Hello,

as the topic describes, I am new to OpenWRT.
I've read "About OpenWrt", "Installing OpenWrt" and "Using OpenWrt the first time" of the OpenWRT wiki page, but I am still not sure, what version i should choose. I use Linksys WRT54GL (v 1.1).

If I am right, there are 2 different "version" of OpenWET - White Russian (stable?) and Kamikaze (unstable?).

- But what is the best choice?
- What happens if the upgraid fails?
- Should i reset the stored data (load defaults) before upgrading to OpenWRT?
- And what image do i have to download

If this is the wrong place for this topic, sorry for that.

regards,
Felix

(Last edited by felix on 10 Sep 2007, 17:23)

Hi

I think you have to state what kind of experience you have with linux systems, what are your needs (what is the router going to "do" for you at the present) and what would you like to do in the future?

In respect to what firmware to select - always look for an image which contains 'wrt54g' in the "name". The 'wrt54gl is identical to the older (prior to version 5) models. The 'L' does stand for 'Linux' (at least that what I suppose it means).

If you'r mainly used to a 'gui' then I would suggest that you take a look at the various guides related to the X-Wrt webif:

http://wiki.x-wrt.org/index.php/Main_Page

+ there is a basic installation and configuration howto for Kamikaze here:

http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=11451

Have fun

Hi glp,

thank you for your reply. I only have experimence on debian systems.

Requirements:

- I would like to have access to the internal crontab to manage jobs, which the router should do e.g. once a day.
- The Router should be able to run a webserver (maybe lighttpd?) with php5. MySQL is not necessary.
- a well arranged router webinterface would be nice too.

Thats it.

Then best use whiterussian.

The main difference is that whiterussian is the latest stable version which uses the nvram configuration.
Kamikaze is the new version but still work in progress but already pretty stable but in all test envirronment a error can occur

On the other hand, Kamikaze is much more like a normal Linux system with conf. files and not nvram-settings (or at least you only need to know a few) and it's quite fun to use.

I also have to admit that I have moved completely to Kamikaze

Mm.. I've heard about some compatibility problems with running Kamikaze on a Linksys WRT54GL. Can you confirm this?

I'm using KK707 on a WRT54GL (probably 1.1), and it does run.

However, it seems a LOT larger than WR09 was, and I'm having a hard time dropping tools like TCPDump and whatnot on it for testing/diagnostic work.  For that reason, that the WRT54GL seems to be so much smaller and cramped under KK, I will be rolling back to WR09 on that line.  WR09 is working well on the other 6 or 7 units, and I'm very pleased.

WR and KK both offer cron support, for sure, but I really fear that the size of the toaster - even with what feels like the slimmer WR in it vs KK - will basically preclude PHP5 in there;  I think that PHP4 will not even fit, so you may have to decide if you must have it.

Some creative tinkering with the ImageBuilder, with WR, if you don't need things like PPPoE and PPTP and other packages we can jettison for space, may get you a workable flash which you can then delicately squeeze onto your WRT if you want; but I think that you should get more experience specifically with the WRT and WR before going about the (easy but alien) ImageBuilder process.

Or you and I can talk offline and maybe we can devise, together, a .bin with all the things you need.  Having a spare WRT54GL and wl500gP in the shop and unallocated for about 3 weeks or more, I may be in a position to test things for you, if the donations of pizza and beer flow at the right rate.