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Netgear WGT634U

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Introduction

A Linux router with a 200MHz MIPS32-like core with Atheros wireless and USB host supported by [http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/roofnet/doku.php MIT's Roofnet] project.

Where to buy

[http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/wgt634unar.html $34.95] Justdeals.com - free shipping, no rebates, however units are refurbished.
- 9-15-05 - Sold out / on back order. (they may be "restocking" soon. 2 of 3 refurbs I ordered arrived broken: bad flash and severed antenna coax. The bad flash unit is on its way back to the shelves! -- RussellSenior).
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001JXAF2/qid=1123343126/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_sbs_1/103-2197315-4997406?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846 $75.04] amazon.com (as of 9/17/2005) - $25 mail-in rebate (limit of 2), free shipping.
[http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=251817 $74.99] zipzoomfly.com (as of 9/17/2005) - same $25 mail-in rebate (same limit of 2), free 2nd-day shipping. Currently (9/17/2005) in-stock.
[http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=2408335/sort_type=price/ut=1815a9870a76ccdd from $63.74] pricegrabber - some with the $25 rebate, some without.
[http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=wgt634u&category0= Various] ebay.com - the winds of fate determine price

Source

Netgear has the source available here: BR http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101238.asp BR ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/ BR

boa
bpalogin-2.0.2
bridge-utils-0.9.6.orig
broadcom-src
busybox-0.60.5
check-4.2
debianutils-2.6.1
dhcpcd
dnsmasq-1.18.orig
e2fsprogs-1.27
ez-ipupdate-3.0.11b8
ifupdown-0.6.4
iproute2
iptables-1.2.7a
linux-2.4.x
- Kernel 2.4.20 is used.
linuxigd
mawk-1.3.3
mtd
net-tools-1.60
nfqueue
pptp
procmail-3.22
proftpd-1.2.5
quagga-0.96.5
rp-pppoe-3.3
samba-1.9.16
sed-2.05
smtpclient-1.0.0
snarf
sysklogd-1.4.1
sysvinit-2.84.orig
tinylogin-1.2
uClibc
upnpsdk
wireless_tools.25

For this source code release, two toolchains are required:

1. A MIPS little-endian toolchain. For example, hndtools-mipsel-linux-3.0

from Broadcom Corporation. This toolchain is used to compile uClibc and Linux kernel.

2. A MIPS little-endian toolchain compiled with C++ and uClibc support.

This toolchain is used to compile linuxigd. CPP_STAGING_DIR in Makefile must be modified to indicate the exact path of this toolchain.

Then, a "make" should suffice to build all GPL components of WGT634U.

USB

This device has a USB2.0 port.

CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_OHCI=m
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m

By default, it wants to mount a usb mass_storage device (/dev/sda) on /share/partition1

As you know, this allows one to add an external HDD/USB keychain, etc. [:GPS], BlueTooth?

Serial

There are actually 2 serial headers on the board. For more information on adding a port, see http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AddASerialPort

CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/ram console=ttyS1,115200"

http://www.personaltelco.net/albums/NetgearWGT634U/dscn3058.thumb.jpg BR

I simply added a serial cable to the outer-most header and booted the device. The bootlog (firmware 1.0.0.11?) can be found [http://personaltelco.net/~jason/wgt634u_bootlog here]. Another log from the latest version which has a number of fixes, including the addition of [http://atheros.com/pt/atheros_XR_whitepaper.pdf Atheros XR] and AR(Addaptive Radio) is located [http://personaltelco.net/~jason/wgt634u_bootlog-1.4.1.9 here].

Battery Power

Measured battery usage: 0.38Amps @12VDC BR Input 12VDC. I've been testing a 12V 4 amp-hour sealed lead-calcium (leadacid) battery. After 20 hours of charging with a 12v 200mAmp charger, the wgt634u was connected to the battery.--DonPark

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- * [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001JXAF2/qid=1123343126/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_sbs_1/103-2197315-4997406?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846 $43.39] amazon.com - $68.39, $25 mail-in rebate (limit of 2), free shipping.

  * 9-15-05 - Price has gone up to $75.04, still has same rebate. $50.04
+ * [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001JXAF2/qid=1123343126/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_sbs_1/103-2197315-4997406?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846 $75.04] amazon.com (as of 9/17/2005) - $25 mail-in rebate (limit of 2), free shipping.

 * [http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=251817 $74.99] zipzoomfly.com (as of 9/17/2005) - same $25 mail-in rebate (same limit of 2), free 2nd-day shipping.  Currently (9/17/2005) in-stock.

 * [http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=2408335/sort_type=price/ut=1815a9870a76ccdd from $63.74] pricegrabber - some with the $25 rebate, some without.