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furk · Fonero B Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 54

Since for our fon needs something like sputnik is mostly useless...wouldn't it be nice to have a version with openVPN installed instead of sputnik? or removing something else useless to make space for openVPN?!? Embarassed

mmm...just to say...maybe freddy will make another magic Very Happy

mmm...QoS...VoIP..mmm....ops...i'm asking a lot now Embarassed

but hey...who knows...miracles happens... Wink

AustinTX · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 18:57 Post subject:

Yeah, I kinda raised my eyebrows when I found out what was left out to make the smaller versions of DD-WRT, and what was left in. Seemed like the combinations should have been different.

However, I have read that Brainslayer is willing to make custom firmwares with the apps that you desire. You'll probably want to make a donation to his website before asking, though. Wink

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Freddy · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 19:09 Post subject:

here's my custom firmware
http://fon.freddy.eu.org/dd-wrt/

furk · Fonero B Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 54

removed kaid ok...no xbox around Very Happy

removed telnet ok...we've got ssh so no need for telnet.
removed sputnik ok
removed samba mmm...mumble...this would be usefull... Embarassed

openVPN? not listed...i think not installed right? is there enought space to install openVPN eventually freddy? now i'm mounting your old build (SP1_06062006).

Cool

Freddy · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 20:49 Post subject:

there's ~1MB free, enough space for vpn I expect
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neon.placebo · Fonero Reg Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 1

AustinTX · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 05:53 Post subject:

neon: all you need to host a hotspot is a wifi router. You need fon or other firmware (like DD-WRT or OpenWRT) that can run Chillispot if you want to authenticate members of fon's database. Freddy's firmware is DD-WRT with some unnecessary options removed to make more available memory.

There are lots of other outfits that provide router software to make your hotspot more secure. Save this list because fon might erase this entry like the last time I posted these links:

mathsped · Fonero A Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Denmark

Great work Freddy !

Haven't tried your custom build yet but will do due to the memory gain.

Ideas for inclusion:

Secure setup as per dema's http://boards.fon.com/viewtopic.php?t=957

Some help so not to slow down the router while using P2P applications:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/P2p (can also be set permanently in nvram)

Keep up the good work !

P.S. If someone else would like to make their own custom firmware, this link may be useful:
http://www.bitsum.com/firmware_mod_kit.htm
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Freddy · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:01 Post subject:

rjtd · Fonero Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 16

Freddy, your firmware already has heartbeat included?

Freddy · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 15:20 Post subject:

rjtd · Fonero Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 16

Thanks.
Can you please clarify what this mean?

Freddy · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 15:27 Post subject:

it's the warning from dd-wrt.com

since v23 SP2 the username is also encrypted that means you have to reset settings to factory defaults if you want to downgrade to fon/dd-wrt SP1 again.

A small work-around to be able to downgrade without resetting is described here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1174
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mathsped · Fonero A Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Denmark

commy · Fonero Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

Hi there,

I hope this is the right thread to drop the question.

I got my WRT45GL from Fon yesterday and flashed it with Freddy's custom firmware (thanks for that). I configured the Hotspot options as shown in the other thread and Fon is working great. I get redirected to the login-page and get authenticated by Fon.

But that is not working for local users. I have configured local users on the Linksys (on the hotspot page), but I get an error on the login-page, trying to authenticate that user. No message in the syslog either.

Maybe I have forgotten something. I did not run the fon.cgi-script, perhaps the mistake?

Little question: the heartbeat script is included into this firmware? How can I tell if everything is running? Is it the functionality of the heartbeat script if I can see on the Fon page who is logged onto my router?

Thanks in advance,

Matthias

Freddy · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 09:29 Post subject:

commy · Fonero Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

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j_palito · Fonero Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 29

oh god...
i already killed my router 3 times...
Thanks tftp, without you, i would be creating black and blue bricks...
Well, today i compiled the 6th firmware.
The first was good, but haven't removed anything and also, had some troubles not being able to write to dirs. it was mini based.
the second was a minor update of the first: the dirs i couldn't create, created them and compiled the fw.
then, i bricked once, twice, three times the router (the commodores music plays in background...).
well, today i made the 6th firmware. i have removed Kaid, Sputnik (manually, i think), wol (also manually) and pptp + pptpd (i don't think i need this, am i right?). I leave all the rest, including chillispot so i can have a fon router.
Haven't played iet with dual SSID and added setserial, bwm, bwbar, sntop, uptimed and wavemon, including dependencies (libncurses, libpng and zlib).
Hope when i arrive home, and flash it, it works...

now let's supose this: i flash it, it runs, and when i try to use, for example, bwbar, let's supose it says "cannot create /etc/init.d/xpto" i could create a link of xpto to /tmp/xpto, right?

is there any other thing i should remove/install?
oh, i forgot the hearbeat thing... where should i put it BEFORE compilation?

Thanks to all who have been helping me to compile this custom firmware. as soon it is stable, i'll post it here for everyone interested.

commy · Fonero Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

Freddy · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 19:11 Post subject: