I'm a total newbie to this whole Linux/OpenWRT thing, so please forgive my ignorance. If I ssh into the router with White Russian installed on it. Can I copy a executable into the router, and then run the program? If not, how do I make a C program run on the router, a beginners guide would be appreciated.
Topic: To easy to be true? running C programs on the router
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Here's the beginner's guide:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/beginner
And almost everything you need to know about OpenWrt:
http://wiki.openwrt.org
To answer your question, yes you can copy an executable to the router (there is a writable flash file system), provided it has been properly cross-compiled for the system/architecture of your router. You'll want to upgrade to Backfire (the latest release) instead of White Russian. You can also build your own C applications and incorporate them into the firmware image. Read on.
Dam, I really thought that was going to work. So the upgrade is important?
White Russian is legacy. You don't have to upgrade, but it's recommended. Your White Russian build should have a writable JFFS2 partition I think... so you can copy files to the router, provided there's enough free space.
If I follow this should I be good? http://manoftoday.wordpress.com/2007/10 … r-openwrt/
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