hacking the WRT54G

hi,

I have a friend who has the linksys WRT54G. Not being much of a tech
person he asked me to take a look. AFter a bitt of tinkering i found
his basic problem was that the sginal just wasen't getting from one
side of the house to the other. I though i look around and find him a
stronger router. I found a netgear that was more powerfull and was
about to buy it for him when i found that there is a way to hack a
WRT54G to double is power. So i figure before i hang his WRT54G out
for ebay and buy him a new one i might as well try that. Can anyone
give me more info?

thanks for the help,

dan

Check here for some astounding information!!!

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/d...659113,00.html

Bill
"Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi,
>
> I have a friend who has the linksys WRT54G. Not being much of a tech
> person he asked me to take a look. AFter a bitt of tinkering i found
> his basic problem was that the sginal just wasen't getting from one
> side of the house to the other. I though i look around and find him a
> stronger router. I found a netgear that was more powerfull and was
> about to buy it for him when i found that there is a way to hack a
> WRT54G to double is power. So i figure before i hang his WRT54G out
> for ebay and buy him a new one i might as well try that. Can anyone
> give me more info?
>
> thanks for the help,
>
> dan

thx for the help. Just one question. Which distro will allow me to
raise the power of the antenna without shelling out $$$? Being that
this is not mine i'm nerver goning to fool around with the linux side
of it and all i need is that.

thanks,

dan

"Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<ejEgc.196094$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
> Check here for some astounding information!!!
>
> http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/d...659113,00.html
>
> Bill
> "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > hi,
> >
> > I have a friend who has the linksys WRT54G. Not being much of a tech
> > person he asked me to take a look. AFter a bitt of tinkering i found
> > his basic problem was that the sginal just wasen't getting from one
> > side of the house to the other. I though i look around and find him a
> > stronger router. I found a netgear that was more powerfull and was
> > about to buy it for him when i found that there is a way to hack a
> > WRT54G to double is power. So i figure before i hang his WRT54G out
> > for ebay and buy him a new one i might as well try that. Can anyone
> > give me more info?
> >
> > thanks for the help,
> >
> > dan

I think it is the SVEASOFT firmware, watch the video on the link to ensure!


"Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> thx for the help. Just one question. Which distro will allow me to
> raise the power of the antenna without shelling out $$$? Being that
> this is not mine i'm nerver goning to fool around with the linux side
> of it and all i need is that.
>
> thanks,
>
> dan
>
> "Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<ejEgc.196094$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
>> Check here for some astounding information!!!
>>
>> http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/d...659113,00.html
>>
>> Bill
>> "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
>> > hi,
>> >
>> > I have a friend who has the linksys WRT54G. Not being much of a tech
>> > person he asked me to take a look. AFter a bitt of tinkering i found
>> > his basic problem was that the sginal just wasen't getting from one
>> > side of the house to the other. I though i look around and find him a
>> > stronger router. I found a netgear that was more powerfull and was
>> > about to buy it for him when i found that there is a way to hack a
>> > WRT54G to double is power. So i figure before i hang his WRT54G out
>> > for ebay and buy him a new one i might as well try that. Can anyone
>> > give me more info?
>> >
>> > thanks for the help,
>> >
>> > dan

From i can tell seavsoft is the olny one which you can upgrade the
firmware to. It is though it is the olny one that you have to pay for.
Do any of the free ones though allow for the power to be increased?


"Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<w3Qgc.202295$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
> I think it is the SVEASOFT firmware, watch the video on the link to ensure!
>
>
> "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > thx for the help. Just one question. Which distro will allow me to
> > raise the power of the antenna without shelling out $$$? Being that
> > this is not mine i'm nerver goning to fool around with the linux side
> > of it and all i need is that.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > dan
> >
> > "Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:<ejEgc.196094$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
> >> Check here for some astounding information!!!
> >>
> >> http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/d...659113,00.html
> >>
> >> Bill
> >> "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> >> > hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have a friend who has the linksys WRT54G. Not being much of a tech
> >> > person he asked me to take a look. AFter a bitt of tinkering i found
> >> > his basic problem was that the sginal just wasen't getting from one
> >> > side of the house to the other. I though i look around and find him a
> >> > stronger router. I found a netgear that was more powerfull and was
> >> > about to buy it for him when i found that there is a way to hack a
> >> > WRT54G to double is power. So i figure before i hang his WRT54G out
> >> > for ebay and buy him a new one i might as well try that. Can anyone
> >> > give me more info?
> >> >
> >> > thanks for the help,
> >> >
> >> > dan

Go here ftp://ftp.sveasoft.com/pub/Satori_v2...v-pre1.bin.zip. No
charge for this version!

