppel & Mango FW and i simple CAN'T redirect / open / forward ports (firewall not working) Anyone?

Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by hggomes

Anyone tried 3G Connection on the current firmware? Does it work ok? Firewall / Forwarding issues?

I've tried Koppel & Mango FW and i simple CAN'T redirect / open / forward ports (firewall not working) Anyone?

Thanks in advance.

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3G modems support now in development (in the first place for wl500-branch). Current version contains two branches of dial scripts - Koppel`s and our universal dial script.

Redirect / open / forward ports will work presumptive because used common code for pppoe, ppptp connections, but really not tested.

Try to use latest version at ftp://core.dumped.ru/rt-n/ with universal dial script.

Hi,

I have had a wl-500gp for a couple of years now with Oleg's firmware and has been happy with it. Now I have got hold of a Asus RT-N16 and I assume that I can expect some performance improvement compared to wl-500gp.

Am I correct?

I have mainly used it with transmission and as file-server on my LAN.

What is the recommended firmware?

I see that RT-N16 have 128 MB ram. Do you still recommend to setup a swapdrive?

Yep, significantly faster.

I have found the latest rt-n alpha firmwares have been mostly stable ftp://core.dumped.ru/rt-n/ (you can see whats changed here) and I have been updating mine every couple weeks. But always back up your settings before firmware upgrade, regardless.
Tutorial on N16 firmware and optware config ... http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=23684

Always try use swap-space, and best to keep it larger than physical memory. My N16's been up for 3 days and consumed no swap yet.

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Originally Posted by sudo

My N16's been up for 3 days and consumed no swap yet.

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My N16 is slowly increasing the usage of its memory. I have used wengis tutorial.

When it has been rebooted it uses about 30mb, which increases over 1-2 hours to 120 mb and then 0,1 mb of the swap and nothing more.

Transmission is running with two active torrents, but no download/upload

This is a problem when you want to spin down the harddrive.

Should I just do a swapoff?

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Originally Posted by Bohlendach

When it has been rebooted it uses about 30mb, which increases over 1-2 hours to 120 mb and then 0,1 mb of the swap and nothing more.

Should I just do a swapoff?

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it's just cache and buffering
I wouldn't recommend swapoff

yet it's unusual that it increases that much.
When you do some work at samba after a reboot you can see the usage increasing btw.