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I always used firmwares from Oleg on my Asus WL-500g, they are good, have many options, are (almost) always stable and deliver a good performance.
Until I discovered OpenWRT, I want to try the latest firmware and see what is possible and what not and how it performs on my WL-500g.
But before I am going to try it I have a few questions about the options of OpenWRT.
Does OpenWRT have things like:
- URL Filter
- Samba
- usb stick/webcam modus (for the USB port)
Regards,
Molski
Not webcam... If you haven't tried OpenWRT, you should start off with WhiteRussian RC6:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Ins … 4567b0b965
Here is a good starting guide for what you can install:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Packages
URL Filter and Samba should go OK, the same with USB. But I haven't heard of any webcam-solution. Not that I should know anyway.
Remember to install the package "nas" if you want WPA to work...
(Last edited by h017ah on 12 Dec 2006, 15:21)
I got a webcam working with the Philips pwc/pwcx driver and an Asus WL500g: see forum thread http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=3682
But performance was miserable. Do yourself a favour and buy a cheap ethernet-attached webcam instead. (The Edimax is very cheap - although I've not tried it - or Panasonic have some low-end ones too)
Then you can point it at something like zoneminder running on a PC, and the low-speed MIPS CPU in the Asus only has to forward the IP packets back and forth 
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