Take control of the tech - Revision history

Alex at 08:36, 11 September 2015

2015-09-11T08:36:59Z

Lilith2 at 21:00, 4 August 2015

2015-08-04T21:00:39Z

Lilith2: /* Reusing hardware */

2015-08-04T20:57:22Z

‎Reusing hardware

Lilith2 at 20:44, 4 August 2015

2015-08-04T20:44:38Z

Lilith2 at 20:43, 4 August 2015

2015-08-04T20:43:04Z

Lilith2: Created page with "blabla == Take control of your router == === Router firmware === ==== DD-WRT ==== DD-WRT has become a common out-of-the-box option for many routers, but also exists in stan..."

2015-08-04T20:27:30Z

Created page with "blabla == Take control of your router == === Router firmware === ==== DD-WRT ==== DD-WRT has become a common out-of-the-box option for many routers, but also exists in stan..."

New page

blabla

== Take control of your router ==

=== Router firmware ===

==== DD-WRT ====
DD-WRT has become a common out-of-the-box option for many routers, but also exists in stand-alone implementations that can be used to flash routers that support it. It has a slightly convoluted history. From 2002, Linksys released a line of routers (WRT54G) with Linux. The company was eventually obliged to release the source code for those routers under the terms of the GPL. DD-WRT has become the basis for other firmware created by router manufacturers themselves and while DD-WRT is released under the terms of the GPL, commercial builds of such firmware may incorporate much non-GPL code.
==== OpenWrt ====
OpenWrt is more like a real Linux distribution. It comes with its own package manager. Setting up and running OpenWrt can be an involved process, because users can make most any changes they want from a broad range of components directly inside OpenWrt. Updates come frequently and its package manager makes it easy for users to take advantage of those updates.

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	=== PirateBox ===		=== PirateBox ===
	=== Raspberry Pi ===		=== Raspberry Pi ===
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		+	[[Category:How_To]]

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 === Coreboot ===
 == Taking control of your router ==
 === DD-WRT ===
 DD-WRT has become a common out-of-the-box option for many routers, but also exists in stand-alone implementations that can be used to flash routers that support it. It has a slightly convoluted history. From 2002, Linksys released a line of routers (WRT54G) with Linux. The company was eventually obliged to release the source code for those routers under the terms of the GPL. DD-WRT has become the basis for other firmware created by router manufacturers themselves and while DD-WRT is released under the terms of the GPL, commercial builds of such firmware may incorporate much non-GPL code.

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	Make that new machine x number of children.		Make that new machine x number of children.
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		+	Unlike in most other countries, in western industrialised countries care, shelter, nutrition, and clothing to sustain health are taken for granted and considered less or unimportant. The by the troika engineered austerity epidemic raging through Europe and the US is rapidly putting an end to that. Sustenance in real life comes first, leaving less or no resources to gather the necessary hard and software for participation in autonomous digital networks. A third world problem is likely more about Immiserating the Poor: We Have An App For That https://gurstein.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/immiserating-the-poor-we-have-an-app-for-that-social-media-vs-the-iphone-in-egypt-and-a-kenyan-slum/.

	Resource constraints make it harder, not impossible. We can use the Micro$oft cycle as opportunity, and recycle "outdated" PC hardware. It is often possible to collect old machines from family and friends, give-away stores, 2nd hand stores, (online) markets, you name it, and then use some machines for parts to repair the others. Linux will probably run fine on it.		Resource constraints make it harder, not impossible. We can use the Micro$oft cycle as opportunity, and recycle "outdated" PC hardware. It is often possible to collect old machines from family and friends, give-away stores, 2nd hand stores, (online) markets, you name it, and then use some machines for parts to repair the others. Linux will probably run fine on it.

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 Some firmware are non-rewriteable while others are upgradeable, meaning that it is possible to upgrade the firmware of the device by connecting it to your PC in a particular configuration and then running the “flashing” software. Handy for taking (back) tech.
-== Replace your BIOS ==
+== Replacing the BIOS of your machine ==
 === Coreboot ===
-== Take control of your router ==
+== Taking control of your router ==
 === DD-WRT ===
 DD-WRT has become a common out-of-the-box option for many routers, but also exists in stand-alone implementations that can be used to flash routers that support it. It has a slightly convoluted history. From 2002, Linksys released a line of routers (WRT54G) with Linux. The company was eventually obliged to release the source code for those routers under the terms of the GPL. DD-WRT has become the basis for other firmware created by router manufacturers themselves and while DD-WRT is released under the terms of the GPL, commercial builds of such firmware may incorporate much non-GPL code.
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 Open design involves the making of both free and open-source software (FOSS) as well as open-source hardware. Open design of hardware is the development of physical products, machines and systems through use of publicly shared design information. The process is generally facilitated by the internet and often performed without monetary compensation. The goals and philosophy are similar (if not same) to that of the free software movement, and is a form of co-creation, where the final product is designed by users, rather than by external stakeholders such as private companies.
-== Free and open hardware ==
+== Using free and open hardware ==
 === Arduino ===
 === Free, Secure & Open Microprocessor Project ===
 === PirateBox ===
 === Raspberry Pi ===

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-blabla
+“Foo” is a term used for variables that are considered unimportant when a programmer is too lazy to think of an actual name for it (see RFC 3092). The word “foo” rhymes with “taboo”, and smells like “blind spots”. I think that is not a coincidence.
-== Take control of your router ==
+== Reusing hardware ==
-=== Router firmware ===
+''Mom, there’s a new game. Can I have it?''
-==== DD-WRT ====
+''Your birthday is coming up. What is it called?''
 DD-WRT has become a common out-of-the-box option for many routers, but also exists in stand-alone implementations that can be used to flash routers that support it. It has a slightly convoluted history. From 2002, Linksys released a line of routers (WRT54G) with Linux. The company was eventually obliged to release the source code for those routers under the terms of the GPL. DD-WRT has become the basis for other firmware created by router manufacturers themselves and while DD-WRT is released under the terms of the GPL, commercial builds of such firmware may incorporate much non-GPL code.
-==== OpenWrt ====
 OpenWrt is more like a real Linux distribution. It comes with its own package manager. Setting up and running OpenWrt can be an involved process, because users can make most any changes they want from a broad range of components directly inside OpenWrt. Updates come frequently and its package manager makes it easy for users to take advantage of those updates.