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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I've looked at OpenWRT and in fact I even set aside a spare
WRT to load it. Unfortunately</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>when I found myself referring back to the dd-wrt website
for instructions on flashing</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>openwrt I put that project on the back burner. The
dd-wrt people seem to have a lot</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>better handle on basics like different hardware revisions
of the linksys devices will</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>require different flashing procedures, and bugs exist that
are tickled on some hardware</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>platforms but not others.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>openwrt is kind of like the tomato project - they assume
everyone has the exact same</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>box. I would still like to try it out one of these
days, but the openwrt people really need</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>to clean that mess of a website of theirs up because right
now it's extremely time</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>consuming to find out anything about the project from
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>As far as difficulty of configuring dd-wrt, that's not
really a concern since it's only difficult</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>to figure out how to configure it the first time - after
that, you have a template you work from</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>and you just clone the configuration from box to box, and
the only real concern is the amount</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>of time you spend modifying the off-the-shelf box to the
preconfigured box that your selling</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>to your customers. It doesn't bother me if the end
users</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>can't make head or tail out of a command line, in fact
that's probably a good thing since it</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>will keep them out of the box and keep them from messing it
up.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>What matters the most here is reliability and price.
I've got a $49.95 dd-wrt box at home</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>with a </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>250 day uptime that used to have an
average 7-day uptime before I loaded dd-wrt on it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>That's a terrifically powerful argument to using
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=525423618-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ted</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
ipv6-ops-bounces+tedm=ipinc.net@lists.cluenet.de
[mailto:ipv6-ops-bounces+tedm=ipinc.net@lists.cluenet.de] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>nick hatch<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 15, 2009 11:05 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
ipv6-ops@lists.cluenet.de<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Question about
6to4<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:tedm@ipinc.net">tedm@ipinc.net</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=im><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>>
From: ipv6-ops-bounces+tedm=<A href="http://ipinc.net"
target=_blank>ipinc.net</A>@<A href="http://lists.cluenet.de"
target=_blank>lists.cluenet.de</A><BR>> [mailto:<A
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On<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=im>> Behalf Of niels=<A
href="mailto:cluenet@bakker.net">cluenet@bakker.net</A><BR>> Sent:
Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:52 PM<BR>> To: <A
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Subject: Re: Question about 6to4<BR>><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=h5>> * <A
href="mailto:martin@airwire.ie">martin@airwire.ie</A> (Martin List-Petersen)
[Fri 15 May 2009,<BR>> 01:46 CEST]:<BR>> >OpenWRT and DD-WRT
(haven't looked at them lately) offer<BR>> IPv6, but no<BR>> >GUI
configuration for it.<BR>><BR>> DD-WRT dumped IPv6 support years ago
(after v22; current is<BR>> v24), citing lack of
space<BR>><BR>><BR><BR></DIV></DIV>Only in the micro loads.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR>I'm no DD-WRT expert, but having recently
jumped through the hoops to get a tunnel up and running, I think it's
important to point out what qualifies as IPv6 support in DD-WRT... It's not
pretty, it's not point and click, and you won't be configuring it from the
GUI.<BR><BR>The v24 IPv6 support means that the required kernel modules are
available to load (by you), routes can be configured (manually), and you can
get IPv6 working without having to recompile the firmware. For an example of
the type of configuration required, see this post:<BR><A
href="http://dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=190390#190390">http://dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=190390#190390</A>
<BR></DIV></DIV><BR>For a service provider, you'd might as well go back to
OpenWRT and start there for R&D. As an "early adopting" home user, I'm
planning on getting an Alix box up and running: I'd rather be using OpenBSD/pf
anyways. Embedded devices are only fun to play with for so long, unless you
like jffs and praying to the gods for an extra kilobyte or
two.<BR><BR>-Nick<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>