<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linksys Blue Box Router HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Linksys Blue Box Router HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Eric Steven Raymond</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><SPAN CLASS="orgname" ><A HREF="http://www.catb.org/~esr/" TARGET="_top" >Thyrsus Enterprises</A ><BR></SPAN ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2006-08-12</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor update. Announce End of HOWTO maintainance.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2006-05-19</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Revised the list of open firmware distributions, and other minor corrections.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2005-12-01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Removed the suggestion that Cisco be boycotted over the Lynn firing, as the lawsuit seems to have been settled on satisfactory terms. Added advice to get the WRTG54l.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2005-07-28</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added the suggestion that Cisco be boycotted over the Lynn firing.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2005-01-18</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Major update to reflect changes in 2.x and 3.x firmware. More firmware replacements described. Dropped Hansen Online as it hasn't been updated in a while.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.6</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-02-26</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added Link-n-Log</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-07-31</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added the Seattle wireless.net link.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-07-03</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Linksys has released source code.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-06-08</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added notes about SNMP security problems, casemodding, Linksys tech support. The Linksys turns out to have Linux inside.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-04-29</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Typo corrections.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-04-25</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added link to the linksysmon project. More configuration tips.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-04-09</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: esr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release, reviewed by LDP.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN72" ></A ><P ></P ><P >Linksys makes a line of cheap, ubiquitous router/firewall boxes (models BEFSR41 and up, including the WRT54G) well-suited for use on a home DSL connection and popular among Linux hackers. This HOWTO gives hints and tips for managing Linksys routers from a Linux system, including the firmware upgrade procedure.</P ><P ><EM >This HOWTO is no longer actively maintained, because as of 12 Oct 2006 the author is no longer a Linksys user.</EM > Time and technology nmarch on, and I now have a much fancier router in my basement that came with my optical-fiber service. If you are qualified and interested in taking it over, contact me.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#purpose" >Why this document?</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#newversions" >New versions of this document</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="introduction.html#license" >License and Copyright</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="howandwhen.html" >How and where to deploy</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="lostmanual.html" >Lost the manual?</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="confighints.html" >Configuration hints</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="upgradingfirmware.html" >Upgrading the firmware</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="x203.html" >Hacking the hardware</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="x207.html" >Hacking the software</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="utilities.html" >Utilities</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="ts-tips.html" >Troubleshooting tips</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="ts-tips.html#catatonia" >Occasional catatonia and epilepsy</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="ts-tips.html#mozillaquirks" >Mozilla interface quirks under 1.38 and earlier firmware</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10. <A HREF="resources.html" >Related Resources</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >