[PLUG] tiny-box gateway routers, linux-based?

[Brian Beattie]

On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 06:16, Russell Senior wrote:
> In the several instances I've needed gateway routers (for
> masquerading, firewalling), I've built linux boxes to do the job.
> I've never actually tried out on of these little integrated
> gateway/switch boxes, e.g.: the Linksys BEFSR41:
> 
>   <http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?action=zoom&prid=561&scid=29>
> 
> What do people like, and do any of them run linux under the covers (in
> a potentially useful way)?  

The wrt54g does, it is a wireless access point/router/gw/firewall.
http://linksys.com/support/gpl.asp is a link to the GPL sources for a
number of Linksys products.   The WRT has a yahoo group and a number of
people have built altrenative firmware loads with sshd and things. 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WRT54G/

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