linux on hw router?

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2007, Net Llama! wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Jorge Almeida wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Actually, I seem to remember reading that someone found a way to hack the
>>> WRT54G to run Linux too.  I've got a WRT54GL at home though, and I'm quite
>>> pleased with it, but its not a DSL modem.
>>>
>> So I suppose a DSL  modem is needed to feed the WAN port. Is that it?
>> And what software did you install? Did you cooked your own distro (is
>> this possible at all without going too low-level?) or used something
>> mentioned in http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3562391 ?
>
>Yes, you need a DSL modem if you're doing DSL, and AFAIK, they're all 
>blackboxes.  The router would sit behind the DSL modem.

FYI:  I've been working with a customer's Clearwire wireless connection
and found that Clearwire's policy is to supply only their box which
provides a single public IP address to the customer's box, unlike QWest
and other DSL providers who supply DSL ``modems'' with NAT for the
customer's systems.

IMHO this is a recipe for disaster as many of Clearwire's customers will
simply plug their Microsoft virus, Windows, boxes into these, and have
them instantly infected.

Bill
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