This driver alows you to adjust the power for wireless, but I'm not so sure
it makes a major difference in my home. It does help some. Don't set it
above 64 though. See the manual at http://docs.sveasoft.com/SV-Guide.html


"Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> From i can tell seavsoft is the olny one which you can upgrade the
> firmware to. It is though it is the olny one that you have to pay for.
> Do any of the free ones though allow for the power to be increased?
>
>
> "Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<w3Qgc.202295$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
> > I think it is the SVEASOFT firmware, watch the video on the link to
ensure!
> >
> >
> > "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > > thx for the help. Just one question. Which distro will allow me to
> > > raise the power of the antenna without shelling out $$$? Being that
> > > this is not mine i'm nerver goning to fool around with the linux side
> > > of it and all i need is that.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > dan
> > >
> > > "Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:<ejEgc.196094$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
> > >> Check here for some astounding information!!!
> > >>
> > >>
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/d...659113,00.html
> > >>
> > >> Bill
> > >> "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > >> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > >> > hi,
> > >> >
> > >> > I have a friend who has the linksys WRT54G. Not being much of a
tech
> > >> > person he asked me to take a look. AFter a bitt of tinkering i
found
> > >> > his basic problem was that the sginal just wasen't getting from one
> > >> > side of the house to the other. I though i look around and find him
a
> > >> > stronger router. I found a netgear that was more powerfull and was
> > >> > about to buy it for him when i found that there is a way to hack a
> > >> > WRT54G to double is power. So i figure before i hang his WRT54G out
> > >> > for ebay and buy him a new one i might as well try that. Can anyone
> > >> > give me more info?
> > >> >
> > >> > thanks for the help,
> > >> >
> > >> > dan

thanks for the link. I know this sounds stupid, but how do i acess the shell?

"DG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<4TChc.5986$(E-Mail Removed) link.net>...
> Go here ftp://ftp.sveasoft.com/pub/Satori_v2...v-pre1.bin.zip. No
> charge for this version!
>
> This driver alows you to adjust the power for wireless, but I'm not so sure
> it makes a major difference in my home. It does help some. Don't set it
> above 64 though. See the manual at http://docs.sveasoft.com/SV-Guide.html
>
>
> "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > From i can tell seavsoft is the olny one which you can upgrade the
> > firmware to. It is though it is the olny one that you have to pay for.
> > Do any of the free ones though allow for the power to be increased?
> >
> >
> > "Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<w3Qgc.202295$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
> > > I think it is the SVEASOFT firmware, watch the video on the link to
> ensure!
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > > > thx for the help. Just one question. Which distro will allow me to
> > > > raise the power of the antenna without shelling out $$$? Being that
> > > > this is not mine i'm nerver goning to fool around with the linux side
> > > > of it and all i need is that.
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
> > > > dan
> > > >
> > > > "Happy Canuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > > news:<ejEgc.196094$(E-Mail Removed) able.rogers.com>...
> > > >> Check here for some astounding information!!!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/d...659113,00.html
> > > >>
> > > >> Bill
> > > >> "Dan Irwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > >> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > > >> > hi,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I have a friend who has the linksys WRT54G. Not being much of a
> tech
> > > >> > person he asked me to take a look. AFter a bitt of tinkering i
> found
> > > >> > his basic problem was that the sginal just wasen't getting from one
> > > >> > side of the house to the other. I though i look around and find him
> a
> > > >> > stronger router. I found a netgear that was more powerfull and was
> > > >> > about to buy it for him when i found that there is a way to hack a
> > > >> > WRT54G to double is power. So i figure before i hang his WRT54G out
> > > >> > for ebay and buy him a new one i might as well try that. Can anyone
> > > >> > give me more info?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > thanks for the help,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > dan