Wireless Router Instalation
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Hi all, guess i'm just not getting it: but here it is: i got a dlink 625, as it was flashable, and I "thought" I could install an embeded version on to that, have pfsense running and have wireless et all: am i right out to lunch here? ive tried purusing the forms and google etc.. but no joy. is this possible?
thanks ???
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No. You may be able to install one of the WRT series of Linux based firmwares (DD-WRT, OpenWRT or Tomato), but not pfSense.
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@Cry:
No. You may be able to install one of the WRT series of Linux based firmwares (DD-WRT, OpenWRT or Tomato), but not pfSense.
The reason is that pfSense is built for a x86 family CPU (does the Dlink 625 have such a CPU? maybe it has MIPS or ARM or something else) with a subset of known ethernet and wireless interfaces (does the Dlink 625 have suitable network interfaces?)
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It's Atheros, : i flashed it and changed it do ddwrt, as a test: but pfsense seems to only have the nano image file, as opposed to a .bin file>? (ps im running pf on my pII 400, with many happy results)
so what file / image do i need to begin with? i dont mind bricking this one, and if not, what Router should i look at buying ?
pps: many thanks.
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I'll say it again - you cannot run pfSense on that router.
pfSense only runs on standard PC hardware (basically x86 or AMD64 - including WRAP). You cannot run it on one of these SOHO router/firwall devices. If you want to use one of those then you're limited to the likes of DD-WRT.
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Okay, well that awnsers my question) guess im building a mini
thanks.
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It would probably be possible to compile pfSense for it, but it likely doesn't have enough flash memory to store the OS or enough RAM to run it.
