[UFO Chicago] implementing internal DNS

[Daniel Kelly]

You know, I would build a router with one of those dual core intel atom
motherboard/vga/cpu combos and a shuttle case.  Then all you need is one
more network card - usb should be fine for wan, there will be no
bottleneck.  Then get an atheros mini pci card (with a pci adapter).  Some
of them can tx at 700mw versus the meager 70 that most consumer grade
routers do.  You can also get an ide to cf adapter and boot off of a compact
flash card of your chossing.

Would this be overkill? you might ask.  I don't think so. There's an x86
version of dd-wrt that's free for personal use but you could just as easily
use any other verison of linux and maybe webmin with it.  I'm about to do
this myself because consumer routers simply can't handle much of a load.
They are crippled under intense p2p use - like having 1000 connections open
in bittorrent.  Also, I noticed the processor usage was at 100% on my
WRT54GL while doing a large SCP file transfer.  It's the encryption that it
can't handle.  I think you could build a $200 router that would be awesome.
200mhz RISC and 8mb ram (which is more than a lot of them have) just isn't
enough IMO.

-Dan

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Christopher D. Heer <cheer at heerfamily.net>wrote:

> Politik Durden wrote:
> > Woah, this sounds interesting. You mean people have figured out how to
> > flash their routers with Linux ? Any details on how to do this ? The
> > web based admin console for my Motorola allows you to browse to a file
> > that contains firmware upgrades. So I'm guessing people have reverse
> > engineered the file format and just made a file that flashes the
> > device to a Linux build ? I gotta try this....post any details you
> > have please :-) Thanks !!!!!!
> >
> Check out www.dd-wrt.com; it's a good place to start.  You'll have to
> browse their wiki to confirm whether your particular router is
> supported.  There are also several different images (different
> sizes/features/etc.) so even if your flash space is limited they still
> might have an image that will work.
>
> I ran dd-wrt for a long time until I got AT&T's U-Verse service, and
> while I like the service, I hatehatehate the fact that I'm stuck with
> their "residential gateway."
>
> --chris
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