Plans for X-Wrt proliferation - We need your help!

[db90h]

Its long past time to really tell the world about this new webif for OpenWrt. Sure, there are lots of things we still have left to do, but our new webif for OpenWrt can be useful today to so many people that have no idea it exists.

We have to start an active campaign to let users know about X-Wrt. So far this project has mostly grown via word-of-mouth, and my loud mouth in particular. Us X-Wrt developers have our hands full doing the development. We really need the help of users to spread the word about X-Wrt.

Ideas? Sites www.linksysinfo.org need to be notified of X-Wrt. We also need users to post in forums, tell friends and associates, edit wikis everywhere, and even blog about X-Wrt. If you want to see this project continue to flurish, its up to YOU to help build a strong community that will last.

[fabrizio]

Hello

I'm a new user.

I've just copy the introduction to en.wikipedia. I'm going to translate the english version to it.wikipedia.

I could translate the website to italian (I don't write in english very well, but I'm able to translate it very well)

If you want, I can localizate x-wrt to it version as soon as possible. I've just to install it in a wrt54gl.

Please reply

Thank

[intrax]

Hi,

I am running one of the latest atheros 2.6 openwrt builds on a fonera including webif2/x-wrt and I would NOT recommend to use it at this current state of development. It needs to mature a bit more before I would do so..

About 40-50% of the functionality is not working correctly, most of what IS working is just a listing of settings and though I agree it has lots of potential it needs a whole lot more work.

I would say the webif of dd-wrt is more functional at this very moment and the openwrt madwifi kamikaze trunk has some serious stability problems that also need to be addressed.

Looking forward to a more mature combination of openwrt/x-wrt...

cheers,

[anthropos]

Hi,

I am running a WRT54GS v1.1 and just switched over to X-Wrt from DD-Wrt a few days ago. I think that X-Wrt is already better than DD-Wrt and it appears to be getting even better all the time! This is what DD-Wrt should have been.

I will definitely try to spread the word. I have noticed that the Wikipedia article has been flagged as being in need of a rewrite so I guess I could start there.

Thanks for the great firmware!

[surfer]

Hi guys;

first of all thanks for this great, stable, software !!
I would like to (and I'm doing at the moment) tell everybody what a "bloody" router can be upgraded to a great Linux system under this software !
Iv've installed a complete 1wire system at the usb-port (Asus 500GL) with several measurements and web acess and possibilities reading and writing sensors and actuators via the web or wlan; I can monitor and process lots of parameters in my house worldwide !!

A few days ago I asked for a software like midnight commander to install on the router; that's pure nonsence ; just install "winspc" on your XP PC and you can acess all files, edit them, write back to the router and test with putty if they are working... cool working area and test field !!

My question is :
What will be the benefit of "Kamikaze"; why to change from "Withe Russion" to "Kamikaze"?
As a MS user I have the fear it's a little bit like changing from a stabile "XP" to a beta testing "Vista"; but on the other hand I trust you guys and know that the whole Linux community is very different to the MS guys. :-)

I've a cool system runnning  now, so what will be the benefit in the end ?
You guys wrote such a great software !!

Thanks for all

Christian

[lubek]

Please use the standard topics. This topic is not inteded for philosophic questions.

What will be the benefit of "Kamikaze"; why to change from "Withe Russion" to "Kamikaze"?

The new kernel, drivers, support for more devices....

[supremedalek]

I am doing some consulting for a small company and will be replacing their current router with a wrt54gl running x-wrt/openwrt. Main reason is number of firewall rules you can set. You see, they have in their dmz their mail and web server and a machine their clients log in to learn how to use the software developed by this company. The number of ports they need open and pointed to specific internal ips is more than the factory OS in the routers you can get at your best buy/newegg can handle. The fact they can edit their firewalls using a web interface just like using, say, the factory linksys one is very attractive to them as they would not need to have me there all the time. The fact I can go there and edit it through ssh as needed is convenient to me. 

Second feature, which is more openwrt related, is they can separate the wireless from the lan. And then apply all kinds of ways to log into the wireless (and the lan, say, using a vpn). This way, clients can go there with their laptops and access the internet without compromising the lan. As soon as I learn how to deploy QoS rules that apply differently for the lan and wireless, I will be golden.

FYI, right now I am trying to find places I cal write about my experiences with x-wrt/openwrt.