1. Click on “System | Administration | Software Sources”
2. Under “Ubuntu Sotware” tab, choose “Other” in the “Download from” list box.
3. Choose your country and then click “Select Best Server” and choose the recommendation.

This automatically updates the /etc/apt/sources.lst file. The same utility can also be reached from the Synaptic Package Manager, through “Settings | Repositories”.
In action:

It says mirrors.rit.edu is the best one for me. Makes sense.

I’m going to operate on the precondition that you’ve installed Ziya and included it in your controller properly. Do the bar chart example before going any further.

Now, make this function in your controller:

def refresh_chart
  chart = ZIya::Charts::Line.new
  render :text => chart
end

Most people will want this. Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list at the bottom:

# Hankzilla
deb http://modzer0.cs.uaf.edu/~hardwarehank/deb binary/

Then run a sudo apt-get update. Then install it with sudo apt-get install wxwaste. Run it with waste.

Building from source

• Get it
• Install some dependencies:

# Checkinstall is optional, but it makes it nice since removal is just thru apt.
sudo apt-get install wx-common libwxgtk2.6-dev wx2.6-headers checkinstall

• Unpack the source, then ./configure && make && sudo checkinstall
• Add a nice menu listing:

# Put this in /usr/share/applications/waste.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.5b4
Name=WASTE
GenericName=Secure Filesharing
Comment=Facilitates encrypted filesharing between trusted clients
Icon=gnome-term-linux.png
TryExec=waste
Exec=waste
Terminal=false
Categories=GNOME;Application;Network;

• Configure and have fun!

Do not try this if you don’t know exactly what you’re getting into.

So, last month sometime, BrainSlayer got DD-WRT working on version 8 of the WRT54G. Now this was great news to me when I read it since I’ve been wanting to get rid of the crappy LinkSys management from the beginning. Some of the procedure worked, and some of it didn’t for me.

Do not try this if you don’t know exactly what you’re getting into.

Here’s what I ended up doing:

• Go here and look at the state of things.
• Read flashing.txt. It helped me immensely.
• Download the DD-WRT firmware and the version 8 VXWorks killer and put them in a safe place
• I use Ubuntu, so at this point I installed tftp:

sudo apt-get install tftp

• Go to the flashing dialog and flash the VXWorks killer firmware you got.
• Once the router reboots, get a beer while it warms up. This should take 1 to 2 minutes.
• Unplug the router and plug it back in.
• Wait while it boots (20 seconds).
• Set your ip and default gateway:

# Replace <interface> with whichever network interface you're using.
sudo ifconfig <interface> 192.168.1.100
sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1

• Ping the router. Hopefully this works…

hank@rofl:~$ ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.792 ms

• Send the new firmware over. Make sure to set your mode to octet! You should see a bunch of blinky lights on the router for a few seconds, then tftp should output the number of bytes transferred.

hank@rofl:~$ tftp 192.168.1.1
tftp> mode octet
tftp> put dd-wrt.v24_micro_wrt54gv8.bin

• Get another beer. While you do that, your firmware is being reflashed and DD-WRT is booting up. You should see the power light go on, then off, then on again, then blink, then stay on.
• You should be able to get DHCP now. Try it:

sudo dhclient <interface>

• If that worked, head over to http://192.168.1.1 to the admin console.
• Change the settings to your liking. The default account is root/admin
• Change the maximum connections to 4096 and the TCP and UDP timeouts to 90 each in the main Administration page.

This should yield you an awesome setup. I’m very happy with mine.

References

Hack Attack: Turn your $60 router into a $600 router

Files

Oh, and just in case DD-WRT’s site goes down in the middle of the procedure (like it did to me), here are the files:

Firmware
VXWorks Killer