[PLUG] I hosed my WRT54GL, need JTAG help

[wes]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Tim Wescott <tim at wescottdesign.com> wrote:

> Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:16:05AM -0700, Tim Wescott wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know if, by chance, the WRT54GL has this, or did they just
> >> rely on JTAG as their download of last resort?  They don't need to be
> >> serviced remotely, and Linksys probably doesn't feel like folks
> >> downloading their own firmware is a big part of their market share, so
> it
> >> makes oodles of sense for this not to be the case.
> >>
> >
> > The GL unit is explicitly for this kind of hacking.  More memory,
> > higher price.  The regular WRT54G unit started out with enough ROM
> > and RAM to hack, but devolved.  That does not mean the GL has the
> > appropriate protected firmware and reset pins and such;  few people
> > are as smart as Tim.  When Wescott Wonderful Wireless starts selling
> > access points, I will buy one.
> >
> Don't!  It'll have all the weird and esoteric stuff done better than
> anyone else can do, with several of the ordinary (boring) details
> completely fouled up due to lack of attention.
>
> (I know my own limitations).
>
> --
> Tim Wescott
>
>
You don't have to do it alone. We can fix it.

-wes