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>1. Introduction</H1
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>1.1. Why this document?</H2
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>Linksys makes a line of cheap, ubiquitous router/firewall boxes
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well-suited for use on a home DSL or cable connection and popular among Linux
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hackers. This HOWTO gives hints and tips for managing Linksys routers
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from a Linux system.</P
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>The specific recipes described here are derived from long experience
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with a BEFSR41, the 4-port router/firewall box. I have also configured a
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BEFW11S4v2, the 4-port router with 80211b wireless, and the WRT54G, which
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is the same box with 80211g; I'm currently using a WRT54G. The web
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interfaces on all these blue boxes are very similar, and most of the advice
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should generalize.</P
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>In late 2004 the Linksys firmware underwent a major upgrade to 2.x
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(one easy way to spot this is the Cisco logo at the lower right). I
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haven't seen anything but a WRT54G running the new interface, but I'd be
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surprised if it weren't running on the BEFSR41 and kin as well. The
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changes are largely cosmetic. Some problematic features in earlier
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versions have been removed.</P
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>This HOWTO describes Linksys firmware version v2.02.7. At time of
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writing (January 2005) the current Linksys firmware version is v.3.01.3.
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<EM
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>I do not recommend upgrading!</EM
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> I've had a report that
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enabling WEP on this version makes the box unable to talk to a Linux
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machine over a cable.</P
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><P
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>Also note that if you go looking for one of these now, be sure to get
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the WRT54GL — note the L suffix. At Version 5 and up, the vanilla
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WRT54G is different hardware with less RAM that runs a proprietary
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VxWorks OS.</P
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>1.2. New versions of this document</H2
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>You can also view the latest version of this HOWTO on the World Wide Web
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via the URL <A
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HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO.html</A
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>.</P
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>1.3. License and Copyright</H2
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>Copyright (c) 2003, Eric S. Raymond.</P
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>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the license is located at <A
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>www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html</A
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>.</P
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>Feel free to mail any questions or comments about this HOWTO to Eric
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S. Raymond, <TT
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HREF="mailto:esr@snark.thyrsus.com"
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>esr@snark.thyrsus.com</A
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>. But please don't ask me
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to troubleshoot your general networking problems; if you do, I'll just
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ignore you.</P
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