I have a Linksys WRT54GL, my primary interest is to enable & use IPv6. Should I upgrade to the 2.6 kernel ?

I flashed my new modem today with the 2.4 kernel (kamikaze/8.09.1/brcm-2.4/openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs.bin) as recommended, it works.
I do not have the ip6tables command, I cannot see /proc/sys/net/ipv6

I note from https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=21394 that the 2.6 image doesn't include the b43 driver.
Do I need the b43 -- what is it ?

PS: I would also like to run sshd rather than telnetd.

(Last edited by addw on 18 Aug 2009, 10:11)

>  I do not have the ip6tables command, I cannot see /proc/sys/net/ipv6
opkg update; opkg install kmod-ipv6 ip6tables

> PS: I would also like to run sshd rather than telnetd.
Set a root password with passwd

~ JoW

The b43 driver is the open source driver used in kernel 2.6 for Broadcomm wireless adapters, such as the ones present in the WRT54G/GS/GL. Due to some problems with b43 by the time 8.09.1 was released, the 8.09.1 distribution does _not_ include this driver. If you need wi-fi support with kernel 2.6 you should compile Kamikaze yourself from the latest svn.

> PS: I would also like to run sshd rather than telnetd.

I have just realised that dropbear is an ssh server - question answered.

b43 is the driver for Broadcom wireless devices for kernel 2.6. It means that you'll have to compile from source if you want to use 2.6 with wireless.

As for IPv6, it should work with 2.4, but if you need the latest features and mainline developments you will probably have to go with 2.6.