Going wireless

Finally decided to bite the bullet and set up a wireless AP at my home.

Picked up the Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N.

Being a geek, I decided I didn't want to use the default firmware. I did try it for a bit but it was really ugly. Decided to try installing DD-WRT on it instead. For those who don't know what DD-WRT is:

DD-WRT is a Linux based alternative OpenSource firmware suitable for a great variety of WLAN routers and embedded systems. The main emphasis lies on providing the easiest possible handling while at the same time supporting a great number of functionalities within the framework of the respective hardware platform used.

So I read some of the docs and figured I had to do a hard reset on the device and then try uploading the proper firmware using TFTP. I tried to get it to upload about 60 different ways with no luck. Then I came across a post on the DD-WRT forums. Turns out I could upload the firmware right from the default web interface upload tool! Duh! 2 minutes later I had it working with DD-WRT.

Wanna know what's really cool? Turns out that Buffalo is going to use DD-WRT as the default firmware on several of their models including the one I bought. Awesome stuff.

Too bad this Open Source 'thing' isn't going to catch on, ain't it?